On Sun, Sep 17, 2006 at 01:00:53AM +0200, Peter Stuge wrote: > On Sun, Sep 17, 2006 at 12:23:27AM +0200, Sylvain Beucler wrote: > > - from eth0.5: > > 00:04:30.931442 vlan 5, p 0 > > > > - from eth0: > > 00:05:03.930970 IP > > > > eth0.5 sends this "vlan 5, p 0" additional information. Is that > > normal? > > That is the reason to use VLANs. > > > > Maybe I need to configure something on the receiver side as well? > > Indeed. The DHCP server must also be VLAN-aware. > > > I suggest you read up on the 802.1q standard to learn more about how > VLANs work and how they are best used in your configuration. > > http://standards.ieee.org/getieee802/802.1.html > > Scroll down a bit and you'll see IEEE 802.1Q, 2003 Edition. > > 1q also covers priority, but start with the VLAN stuff. Thanks a lot, it works now :) I wasn't really looking for vlans per-se, just for the side effect of getting multiple IPs via DHCP on the same nic - hence why I lacked some pre-requisite ;) -- Sylvain
