[VLAN] vlan stacking

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While I agree with Ben that it will probably 'just work', what would be very
nice is to be able for every layer of vlan tags to be able to set the
ethertype; while 0x8100 is default for 802.1p/q, there is no standard for 'q
in q'. Some switch vendors choose 0x9100, others let you set a type in
configuration. 

How about the following extra command in vconfig (with the implementation in
the kernel to match, of course :)

set_ether_type <interface-name> <ethertype>

Offloading vlan tags to a nic probably won't work using other ethertypes,
but otherwise implementation ought to be fairly simple.

Cheers,

Remco van Mook
Virtu

-----Original Message-----
From: vlan-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:vlan-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Ben Greear
Sent: Sunday, December 05, 2004 01:04
To: hans.dengel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; Linux 802.1Q VLAN
Subject: Re: [VLAN] vlan stacking

Hans Dengel wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> maybe a typical newbie question:
> is there any implemantation on "q in q" or stacked vlans or vman?

I think it will just work in Linux...but I'm not aware of any other stack
that will support it.

Ben

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Ben Greear <greearb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Candela Technologies Inc  http://www.candelatech.com

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