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On 04/21/2011 01:55 AM, Adam Carter wrote:
> If i run ethtool on a vlan interface, does it show layer 1 or layer 2
> "link"?
>
> IIRC ciscos will report "line proto down" if layer 1 is up but layer 2/vlan
> is down. How is the status of layer 2 determined?
>


FastEthernet0/0 is administratively down, line protocol is down (disabled)

line protocol is layer 2