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IP Routing Commands
This chapter explains the following commands:
•encapsulation
• ip address
•ip mtu
• ip netdirbcast
•ip route
• ip route default
•ip route distance
•ip routing
•routing
• show ip brief
• show ip interface
• show ip protocols
• show ip route
• show ip route preferences
• show ip route summary
•show ip stats
•show ip vlan
encapsulation
Use the encapsulation command in Interface Configuration mode to configure the link layer 
encapsulation type for the packet. Routed frames are always ethernet encapsulated when a 
frame is routed to a VLAN.
Syntax
encapsulation {ethernet | snap}
•
ethernet 
—
 
Specifies Ethernet encapsulation.
•
snap 
—
 
Specifies SNAP encapsulation.