Lot of stuff in the internet regarding VLANs. My feeling: It is a technique by which a Physical LAN can be segmented into multiple virtual lans. The 802.1Q standard implements VLANs by adding a TAG in the ethernet frame. The VLANs are configured in the VLAN capable ethernet switches. The client machines participating in the network may not know, that they are participating in a virtual lan. So the frames reaching them do not contain the tag - the tag is filtered by the switches. That means, in most cases, the tagged frames can be seen only in the TRUNK links. The switches in the network exchange VLAN configuration using GVRP protocol, so the configuration can be dynamic. We can make a machine participating in the network, VLAN aware, so that, it can participate in multiple virtual lans. That is the main feature of LinuxVLAN package. HTH jojan -----Original Message----- From: Rino Muhamad Nur [mailto:rino@xxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 2004 9:23 AM To: Linux 802.1Q VLAN Cc: vlan@xxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [VLAN] VLAN Newbie Dear All, I'am new in vlan or trunking tech. So please let me know what's the purpose of vlan , which hardware should use and the software (i'm using freebsd). And more is example what todo. Thanks everyone. (o_ (o_ (o_ //\ (/)_ (\)_ V_/_ ----------------- Linux me !!! _______________________________________________ Vlan mailing list Vlan@xxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.lanforge.com/mailman/listinfo/vlan --------------------------------------------------------------------------- "This e-mail and any files transmitted with it are for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure, dissemination, forwarding, printing or copying of this email or any action taken upon this e-mail is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful." ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
