Subject: Re: trunking of ethernet ports on qe/qfe sbus cards possible w/NetBSD?
To: NetBSD/sparc64 Sparc64 <port-sparc64@netbsd.org>
From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Timo_Sch=F6ler?= <timo.schoeler@macfinity.net>
List: port-sparc64
Date: 06/08/2004 20:41:59
>> hi list,
>>
>> i searched the mailing list archives etc. but did not find anything
>> related to this topic, so now my question:
>>
>> is trunking supported and, if so, how to set up?
>
> The vlan pseudo-device is probably what you are looking for (see=20
> vlan(4)
> manual page, but I'm not sure if this will work with your ethernet=20
> cards.
>
> best wishes,
> Chris

hi chris,

thanks -- i'll have a look at this, even if i think that there should=20
be an easier way to achive trunking...? doing this via a vlan is more=20
complex AFAIK than e.g. setting the card up to act according to the=20
definition of IEEE802.3ad.

anyone?

rgds,

Timo Sch=F6ler
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