From owner-freebsd-isp Thu Nov 28 17:23:32 2002 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 3E3BA37B404 for ; Thu, 28 Nov 2002 17:23:31 -0800 (PST) Received: from zephir.primus.ca (mail.tor.primus.ca [216.254.136.21]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C33AB43E4A for ; Thu, 28 Nov 2002 17:23:30 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from leth@primus.ca) Received: from dialin-156-109.tor.primus.ca ([216.254.156.109]) by zephir.primus.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #16) id 18HZsI-0005Ov-0A; Thu, 28 Nov 2002 20:23:22 -0500 Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2002 20:23:23 -0500 (EST) From: Jason Hunt X-X-Sender: leth@lethargic.dyndns.org To: Peter Brezny Cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Freebsd as vlan trunk controller. In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20021128195559.I82419-100000@lethargic.dyndns.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Thu, 28 Nov 2002, Peter Brezny wrote: > I'm looking for pointers/tips/stories on configuring freebsd for use as a > vlan trunk controller for connecting to a cisco 2624 switch. > > Any pointers to docs/how to's or personal experience is appreciated. > Are you referring to the VLAN Trunking Protocol? If so, then from what I can tell, the 2624 does not support VTP. It doesn't even seem to support actual VLAN tagging. (And, if it supports one it should support the other.) Instead, this switch just allows you to create multiple broadcast domains within itself, not actual VLANs. Also, I think you might be referring to doing a "router on a stick" configuration. That is, every VLAN can talk to a single port. This requires the NIC support either ISL (Inter-Switch Links) or 802.1Q trunking. As far as that goes, I've not looked into anything like that before. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message