usingcurl/connections/vlan.md: explain --vlan-priority

Fixes #466
curl · Dec 19, 2024 · 694bb9f · 694bb9f
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diff --git a/SUMMARY.md b/SUMMARY.md
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@
     * [Request rate limiting](usingcurl/transfers/request-rate.md)
     * [Compression](usingcurl/transfers/compression.md)
   * [Connections](usingcurl/connections/README.md)
+    * [VLAN](usingcurl/connections/vlan.md)
     * [Name resolve tricks](usingcurl/connections/name.md)
     * [Connection timeout](usingcurl/connections/timeout.md)
     * [Happy Eyeballs](usingcurl/connections/happy.md)

diff --git a/usingcurl/connections/README.md b/usingcurl/connections/README.md
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ For ordinary command line usage, operating on a URL, these are details which
 are taken care of under the hood, and which you can mostly ignore. But at times
 you might find yourself wanting to tweak the specifics…
 
+* [VLAN](vlan.md)
 * [Name resolve tricks](name.md)
 * [Connection timeout](timeout.md)
 * [Happy Eyeballs](happy.md)

diff --git a/usingcurl/connections/vlan.md b/usingcurl/connections/vlan.md
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+# VLAN
+
+With the `--vlan-priority` command line option you set a priority value betwen
+0 and 7 that is set in the Ethernet header. It is thus limited to your local
+network only and will not be used across any routers.
+
+VLAN priority as defined in IEEE 802.1Q.
+
+Example:
+
+    curl --vlan-priority 4 https://example.com