Re: VLANs on Debian Etch

[Amit Uttamchandani <atu13439@csun.edu>]

On Sun, 13 Apr 2008 20:57:51 +0100
Steve Kemp <skx@debian.org> wrote:

> On Sun Apr 13, 2008 at 12:52:12 -0700, Amit Uttamchandani wrote:
> 
> >  * VLAN support has been integrated into Linux Kernel since 2.4.14.
> 
>   Yes.
> 
> >  * Not all network cards support VLAN tagging. How do I find out if it does?
> 
>   Try it and see?
> 
> >  * Configuring VLAN is done through the 'vconfig' program but it is 
> > not installed by default in etch.
> 
>   Indeed.  But you can get it and set it up easily:
> 
>     "apt-get install vlan"
>     "vi /etc/network/config"  - then add something like:
> 
> auto eth0:1
> iface eth0:1 inet static
> address 10.0.0.3
> netmask 255.255.255.0
> gateway 10.0.0.1
> vlan_raw_device eth0
> 
>    Obviously the network and device settings will vary.
> 
> > Any ideas?
> 
>   Hard to say, there is a rough overview above, but you don't say
>  what you've tried, or what you'd like to do.  Honestly if you don't
>  offer evidence of putting in a minimal bit of evidence it is likely
>  your message(s) will just be deleted..
> 

Thanks for quick reply. You're right I should have searched aptitude and looked at the vlan package.

I should have put in more details of what I've done.

I apologize.

Amit