From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jul 5 19:01:24 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 28DB71065742 for ; Mon, 5 Jul 2010 19:01:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dkelly@hiwaay.net) Received: from bee.hiwaay.net (bee.hiwaay.net [216.180.54.11]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BEB3E8FC1B for ; Mon, 5 Jul 2010 19:01:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [10.0.0.9] (dynamic-24-42-224-110.knology.net [24.42.224.110] (may be forged)) (authenticated bits=0) by bee.hiwaay.net (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id o65In0ST1210298 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128 verify=NO); Mon, 5 Jul 2010 13:49:01 -0500 (CDT) References: <20100705165746.GB10990@Grumpy.DynDNS.org> In-Reply-To: Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1081) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Message-Id: <5AD978F8-557E-4D51-9B85-BC56AA061D70@hiwaay.net> Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable From: David Kelly Date: Mon, 5 Jul 2010 13:49:20 -0500 To: Modulok X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1081) Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: VLANs is this right? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 05 Jul 2010 19:01:24 -0000 On Jul 5, 2010, at 12:30 PM, Modulok wrote: > It was a simplified diagram of what I thought I needed. ( Which may or > may not be what I actually need! ) >=20 > Basically, I want a port on the switch that I can plug un-trusted > devices into. Seconding Peter's request that you not top-post. We read and write this = language left to right, top to bottom, and nothing about email changes = that. You say "un-trusted devices" but would have to trust the device to = configure a VLAN interface. Or back to the ProCurve, it would need to be = configured to tunnel everything on a the untrusted port into a VLAN. = And/Or configure so that the untrusted port is switched only to the = FreeBSD router port. Would be easiest to slip another NIC in the FreeBSD router for this = purpose. Then no VLAN, everything is handled in your firewall. -- David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@HiWAAY.net =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D Whom computers would destroy, they must first drive mad.