From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Dec 18 08:16:28 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0753D16A4CE for ; Sat, 18 Dec 2004 08:16:28 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mx01.bos.ma.towardex.com (mx01.bos.ma.towardex.com [65.124.16.9]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D1E7043D39 for ; Sat, 18 Dec 2004 08:16:27 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from haesu@mx01.bos.ma.towardex.com) Received: by mx01.bos.ma.towardex.com (TowardEX ESMTP 3.0p11_DAKN, from userid 1001) id 60F5A2FA0D; Sat, 18 Dec 2004 03:16:27 -0500 (EST) Date: Sat, 18 Dec 2004 03:16:27 -0500 From: James To: Mike Hunter Message-ID: <20041218081627.GA54494@scylla.towardex.com> References: <005801c4e42a$a1825890$9f90a8c0@donatas> <20041217223519.GB27607@odin.ac.hmc.edu> <20041217230349.GA15905@ack.Berkeley.EDU> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20041217230349.GA15905@ack.Berkeley.EDU> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org cc: Donatas Subject: Re: vlan double tagging X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 18 Dec 2004 08:16:28 -0000 On Fri, Dec 17, 2004 at 03:03:49PM -0800, Mike Hunter wrote: > On Dec 17, "Brooks Davis" wrote: > > > On Fri, Dec 17, 2004 at 01:22:02PM +0200, Donatas wrote: > > > hello, > > > i'd like to ask if there's any possibility to pass double tagged vlan packets through freebsd 5.x routers? > > > and....how many level1 vlans are supported on one parent device? > > > > I don't know what happens with double tagged vlan packets. > > I think what he's asking about is whether FreeBSD prevents any of the > nasty hacks that can be accomplished by double-tagging frames, or if there > is something he can do with netgraph to prevent such badness. /me thinks he's asking for q-in-q tunneling feature. -J -- James Jun TowardEX Technologies, Inc. Technical Lead Boston IPv4/IPv6 Web Hosting, Colocation and james@towardex.com Network design/consulting & configuration services cell: 1(978)-394-2867 web: http://www.towardex.com , noc: www.twdx.net