On Thu, Jan 08, 2004 at 03:08:48PM +0000, Yogesh Hasabnis wrote: > As far as I know, a layer 3 routing device is required > to allow controlled communication between VLANs,
How about a Linux box, with 2 NICs - one on each VLAN - routing between them? > configured on switches. Can a Linux box work as an > inter-vlan router ? If yes, then does this require any > special tool or software or patch ? Kindly suggest any > docs/URLs which may be helpful in this setup. As far as my knowledge goes, VLANs are just many switch ports configured in a group so as to ignore the presence of any port which is not part of the group. Any sort of routing device can route between VLANs - a layer 3 device helps only to reduce the load on the switch - with an external routing device, the same packet traverses the switch twice on its way from one VLAN to another. Binand PS: Apologies to Cisco(?) - the above is an oversimplified description of VLANs :-) In practice, they tend to get much more complex than the above. -- Linux - It is now safe to power ON your computer. ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Perforce Software. Perforce is the Fast Software Configuration Management System offering advanced branching capabilities and atomic changes on 50+ platforms. Free Eval! http://www.perforce.com/perforce/loadprog.html _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
