Some other information. to me, it looks as though the vlan encap is set to 1q.. I'll check into the eepro card though. Any other ideas maybe? VLAN Name Status IfIndex Mod/Ports, Vlans ---- -------------------------------- --------- ------- ------------------------ 1 default active 5 2 VLAN0002 active 826 3 VLAN0003 active 828 3/3-24 4/1-24 5/1-24 6/1-24 7/1-24 8/1-24 9/1-24 10/1-24 11/1-24 12/1-24 1002 fddi-default active 6 1003 token-ring-default active 9 1004 fddinet-default active 7 1005 trnet-default active 8 VLAN Type SAID MTU Parent RingNo BrdgNo Stp BrdgMode Trans1 Trans2 ---- ----- ---------- ----- ------ ------ ------ ---- -------- ------ ------ 1 enet 100001 1500 - - - - - 0 0 2 enet 100002 1500 - - - - - 0 0 3 enet 100003 1500 - - - - - 0 0 1002 fddi 101002 1500 - - - - - 0 0 1003 trcrf 101003 1500 - - - - - 0 0 1004 fdnet 101004 1500 - - - - - 0 0 1005 trbrf 101005 1500 - - - ibm - 0 0 VLAN DynCreated RSPAN ---- ---------- -------- 1 static disabled 2 static disabled 3 static disabled 1002 static disabled 1003 static disabled 1004 static disabled 1005 static disabled VLAN AREHops STEHops Backup CRF 1q VLAN ---- ------- ------- ---------- ------- 1003 7 7 off adm.2 VID: 2 REORDER_HDR: 1 dev->priv_flags: 1 total frames received 3058 total bytes received 262343 Broadcast/Multicast Rcvd 104 total frames transmitted 1060 total bytes transmitted 107868 total headroom inc 0 total encap on xmit 1060 Device: adm INGRESS priority mappings: 0:0 1:0 2:0 3:0 4:0 5:0 6:0 7:0 EGRESSS priority Mappings: istanbul:~# cat /proc/net/vlan/int.3 int.3 VID: 3 REORDER_HDR: 1 dev->priv_flags: 1 total frames received 0 total bytes received 0 Broadcast/Multicast Rcvd 0 total frames transmitted 3805 total bytes transmitted 175030 total headroom inc 0 total encap on xmit 3669 Device: int INGRESS priority mappings: 0:0 1:0 2:0 3:0 4:0 5:0 6:0 7:0 EGRESSS priority Mappings: * - indicates vtp domain mismatch Port Mode Encapsulation Status Native vlan -------- ----------- ------------- ------------ ----------- 3/1 on dot1q trunking 3 3/2 on dot1q trunking 2 Port Vlans allowed on trunk -------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- 3/1 1,3 3/2 2 Port Vlans allowed and active in management domain -------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- 3/1 1,3 3/2 2 Port Vlans in spanning tree forwarding state and not pruned -------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- 3/1 1,3 3/2 2 On Mon, 21 Mar 2005 05:57:13 +0100, Peter Stuge <stuge-vlan@xxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sun, Mar 20, 2005 at 08:46:47PM -0800, Derek Fedel wrote: > > The NIC connected to the switch is a Realtek 8100 series that I > > believe should support the extra MTU size (8139too driver) > > It will, but I would suggest getting an Intel card instead, they > don't cost a lot and are higher quality cards. Use the e100 or e1000 > driver in the kernel though, not the old eepro100 driver. > > > > Its odd, I set up the vlans I want on the switch, set up the > > trunking on the port that the firewall is connected to, and vconfig > > the vlans to the interface on the firewall, but once I bring the > > vlan'd interface up, it will transmit packets, but not actually > > receive anything except for what tcpdump identifies as "Unknown IPX > > packets". hooray. Anyone have any ideas? I'll be glad to supply > > more information if need be. I suspect an MTU issue, but I'm not > > too sure. > > Is trunking specifically set to use dot1q? If not, I believe Cisco > prefers their own trunking protocol ISL, which is incompatible with > 802.1Q. > > //Peter > _______________________________________________ > Vlan mailing list > Vlan@xxxxxxxxxxxx > http://www.lanforge.com/mailman/listinfo/vlan >