Setting a native configuration on a switch port designates a default category for all untagged traffic entering the port configured with 802.1Q. This feature ensures that any traffic without specific category tags is automatically assigned to this default setting, facilitating network segmentation and maintaining compatibility with devices not supporting tagging.
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