Re: Vlan linux problem

hi, i use netgear with natsemi modules, and a broadcom  netExtreme
gigabit with tg3 module...

its nics are not compatible with vlans on linux ?

thanks
2006/6/16, Peter Stuge <[email protected]>:
> On Fri, Jun 16, 2006 at 09:27:40AM -0300, Fabio Silva wrote:
> > Hi all i have vlan and linux configured and its ok, i can ping the
> > networks between the vlans but, when i tri to go to internet, i can
> > see some sites, but sites like webmail, msn, and other i cant open,
> > and i dont know what do.. i've disable the firewall and just
> > masquerade the network but with no sucess :( anyone has an ideia of
> > whats happening?
>
> I bet this is because the network card+driver you're using doesn't
> properly handle maximum size ethernet packets when they have a VLAN
> tag prepended (and hence are larger than ethernet max)..
>
> What chipset is on your NIC?
>
> If possible, switch to a Intel 100 or 1000 NIC, the e100 and e1000
> drivers don't have this problem. If you have to stay with existing
> hardware, check the web page and the ML archives for a patch allowing
> oversize packets. It's called "the MTU problem" sometimes, but I
> don't like that name since the problem is on the receiving end.
>
>
> //Peter
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Fabio S. Silva
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