Two WAN ports comingout as uplink, I need to trunk them, how?

Feb 04, 2005 1 Replies

I am looking exact definition of trunk?. I have twop WAN ports coming out, I need to make those two as trunk, how can I do that?. any idea?. thanks.


In article , wrote: :I am looking exact definition of trunk?. I have twop WAN ports coming :out, I need to make those two as trunk, how can I do that?. any idea?.

Tell us the model and software release and we'll [probably] find the commands for you.

A trunk, generally speaking, is any link in which the VLAN tags are transmitted as part of the data. A non-trunk, sometimes called an "access port" is a link in which the VLAN tags are stripped before transmission, and which does not expect VLAN tags to be received. Trunks are -usually- used for links between data infrastructure [such as routers and switches and firewalls], but these days more and more servers and general operating systems are enabling trunking functionality, so it is entirely possible to have a trunk which connects to a computer instead of to a switch/router.

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