[Xorp-users] VLAN support in XORP

[Dan Lukes]

Pavlin Radoslavov napsal/wrote, On 09/26/07 19:02:
>> Pavlin Radoslavov napsal/wrote, On 09/26/07 11:01:
>> > In FreeBSD (and I believe in other BSDs as well, but I haven't
>> > double-checked it yet), the vlan name has to be "vlan%d". However,
>> > the integer after "vlan" doesn't need to match the VLAN ID. E.g.,
>> > vlan10 could have VLAN ID of, say, 20.

>> 	Unfortunately, no. It is "default" name, but the real interface name 
>> can be set to anything the administrator wish.

> What system are you using?
> On FreeBSD-6.2 the name of the interface that is created by the user
> needs to follow some pattern.

> root at xorp13[1] ifconfig vlanfoo create
> ifconfig: SIOCIFCREATE: Invalid argument

	Correct syntax is
ifconfig vlan666 name DEVILLAN

	The 'name' parameter is optional.

> The new addition to XORP is that you can have XORP itself create the
> VLANs for you instead of using the system tools.
> 
> Please let me know if I misunderstand something.

	Misunderstanding on my side. Forget it, please.

					Dan


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