Re: status of VLAN support in Debian/Linux in general
On Wed, 2004-09-08 at 17:30, Arnt Karlsen wrote:
> On Wed, 8 Sep 2004 15:44:50 +0200, Adrian wrote in message
> <[🔎] 200409081544.59112@fortytwo.ch>:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I've some questions regarding VLAN support in Debian and in Linux.
> > First: is <http://www.candelatech.com/~greear/vlan.html> still the
> > main page? Google makes me think so, but there are some references to
> > 2.2 kernels and none to 2.6 kernels, so I'm a bit unsure.
> >
> > 2.6 kernels: are they ready in general? The kernel.org and/or the
> > debian kernels? kernel-patch-vlan is only in woody, so I guess recent
> > 2.4 kernels don't need patches.
> >
> > Which ethernet cards are working? I'm interested in both fast ethernet
> > and gigabit ethernet.
>
> ..play with oraclic
> http://www.google.com/search?num=100&q=Debian+wifi+802.11+laptop+wireless
>
> > VLAN is an IEEE standard - is it a real standard, or is it a 'it may
> > work with some switches and not work with others'? (The simple format
> > of the VLAN tag in the ethernet header makes me hope for the
> > former...)
> >
> > Debian: Ok, I see there's the package 'vlan', so I guess it contains
> > all I need.
>
> ..play plummer: arnt@a45:~/FG/Atlas $ for i in wifi wireless 802.11\
> laptop ;do apt-cache search $i ;done |sort |uniq |less
> arnt@a45:~/FG/Atlas $ for i in wifi wireless 802.11 laptop ; do \
> apt-cache search $i ;done |sort |uniq |wc -l
> 130
> arnt@a45:~/FG/Atlas $
>
> ..130 is with sid only in da source.list.
wireless vlans.
cool.
tinus
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