[VLAN] Issue with Vlans and bridges

[Krzysztof Adamski]

On Mon, 17 Jul 2006, James Harper wrote:

> >
> > I'm doing bridging between vlans without any rules, I use debian, here
> is
> > how I setup my bridge interfaces:
> > auto br954
> > iface br954 inet static
> >         address 10.193.79.1
> >         netmask 255.255.255.255
> >         bridge_ports eth0.954 eth1.1955
> >         bridge_maxwait 0
> >
> > The IP on the bridge is irrelevant, it was needed for the ifup to
> work.
> > This bridges traffic between the two vlans without any rules in
> etables.
> > I'm using this to translate vlan numbers between different L2 domains.
> > Both eth0 and eth1 go to switches with tag ports. No untagged packets
> come
> > to eth0 or eth1.
> > On one box I have over 50 bridges, and it just works.
> >
>
> Hmmm... what network cards are you using? I think some un-tag the
> packets in hardware...

Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Driver - version 6.3.9-k4-NAPI
Copyright (c) 1999-2005 Intel Corporation.
e1000: 0000:01:0a.0: e1000_probe: (PCI:33MHz:32-bit) 00:10:f3:0b:1c:c2
e1000: eth0: e1000_probe: Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Connection

4 of them build in to the motherboard.

>
> James
>
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