From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 30 20:44:22 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C3ED016A41F for ; Wed, 30 Nov 2005 20:44:22 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from mcgovern@spoon.beta.com) Received: from spoon.beta.com (spoon.beta.com [199.165.180.1]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2AD8A43D58 for ; Wed, 30 Nov 2005 20:44:21 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from mcgovern@spoon.beta.com) Received: from spoon.beta.com (localhost.beta.com [127.0.0.1]) by spoon.beta.com (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id jAUKiIW0013078; Wed, 30 Nov 2005 15:44:18 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from mcgovern@spoon.beta.com) Message-Id: <200511302044.jAUKiIW0013078@spoon.beta.com> To: "Brian J. McGovern" In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 30 Nov 2005 15:12:07 EST." Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2005 15:44:18 -0500 From: "Brian J. McGovern" X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.8 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED autolearn=failed version=3.0.2 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.2 (2004-11-16) on spoon.beta.com Cc: questions@freebsd.org, mcgovern@spoon.beta.com Subject: Update: Setting up VLAN interfaces with Cisco gear... getting traffic on broadcast only... 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: Wed, 30 Nov 2005 20:44:23 -0000 I hate to add to my own issue. I did some more playing and VLANs != 1 seem to work ok (typically in the 100-150 range). However, operating on VLAN 1 still seems to be an issue. -B > All, > I've got three Catalyst 6500s configured in a switching domain via > fiber, with one "hub" 6500 connecting two remotes. Their port > configurations are basically (the actual port number varies based on the > device). > > interface Gigabit Ethernet 9/2 > no ip address > switchport > switchport trunk encapsulation dot1q > switchport mode trunk > > > The switches have been working as-is for over a year now, so I know > that part of the configuration is good. > > I've been asked to provide some Sun jumpstart services, and want to > use an IBM x335 with a bge interface to act as a bootparams/tftp/rarp server , > and figured that trunking it in to the main switch and bringing up vlans for > the individual subnets that would be served would be the right way to go, so > I configured up one of the gig-E interfaces, as above, with the only change > selecting the UTP media. > > On the FreeBSD (6.0) side, I then ran: > > ifconfig bge0 up media 1000baseTX mediaopt full-duplex > ifconfig vlan0 create vlan 1 vlandev bge0 > ifconfig vlan0 10.86.154.221 netmask 255.255.255.240 > > The other devices on the subnet are 10.86.154.209 ("Hub 6500"), > 10.86.154.210 ("Remote 6500 1"), 10.86.154.211 ("Remote 6500 2"), and > 10.86.154.222 ("Another x335 server running Linux"). > > However, I don't seem to be able to get normal traffic through the > link. If I ping 10.86.154.223 (the subnet broadcast), I see responses from a ll > of the above devices - the first looking normal, and the remainder showing > (DUP!), which I would expect. > > Pinging a device directly causes packets to get lost. They show up in > the outbound stats, and the 6500(s) appear(s) to see and respond to it, but > it never comes back in via the vlan0 interface. > > Any suggestions to try before I bang my head against the wall? > > -Brian