Miskell, Craig wrote:
>>
>> ls centos supporting vlan setup?
> If by that you mean 802.1q trunking, then yes.
>
>> ls it reliable?
> Seems to be in my experience, but that's only limited so far.
>
>> how can I do it?
> Create multiple ifcfg files in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts, e.g. for
> multiple VLANs on eth0:
> ifcfg-eth0
> ifcfg-eth0.2
> ifcfg-eth0.100
>
> The number after the decimal is the VLAN id (default (1), 2 and 100
> respectively above). In each file, add VLAN=yes. And don't forget to
> turn on trunking on the switch to which you're attached. The network
> startup scripts will then do the right thing.
Are the details documented somewhere? Is vlan 1 always native
(untagged) or can you specify that? I remember having some problem with
Intel NICs on windows not liking native packets at all if any were
tagged but I don't know if that was a hardware or software issue.
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