Can Mini Maxwell handle IEEE 802.1q tagged VLANs?
Mini Maxwell will carry VLAN tagged frames between its to data interfaces. However, the filters are not able to handle the fact that the tags move the IP headers four bytes deeper into the packet. Consequently filters do not work properly on ethernet frames that have IEEE 802.1q headers. Nonetheless, Mini Maxwell can still be productively used on a VLAN trunk, i.e. an ethernet segment in which all the ethernet frames have IEEE 802.1q headers. When no filters are used then the frames will all be classified into the default band, Band #5. Impairments specified for Band 5 will be applied to these frames. In other words, all of the frames on the trunked VLAN will be subject to the same set of impairments.
