Let me correct: you might need VLAN package there, only for specific needs like inter VLAN routing. -----Original Message----- From: vlan-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:vlan-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of JOJAN Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2005 10:16 AM To: 'sameer.neugui@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'; 'Linux 802.1Q VLAN' Subject: RE: [VLAN] VLAN help Dear Sameer, What do you mean by registering the port 0-7,9 as zpt interfaces? Do the ZL50409 provide you with a linux driver? I am new to this chip, but have worked with broadcom chips. AFAIK, these switch chips route only management frames to the host processor through the management port. That means, only frames like Spanning tree frames etc. And generally you don't need to have a VLAN package in the host, because, you won't get tagged frames there. Regards, jojan -----Original Message----- From: vlan-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:vlan-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of sameer Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2005 9:42 PM To: vlan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [VLAN] VLAN help Hello, We are developing a 10/100 mbps switch and are currently in testing phase. We want to test VLAN on it. We are using Linux 2.4.21 and zarlink's ZL50409 switch controller. We have eth0 interface connected to the port 9 over MII interface. We have registered port 8 as our CPU interface i.e zsc0 and port 0 to 7 and port 9 as zpt(0...7) and zpt9 interfaces. We have selected VLAN as a module before configuring the kernel. We also compiled vconfig and have transferred it to the target. To setup the VLAN we did the following: ifconfig eth0 0.0.0.0 down ifconfig zpt0 0.0.0.0 vconfig add zpt0 2 ifconfig zpt0.2 163.122.44.28 up Hereafter we tried to ping the switch with ip 163.122.44.28. We get request timed out. Are we supposed to apply any patch? we initially tried applying patch "candela_2.4.21.patch" and rebuilding the kernel. This gave rise to a huge traffic to the switch disallowing any ping from some other machine. Would like to know the reason for this phenomenon too. Can u suggest some links to understand the VLAN concept from scratch and then building and setting up VLAN on Linux? We would appreciate your help in this regard. Sameer _______________________________________________ Vlan mailing list Vlan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 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." --------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Vlan mailing list Vlan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 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." ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
