[VLAN] 802.1p only?

[Peter Stuge]

On Thu, Dec 13, 2007 at 02:47:06PM -0800, Xin Huang wrote:
> Thanks for the answer. The switch is the DHCP server.

Ok.


> But that's not the problem.

Seems to me that it is.


> 1. "DHCP Request" is sent out from "eth0.0" of a Linux box. It's a
> VLAN tagged packet with VID set to 0.

Fine so far.


> 2. "DHCP Offer" is sent back from the switch and received by Linux.
> It's a regular Ethernet packet without any VLAN tag.

So this is the problem. And there is nothing Linux can do about this.


I would investigate if the switch that you are using can indeed be
used the way you want.


//Peter