On 1/3/07, Jeffrey Ross <jeff@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Manoj Kumar wrote: > Hello Everyone, > > Wish you all a very happy new year. > > I'am trying to test a VLAN based network. Hence, i wanted to know if it > possible to configure a Linux Machine with multiple NIC card (i.e., > ports) > to be configured to behave as a switch. If it possible then how to do the > same any know resource where i coudl get some material on the same. > > Secondly, if it possible to configure it as a switch then is it > possible to > configure as VLAN based switch. And also know resources for the same. > > Thank you, > regards, > manoj > VLANs? you want to do Dot1Q? and use multiple virtual interfaces (ie eth0.2 eth0.3 etc)? If so look at vconfig. Then just assigned different ip addresses (and network numbers) to each physical (or virtual) nic. Also you will need to enable IP forwarding as I believe it is off by default, issue the command: *echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward
sorry, but that isn't going to work as a router and not as a Switch?, it will worked based on IPs and the route table of the linux box. Right? a Switch worked based on MAC addresses, and a VLAN switch even more. as the 802.1Q works on Eth Header, so on MAC address (Layer two). Correct me if I am wrong please. -- Guillermo Garron "Linux IS user friendly... It's just selective about who its friends are." (Using FC6, CentOS4.4 and Ubuntu 6.06) http://www.go2linux.org
