Re: changing default ethertype for 802.1q interfaces?

From: Pavel Bykov (slidersv@gmail.com)
Date: Sun Jan 25 2009 - 17:07:37 ARST


Uh, Scott, I personally have configured it on GSRs.
So it really depends on a device. ES20 and 10K will definitely support
command as well.

On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 8:03 PM, Scott Morris <
smorris@internetworkexpert.com> wrote:

> I can honestly say that I haven't ever tried changing any particular
> protocols' ethertype value before. As I recall, there aren't commands
> that
> have parameters where that can be specified (leading to the idea of
> reprogrammiing the switch, or sing something different like
> tunneling/vpls/xconnect/l2tv3/etc).
>
>
>
> HTH,
>
>
>
> Scott
>
>
>
> From: Wouter Prins [mailto:wp@null0.nl]
> Sent: Sunday, January 25, 2009 1:41 PM
> To: smorris@internetworkexpert.com
> Cc: Cisco certification
> Subject: Re: changing default ethertype for 802.1q interfaces?
>
>
>
> hi Scott,
>
> I can change the ethertype on other vendors switches without writing new
> code ;)
> Anyways, I guess it's not possible as i've read quite some docs for this
> already, but perhaps an SP guy knows the answer. Even if it's a no. :)
>
> I have one tagged 802.1q 0x8100 link and i cannot do dual dot1q tags on
> this
> link, because of some intermediate equipment....
> So i would like to tag on a cisco with another ethertype to get through the
> intermediate equipment.
>
> Thanks and regards,
> Wouter
>
> 2009/1/25 Scott Morris <smorris@internetworkexpert.com>
>
> That would be a lot of reprogramming and re-spinning of ASICs, but I'm sure
> there's some method!
>
> Wouldn't some version of L2 Tunneling or VPLS be more viable?
>
> Scott
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
> Wouter Prins
> Sent: Sunday, January 25, 2009 6:52 AM
> To: Cisco certification
> Subject: changing default ethertype for 802.1q interfaces?
>
> Hi,
>
> I would like to configure the default ethertype of 802.1q interfaces to use
> ethertype 0x9100 instead of 0x8100. I dont want to setup a dot1q tunnel but
> i want to bypass an Extreme switch this way.
> If anyone knows such a command i would be happy. :)
>
> Thanks,
> Wouter
>
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