Hi, The card need not support 802.1Q. The linux vlan package acts as a protocol driver over ethernet (0x8100 is the protocol number). The driver will decapsulate VLAN tagging and push the packets up throug the virtual interfaces created using VCONFIG. HTH Jojan NeST -----Original Message----- From: vlan-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:vlan-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Jir? Cervenka Sent: Wednesday, November 23, 2005 1:06 PM To: vlan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [VLAN] newbie question ... Hello, i?m new to vlans on linux. I?d like to ask whether it is necessary to have NIC with native support of dot1q encapsulation to make vlans work on linux or is enough to compile kernel with dot1q support and install vconfig. I have all necessities installed. Vconfig seems to work fine but i?m not able to make vlans work. thanks for any help _______________________________________________ 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." ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
