From owner-freebsd-net Wed May 30 2:38:15 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from vbook.express.ru (vbook.express.ru [212.24.37.106]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4BBD537B423 for ; Wed, 30 May 2001 02:38:12 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from vova@vbook.express.ru) Received: (from vova@localhost) by vbook.express.ru (8.9.3/8.9.3) id NAA19135; Wed, 30 May 2001 13:38:17 +0400 (MSD) (envelope-from vova) From: "Vladimir B. Grebenschikov" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <15124.49032.621510.427536@vbook.express.ru> Date: Wed, 30 May 2001 13:38:16 +0400 (MSD) To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Netgraph node to support 802.1q VLANs ? X-Mailer: VM 6.72 under 21.1 (patch 12) "Channel Islands" XEmacs Lucid Sender: owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Hi all Does anybody manage to make netgraph node to do VLAN multiplexing ? Yes, I know, freebsd kernel have now supporting for VLAN's (pseudo-device vlan), but it have number of disadvantages: - fixed number of vlan interfaces - vlanX pseudo-interfaces don't support netgraph'ing, so I can't bridge two VLANs using ng_bridge - fixed vlanX interfaces numbering, so if I want use VLANs from 320 to 340, so I can use interfaces vlan0 - vlan20, but if I use VLANs with ID's 1-20 it will be confusing. If I want interface names vlan320-vlan340, I need to specify in kernel 340 vlan interfaces. But contrary in netgraph scheme I can name interface connected to 802dotQ node hook vlan320 as, for example, vlan340 without any problem. -- TSB Russian Express, Moscow Vladimir B. Grebenschikov, vova@express.ru To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message