Subject: Re: 802.1q - stable?
To: Jason R Thorpe <thorpej@zembu.com>
From: Jon Lindgren <jlindgren@slk.com>
List: netbsd-users
Date: 07/31/2001 11:48:22
On Tue, 31 Jul 2001, Jason R Thorpe wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 31, 2001 at 09:29:23AM -0400, Jon Lindgren wrote:
>
> > I wanted to check on the stability and maturity of 802.1q before I started
> > replacing my old routers, tho. I know it's a bit new, but have people
> > been playing with it? Any gotcha's or quirks to know about? Or is it
> > easier to just try it out?
>
> I certainly use it every day... my main server uses VLANs to access my
> test-system networks (it's the boot and NFS server for many of the systems
> on these networks).
>
> > I was planning on using either an epic, tlp or fxp card for this,
> > probably on a ppro-200 i386.
>
> Any of those should work fine.
Thanks - good to know should I persue this.
-
Jon
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