Re: VLAN problem
On Tue, Mar 14, 2006 at 10:21:42AM +0000, Arn?r Kristj?nsson wrote:
> I am trying to get VLANs working on eth1 on a server. Whenever I try
> to run ifup eth1 I get:
> SIOCSIFNETMASK: Cannot assign requested address
> Failed to bring up eth1.
>
> I tried shortening the configuration to the "bare minimum" in /etc/
> network/interfaces:
> auto eth1 vlan1
> iface eth1 inet static
> address 0.0.0.0
> netmask 0.0.0.0
> vlan_raw_device eth1
> iface vlan1 inet static
> address 192.168.0.229
> netmask 255.255.252.0
> gateway 192.168.1.1
> vlan_raw_device eth1
>
> the "vlan" package is installed. I have even tried recompiling the
> kernel with vlan support as part of the kernel (as opposed to as a
> module). Can anyone tell me what I'm overlooking?
i am assuming you are speaking of the VLAN_8021Q module. is this
correct? do you have the other end (switch/router/dot1q aware device) configured properly?
-matt zagrabelny
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