From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 12 10:47:38 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: current@FreeBSD.org Delivered-To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 69F6F16A41F for ; Mon, 12 Dec 2005 10:47:38 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from glebius@FreeBSD.org) Received: from cell.sick.ru (cell.sick.ru [217.72.144.68]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B864843D5A for ; Mon, 12 Dec 2005 10:47:37 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from glebius@FreeBSD.org) Received: from cell.sick.ru (glebius@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by cell.sick.ru (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id jBCAlZ0L026013 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Mon, 12 Dec 2005 13:47:35 +0300 (MSK) (envelope-from glebius@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from glebius@localhost) by cell.sick.ru (8.13.3/8.13.1/Submit) id jBCAlYG7026012; Mon, 12 Dec 2005 13:47:34 +0300 (MSK) (envelope-from glebius@FreeBSD.org) X-Authentication-Warning: cell.sick.ru: glebius set sender to glebius@FreeBSD.org using -f Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2005 13:47:34 +0300 From: Gleb Smirnoff To: Tim Price Message-ID: <20051212104734.GG37414@FreeBSD.org> References: <20051211214645.06ACB43D62@mx1.FreeBSD.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=koi8-r Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20051211214645.06ACB43D62@mx1.FreeBSD.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i Cc: current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: 802.1QinQ Support X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2005 10:47:38 -0000 On Mon, Dec 12, 2005 at 10:42:31AM +1300, Tim Price wrote: T> Is there any support, either inbuilt or third party, that anyone knows of T> for 802.1QinQ, VLAN Stacking, Inner VLAN (it's called a lot of things by a T> lot of companies)? T> T> The reason I ask is that we provide layer 2 transit over our wireless T> network using a freebsd 5.4 / 6 appliance. Recently we have been approached T> by a group that wants to use VLANS for QOS using their own routers but T> unless we encapsulate their traffic in our own VLANs we will eventually run T> into an issue with VLAN conflicts between this group and another potential T> VLAN user. Any input that the FreeBSD community has to offer on this issue, T> or other solutions that we may not have thought about would be greatly T> appreciated. You can nest us much 802.1q VLANs as you want using ng_vlan(4). -- Totus tuus, Glebius. GLEBIUS-RIPN GLEB-RIPE