From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Oct 13 09:54:48 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E060E106566B for ; Wed, 13 Oct 2010 09:54:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jon.otterholm@ide.resurscentrum.se) Received: from mail1.cil.se (mail1.cil.se [217.197.56.125]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7AC528FC0C for ; Wed, 13 Oct 2010 09:54:48 +0000 (UTC) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5 Content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2010 11:54:45 +0200 Message-ID: X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: VPLS implementation Thread-Index: ActqupGOLIOFhHTQQiuWMdq2u68ogQAASCfA References: <4CB57781.1030402@gmx.com> <20101013.113223.74662610.sthaug@nethelp.no> From: "Jon Otterholm" To: Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: SV: VPLS implementation X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2010 09:54:49 -0000 > -----Ursprungligt meddelande----- > Fr=E5n: sthaug@nethelp.no [mailto:sthaug@nethelp.no] > Skickat: den 13 oktober 2010 11:32 > Till: Jon Otterholm > Kopia: freebsd-net@freebsd.org > =C4mne: Re: VPLS implementation >=20 > > > Are there any plans or ongoing work to implement VPLS in the = network > > > stack? > > > > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_Private_LAN_Service > > > > If you don't need interoperability with others, you can = theoretically > > achieve something like VPLS using if_bridge, if_gif, EtherIP and the > > "private" flag of if_bridge. > > > > Of course it would be a static setup and you'll have to create full > > mesh connections for all the participating nodes. >=20 > The whole point of VPLS is to simulate a multipoint Ethernet segment, > possibly across a WAN and several MPLS PE routers. If you only have a = small > network it is usually far simpler to just set up a suitable collection = of switches > with VLAN trunks between them. >=20 > So the question is - *why* would you want FreeBSD to support VPLS? And > what exactly do you mean by implementing VPLS on FreeBSD? If you want = a > multipoint bridge across several interfaces, this can be done. If you = want > something with MPLS support (labels etc) it's a completely different = ball > game. >=20 > Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug@nethelp.no I want to be able to interact with other vendors using VPLS. I am = familiar with 802.1Q, if_bridge and if_gif and its possibilities. //JO