Re: what network device to use?

[mlelstv%serpens.de@localhost (Michael van Elst)]

reed%reedmedia.net@localhost ("Jeremy C. Reed") writes:

>I found that later one of my network cards would connect but couldn't 
>get an IP via DHCP.
>I read online that the ONT box uses 802.1Q tagging with VLAN 0.  Later I 
>will try to sniff the connection to see if I see VLAN. And then figure 
>out how to strip or use it.


Would be interesting what card (in particular what PHY) then did work.

Since you get tagged packets, you need to filter them with vlan(4)
and also tell dhcpcd to use the vlan interface (or ignore
the physical interface).