Les, So, does the current 802.1Q state that the value 4095 is not a valid VLAN ID? And then the update to 802.1Q will state that a VLAN ID value of 4095 is only for use in SNMP MIBs and it means any VLAN ID value between 1-4094? Thanks, Kristine Adamson IBM Communications Server for MVS: TCP/IP Development Internet e-mail:adamson@us.ibm.com