On Mon, Oct 11, 2021 at 11:13:36PM +0530, Prasanna Vengateshan wrote: > > Do you have an explanation for what SW_VLAN_ENABLE does exactly? > Enabling the VLAN mode and then act as per the VLAN table. > Do you want me to add this explanation as a comment? or? Yes, not all switches have the same knobs, it would be good to have a comment about what you are changing. > Step (0) > > ip link add br0 type bridge vlan_filtering 1 > > ip link set lan0 master br0 > > bridge vlan add dev lan0 vid 100 pvid untagged > Step (1) > > bridge vlan del dev lan0 vid 100 > Step (2) > > ip link set br0 type bridge vlan_filtering 0 > > > > The expectation is that the switch, being VLAN-unaware as it is currently > > configured, receives and sends any packet regardless of VLAN ID. > > If you put an IP on br0 in this state, are you able to ping an outside host? > > I have numbered the commands above. > Results are, > Before Step (0). Am able to ping outside. > After Step (0). Am not able to ping outside because the vlan table is set > After Step (1). Am not able to ping outside > After Step (2). Am able to ping outside because of vlan unaware mode. This sounds okay.