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ISL and dot1q?

mikearamamikearama Member Posts: 749
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I can't find an answer online...

Could a single switch (say, 3750) have an ISL trunk to another cisco device, but another trunk using dot1q to, say, a Baystack?

or does the first trunk encap dictate all future trunk encaps?

Thanks,
mike
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    networker050184networker050184 Mod Posts: 11,962 Mod
    Yes a switch can use both ISL and dot1q on different trunks. ISL only supports VLANs 1 - 1001 and dot1q supports 0 - 4094 so you would have to map the VLANs used on the dot1q trunks numbering higher than 1001 to VLANs on the ISL trunks. The simple answer is yes.
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    mikearamamikearama Member Posts: 749
    Great... thanks.

    A follow up...

    Hucaby suggests that it's not mandatory for the native vlans to match on either end of a trunk. Clearly it's best practice... but if it's not mandatory, does it at least cause mega errors?

    Anyone seen a trunk with mismatched native vlans?

    Thanks.
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    dtlokeedtlokee Member Posts: 2,378 ■■■■□□□□□□
    In theory the native VLANs don't need to match but CDP will tell you about it and possibly destroy the trunk if it's set to dynamic. For this to work I would turn off CDP and set the interface to "switchport mode trunk". It isn't the best practice and I would try to avoid it.
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    mikearamamikearama Member Posts: 749
    Never mind... it was in the ISL section. No need for matching native vlans there... native vlans period.

    My bad.

    EDIT... thanks for the quick reply dt. Preciate it.
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