[PATCH] 802.1p priority (fixed)

[Brooks Davis]

On Sat, Jan 22, 2005 at 12:01:10AM +0100, Ingo wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> > My concern is that 802.1p is like the TOS bits in that it differentiates
> > packets within a network rather then segregating them in to networks
> > like 802.1Q.  In a switch it makes sense to handle priorities as separate
> > networks, but I'm not sure it makes sense in a host.  If nothing else,
> > it seems to make sense to be able to set priorities on vlan encapsulated
> > frames.
> 
> In an Isp backbone I trust 802.1Q packets because no customer has access
> to tagged vlan connections.
> Trusting in TOS bit is in such a network no good idea because every
> customer could send IP traffic. And overwriting the TOS bit at all network
> edges could be a pain to not miss some edges.
> 802.1Q is some kind of "out of band" QOS for IP.
> 
> L2 Ethernet switches could also handle 802.1Q but not the TOS bits in the
> IP header.

I'm not sure what your point is.  It's certaintly the case that they are
only useful if you trust all hosts on the ethernet.

-- Brooks

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