hi, i use netgear with natsemi modules, and a broadcom netExtreme gigabit with tg3 module... its nics are not compatible with vlans on linux ? thanks 2006/6/16, Peter Stuge <stuge-vlan@xxxxxxx>: > On Fri, Jun 16, 2006 at 09:27:40AM -0300, Fabio Silva wrote: > > Hi all i have vlan and linux configured and its ok, i can ping the > > networks between the vlans but, when i tri to go to internet, i can > > see some sites, but sites like webmail, msn, and other i cant open, > > and i dont know what do.. i've disable the firewall and just > > masquerade the network but with no sucess :( anyone has an ideia of > > whats happening? > > I bet this is because the network card+driver you're using doesn't > properly handle maximum size ethernet packets when they have a VLAN > tag prepended (and hence are larger than ethernet max).. > > What chipset is on your NIC? > > If possible, switch to a Intel 100 or 1000 NIC, the e100 and e1000 > drivers don't have this problem. If you have to stay with existing > hardware, check the web page and the ML archives for a patch allowing > oversize packets. It's called "the MTU problem" sometimes, but I > don't like that name since the problem is on the receiving end. > > > //Peter > _______________________________________________ > Vlan mailing list > Vlan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://www.candelatech.com/mailman/listinfo/vlan > -- --------------------------------------------------- Fabio S. Silva LPIC-1 Linux Professional Institute Certified
