[KLUG Members] vconfig anyone?

[Adam Williams]

>>>>"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

DDOOOoooohhh!  I looked for vlan, 802.1, etc... in the modules and didn't 
find anything.  Guess I missed one.

>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

Right.  Off I go....

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