Re: FreeBSD Networking Questions / vlan, lagg, routing, FIBs, ezjail

2009-03-28 Thread Peter Cornelius
> Now, it is my suspicion that the apparent need for promisc at the router > end indeed is an apperent one and not really the router's fault but rather > the other end's. The other end, in this case, is the server below. > > If the server, with its single MIB, default-routes its packets through o

Re: FreeBSD Networking Questions / vlan, lagg, routing, FIBs, ezjail

2009-03-18 Thread Peter Cornelius
Hiya Nikos, re list, > Hm, the promiscuous mode must be needed for the vlan driver. > But you don't have to set it. It does not work without, at the router end. Suspicions, please see below. > I can't think of any implication in a switched ethernet environment. > > It is just that every frame r

Re: FreeBSD Networking Questions / vlan, lagg, routing, FIBs, ezjail

2009-03-17 Thread Nikos Vassiliadis
Peter Cornelius wrote: - On my router, why do I have to set the base interface to promiscuous mode in order to get packets from/to my vlans through? Am I doing something wrong? Are there any implications of working this way? Hm, the promiscuous mode must be needed for the vlan driver. But you