Thank you very much Taylor. I will try this, but I need to read more about this topic, so that is reason why I asked for materail to read, you wrote solution, and that is great, but if I want relly understand this I need to read much more? Anyway thank you very much for this. Best wishes Elvir Kuric --- "Taylor, Grant" <gtaylor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Elvir Kuric wrote: > > I want to know is there some manual or even better > > book how to make virtual interfaces ( > subinterfaces ) > > on linux machine and attach VLANs which are > > implemented on switch to these virtaul interfaces. > > I'm not quite sure exactly what you mean by virtual > interfaces. > > Presently, you can easily create virtual / logical > interfaces for any given > VLAN for a physical interface. Do some reading on > vconfig if you want / > need more information. Or, reply and I'll be happy > to help. > > You could do something as crazy as this, which I > have successfully done before. > > ifconfig eth0 0.0.0.0 up > ifconfig eth1 0.0.0.0 up > > ifenslave bond0 eth0 eth1 > > vconfig add bond0 1 > vconfig add bond0 2 > > ifconfig bond0.1 1.0.0.1 netmask 255.0.0.0 up > ifconfig bond0.1:1 1.255.255.254 netmask 255.0.0.0 > up > > ifconfig bond0.2 2.0.0.1 netmask 255.0.0.0 up > ifconfig bond0.2 2.0.0.1 netmask 255.0.0.0 up > > brctl addbr bri0 > brctl addif bri0 bond0.1 > brctl addif bri0 bond0.2 > > ifconfig bri0 3.0.0.1 netmask 255.0.0.0 up > ifconfig bri0:1 3.255.255.254 netmask 255.0.0.0 up > > > Then use IPTables / EBTables / ARPTables to your > heart's content. If you > enable layer 3 matching on layer 2 for ebtables, you > can use IPTables to > filter bridged traffic. > > In the above scenario, you end up with the following > interfaces: > > eth0 > eth1 > bond0 > bond0.1 > bond0.1:1 > bond0.2 > bond0.2:1 > bri0 > bri0:1 > > I hope that helps. If you have any other questions, > fire away. Sorry, I'm > not sure of any concise manual, per say, but there > are a few man pages for > each command that you can use in conjunction with > other commands. :) > > > > Grant. . . . > > P.S. Router-On-A-(Bonded and / or VLAN)-Stick is > fun and can be very > useful. :} When you start combining a layer 2 > managed switch with a Linux > box things get VERY interesting. Can you say load > sharing across 8 cable > modems on a router with 2 NICs... > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta. http://new.mail.yahoo.com