Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2003 00:18:47 -0500 From: Richard A Steenbergen <ras@e-gerbil.net> To: John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com> Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: what about 5000 .. 10000 VLANs in one system? Message-ID: <20031115051847.GC82121@overlord.e-gerbil.net> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.20031114104904.jdp@polstra.com> References: <1068806299.210616.7785.nullmailer@cicuta.babolo.ru> <XFMail.20031114104904.jdp@polstra.com>
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On Fri, Nov 14, 2003 at 10:49:04AM -0800, John Polstra wrote: > On 14-Nov-2003 "."@babolo.ru wrote: > > > > I remember that VLAN tag has 12 bits :-) > > > > I need in system with 5000 .. 10000 VLAN > > interfaces on 2 .. 6 physical ethernets. > > Er, so what is your strategy for packing 5000-10000 different values > into a 12-bit field? 2-3 interfaces. :) or There are quite a few "double vlan" implementations out there if you're really that desperate, though I don't think there is a standard so that they all interoperate. This is mainly used to provision metro ethernet services where you provide a vlan per customer and they want to be able to use their own vlans without consulting you for numbering. -- Richard A Steenbergen <ras@e-gerbil.net> http://www.e-gerbil.net/ras GPG Key ID: 0xF8B12CBC (7535 7F59 8204 ED1F CC1C 53AF 4C41 5ECA F8B1 2CBC)
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