From owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Sep 10 09:25:40 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E751D16A41F for ; Sat, 10 Sep 2005 09:25:40 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from blake@yfug.yumaed.org) Received: from yfug.yumaed.org (yfug.yumaed.org [204.118.103.170]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B868343D49 for ; Sat, 10 Sep 2005 09:25:40 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from blake@yfug.yumaed.org) Received: from [192.168.101.23] (zuul.beamspeed.net [208.47.101.170]) by yfug.yumaed.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 296424F7 for ; Sat, 10 Sep 2005 02:31:27 -0700 (MST) Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v734) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org From: Blake Covarrubias Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2005 02:25:37 -0700 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.734) Subject: VLAN interfaces on FreeBSD; performance issues X-BeenThere: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Internet Services Providers List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2005 09:25:41 -0000 Hi, I have a question about VLAN interfaces on FreeBSD. I've read the documentation and have set them up on a machine. After doing so though the machine seems less network responsive. Does implementing VLAN interfaces / tagging slow down network performance? I'm running FreeBSD 5.4-RELEASE-p6 on a 500mhz Pentium III w/ 256mb ram. The reason for wanting VLAN tagging is the machine has once NIC and I wanted to multi-home it without having to install another NIC. The network card is using the 'fxp' driver. -- Blake Covarrubias