tech-net: Re: Transitioning to 802.11q VLANs on a network using a NetBSD box with multiple physical interfaces

Subject: Re: Transitioning to 802.11q VLANs on a network using a NetBSD box with multiple physical interfaces
To: Douglas Wade Needham <cinnion@ka8zrt.com>
From: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
List: tech-net
Date: 06/08/2007 21:53:03

On Fri, Jun 08, 2007 at 02:02:38PM -0400, Douglas Wade Needham wrote:
> [...]
> Now, in playing around with NetBSD, I found that I could not do the
> following:
> 
>     ifconfig vlan4 create
>     ifconfig vlan4 vlan 4 vlanif fxp1
>     ifconfig vlan4 inet 192.168.4.1 netmask 0xffffff00
>     ifconfig vlan4 vlan 4 vlanif fxp2
> 
> The attempt at doing a second vlanif for the vlan fails because unlike
> every other switch/router I have dealt with, NetBSD apparently can
> only bind a vlan to a single physical interface.  And so, I am now

The same vlan interface, yes. Why do you want to have vlan4 on 2 physical
interfaces ? briding ? link aggregation to use more bandwith ?

-- 
Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
     NetBSD: 26 ans d'experience feront toujours la difference
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