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Chapter 14 Configuring IEEE 802.1Q Tunneling and Layer 2 Protocol Tunneling
Understanding How 802.1Q Tunneling Works
Figure 14-1 IEEE 802.1Q Tunnel Ports in a Service-Provider Network
Figure 14-2 Untagged, 802.1Q-Tagged, and Double-Tagged Ethernet Frames
Customer A
VLANs 1 to 100
Customer B
VLANs 1 to 200
Customer B
VLANs 1 to 200
Customer A
VLANs 1 to 100
Tunnel port
VLAN 40
Tunnel port
VLAN 30
Trunk
ports
Trunk
ports
Tunnel port
VLAN 30
Tunnel port
VLAN 40
Service
provider
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Trunk
Asymmetric link
Tunnel port
VLAN 30
802.1
custo
Original Ethernet frame
Destination
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Length/
EtherType
Frame Check
Sequence
Source
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SADA Len/Etype Data FCS
SADA Len/Etype DataEtype Tag FCS
SADA Len/Etype DataEtype Tag Etype Tag