12 Oct
2014
12 Oct
'14
5:06 a.m.
People should really just use 0x88a8 - those who aren’t, can I ask why not? Is it because you’re trying to tunnel it over a switch that doesn’t support 802.1ad or something? I’m not saying it’s wrong, I’m > interested in understanding the situations in which you might do this.
Some devices just don't support it, even modern kit. We use Pseudowires to transport handovers to central ALU 7750's. The ALU 7750 drops the packets if we use 08x88 on the handovers in the Psuedowire code. Apparently 0x8100 is hardcoded! Hopefully one day they will fix it.