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RE: [afnog] VLAN setup with linux
- To: <pascal.gloor at spale.com>, <cateenyi at one2net.co.ug>
- Subject: RE: [afnog] VLAN setup with linux
- From: <kaggwas at mtn.co.ug>
- Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2003 17:03:57 +0300
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-----Original Message-----
From: Pascal Gloor [mailto:pascal.gloor at spale.com]
Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2003 4:02 PM
To: cateenyi at one2net.co.ug
Cc: afnog at afnog.org
Hi Charlie,
> is there a linux package i could use to implement VLANs the way cisco
> switches do it? in other words a substitute for VLAN capable switches.
> i hope this makes sense.
Linux can be configured to support 802.1q trunks (And act like a router
routing inter-vlan traffic on one interface)
Otherwise, I struggle to see how a regular Linux box can act as a switch with
multiple VLANs(Multiple ports performing L2 switching). Maybe someone else
has seen this. Unless of course you mean something like;
http://www.znyx.com/news/2000/news0009a.htm
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Simon S. Kaggwa
Network Administrator(Routing / E. Mgt Systems)
MTN Uganda Ltd
Tel: +25677212622; Fax: +25678212288
Email: kaggwas at mtn.co.ug ; s_kaggwa at hotmail.com
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