Re: Linux Vlans: Supported Standards/Limitations
Ben Greear <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.linux.drivers.vlan |
|---|---|
| Organization | Candela Technologies |
| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
Megh Ranade wrote: > I understand that the Linux 2.6 implementation supports the 802.1q standard. > However, I am unable to 'see' support for the following - when I read the > documentation & the 'man page' for the vconfig cmd: > > - PVID allocation for a port/interface > - Dynamic vlans (GVRP) support > - Protocol based vlan classification (802.1v (what today is (802.1q-3003 ) ) There may be tricks you can play with the bridging, firewalling and traffic clasification logic to support this feature set. In particular, I believe that adding a bridge that includes a regular ethernet port and one or more VLANs accomplishes the PVID feature. Ben > > Could somebody throw some light on this? > > Thanks a lot > > -- Megh Ranade > _______________________________________________ > Vlan mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.lanforge.com/mailman/listinfo/vlan > -- Ben Greear <[email protected]> Candela Technologies Inc http://www.candelatech.com