Date: Sun, 31 Mar 2002 16:45:12 -0800 (PST) From: Tom Samplonius <tom@sdf.com> To: Peter Brezny <peter@skyrunner.net> Cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: RE: transmit underflow. Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.10203311640100.924-100000@misery.sdf.com> In-Reply-To: <NEBBIGLHNDFEJMMIEGOOGEEAEPAA.peter@skyrunner.net>
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On Sun, 31 Mar 2002, Peter Brezny wrote: > Thanks a lot Tom. > > I didn't know you could implement vland on a single card. > > I suspect that the amount I am carying on this router could be run through > two quality 100megabit cards. I imagine that would also reduce PCI bus contention. > When you say multiple vlans on a single interface, do you just mean adding > aliases to the cards ifconfig to handle multiple subnets? If that's the > case, I'm already doing so. No, VLAN trunking. Run a VLAN trunk into a trunk port on a switch, and break out your VLANs into ports as needed. You need to have a decent switch for this though. A Catalyst 2924XL would do nicely. > We're a wireless isp, and I've been trying to reduce the number of arp > broadcasts that go down a physical wireless segment to keep the radio's > happy (hence the large number of physically separate ports. So does each physical port go to separate wireless bridge/AP? Sounds ideal for VLAN trunking. > What's the preference for multiport cards out there now? I'm not sure. It sounds like many have abandoned such things for GigE cards and trunking. Tom To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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