Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2004 16:31:12 -0800 From: mrcpu@cdsnet.net To: Sam Leffler <sam@errno.com> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: VLAn support for atheros/Prism? Message-ID: <20040206003112.GU50677@backmaster.cdsnet.net> In-Reply-To: <200402051417.00117.sam@errno.com> References: <20040203213456.GT50677@backmaster.cdsnet.net> <200402051417.00117.sam@errno.com>
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Well, I'm just looking through the specs of the microtik stuff, and they say they have vlan support over wireless now. I can fudge the VLAn support, at the cost of a reduced MTU using the "software emulation" vlan tagging, or whatever it is that FreeBSD does, and bridge those packets, but that's not the same as true hardware VLAN tagging. Which is what I believe the "other" guys are doing. So I'm just wondering if it's a case of the ath/wi drive just doesn't support the VLAn tagging, and the hardware does support it, or if it's all the "eumlated" stuff. I could use VLAN support in several places in my wireless deployment, but not at the cost of the reduced MTU, and the improper ICMP blocking. On Thu, Feb 05, 2004 at 02:17:00PM -0800, Sam Leffler wrote: > On Tuesday 03 February 2004 01:34 pm, mrcpu@cdsnet.net wrote: > > I notice that several of the wireless distro's are supporting > > VLAN's over prism and atheros chipsets. > > > > Are these true vlan's or the "modified" vlan tags that shrink the MTU? > > Please be specific. Vlans on wireless are problably "privacy vlans" used to > segregate traffic when combined with WPA. > > Sam > > > > !DSPAM:4022bfb0844891896911848! > >
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