[KLUG Members] vconfig anyone?

[Bruce Smith]

> >>Can someone with an RH7.3 distro handy check for the availability of the
> >>"vconfig" command?
> >Nope, not there.    :-(
> 
> Hrmm.... This is confusing.  
> 
> We want to do vLAN for the upcoming expo, and to do so we need to feed the 
> switch 802.1q packets (tagged, explicit vlan).  It is a Cisco Catalyst.
> 
> I've used vLANs but on my Hawking switches you configure the vLAN 
> implicitly via an RS-232 console.
> 
> So, no problem right?  Linux has supported vlan tagging in the "stock" 
> kernel since 2.4.14.  But one sets up vLANs with the "vconfig" command,  
> not provided with RedHat, and based upon the absence of /proc/net/vlan I'm 
> thinking RH doesn't support 802.1q.
> 
> Curious if anyone has used 802.1q with Linux? 

I've never used it BUT,  . . .

I did a "modprobe 8021q" and /proc/net/vlan magically appeared.  So, the
stock Redhat 7.3 kernel supports it, but it's missing the vconfig tool.
(I searched all the RPM's on all 3 CD's, and it's really not there)

I guess you'll have to download the vconfig tool.  According to the
kernel docs, it's available at:  

  http://www.candelatech.com/~greear/vlan.html


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Bruce Smith                bruce@armintl.com
System Administrator / Network Administrator
Armstrong International, Inc.
Three Rivers, Michigan  49093  USA
http://www.armstrong-intl.com/
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