Re: Configuring VLANs - Why is IP address require on NIC connected to Trunk?

2009-06-19 Thread Geoff Roberts
Hi, On Fri, 19 Jun 2009 12:16:18 am Nikos Vassiliadis wrote: > Geoff Roberts wrote: > > I find I have to give the ext0 interface an IP address in order for > > routing and packet filtering to work on the attached VLANs. > > > > a) Is there a way to configure this so that I don't have to give ext0

Re: Configuring VLANs - Why is IP address require on NIC connected to Trunk?

2009-06-18 Thread Wojciech Puchar
done using ifconfig_em0_name="ext0" in rc.conf. I find I have to give the ext0 interface an IP address in order for routing and packet filtering to work on the attached VLANs. You have to set up IP address to vlans, not main interface. It's the way vlan's work. Having 2 vlan's is like having

Re: Configuring VLANs - Why is IP address require on NIC connected to Trunk?

2009-06-18 Thread Steve Polyack
Geoff Roberts wrote: I find I have to give the ext0 interface an IP address in order for routing and packet filtering to work on the attached VLANs. This shouldn't be the case. The "ext0" interface should not need an IP address for the two vlanX interfaces to function correctly. Are you

Re: Configuring VLANs - Why is IP address require on NIC connected to Trunk?

2009-06-18 Thread Nikos Vassiliadis
Geoff Roberts wrote: I find I have to give the ext0 interface an IP address in order for routing and packet filtering to work on the attached VLANs. a) Is there a way to configure this so that I don't have to give ext0 an IP address? Yes, you just have to "up" the interface: ifconfig_em0="up