Linux and VLANs

Hi All,

Can someone recommend a good reference (preferable free and online)
for me on how to setup, configure/manage VLANs under Linux?

I've seen a lot of online stuff but it seems to be written at a
very high level and specific to particular distributions.

All I want to do is to understand how to setup linux so it can
understand vlans and a few tools on how to debug the setup.

Thanks in Advance,

JS

In news:ylb8k.6503$(E-Mail Removed),
John Shepard <(E-Mail Removed)> typed:

> All I want to do is to understand how to setup linux so it can
> understand vlans and a few tools on how to debug the setup.

http://www.google.com/linux?q=vlan+howto

On Tue, 24 Jun 2008 11:50:12 -0700, John Shepard wrote:


> All I want to do is to understand how to setup linux so it can
> understand vlans and a few tools on how to debug the setup.

Isn't this too straightforward nowadays for much documentation? Add
"VLAN=yes" to /etc/sysconfig/network and start creating interface names
with dots (ie. eth0.10 for VLAN 10). Or is this a Redhat-only thing?

I suppose "man vconfig" might be useful if the above doesn't work on a
given distribution.

- Andrew

Hello,

Andrew Gideon a écrit :
>
> Isn't this too straightforward nowadays for much documentation? Add
> "VLAN=yes" to /etc/sysconfig/network and start creating interface names
> with dots (ie. eth0.10 for VLAN 10). Or is this a Redhat-only thing?

Yes, it is specific to distributions (originally) based on RedHat (SuSE,
Mandriva...) and for example does not work on distributions based on
Debian (Ubuntu...).

On Sun, 06 Jul 2008 19:10:14 +0200, Pascal Hambourg wrote:

> for example does not work on distributions based on Debian (Ubuntu...).

But those would still have vconfig, right?

- Andrew

Andrew Gideon a écrit :
> On Sun, 06 Jul 2008 19:10:14 +0200, Pascal Hambourg wrote:
>
>>for example does not work on distributions based on Debian (Ubuntu...).
>
> But those would still have vconfig, right?

Of course. It is the actual tool used by distribution-specific network
management systems.

On 6 Lip, 23:15, Pascal Hambourg <boite-a-s...@plouf.fr.eu.org> wrote:
> Andrew Gideon a écrit :
>
> > On Sun, 06 Jul 2008 19:10:14 +0200, Pascal Hambourg wrote:
>
> >>for example does not work on distributions based on Debian (Ubuntu...).
>
> > But those would still have vconfig, right?
>
> Of course. It is the actual tool used by distribution-specific network
> management systems.

Do you have installed package 'vlan'?
If not do:
# aptitude install vlan

Make sure that module 8021q is loaded.

Then you can configure VLAN interfaces in /etc/network/interfaces like
that:

iface eth1.200 inet .... - which means interface eth1 with VLAN 200.

Regards,
Jarek