On 11/7/05, Rainer Duffner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > http://www.freebsd.org/releases/6.0R/relnotes-i386.html#PROC > > > in the Release-Notes, it says that hardware-VLAN tagging support is now > disabled. > "In the em(4) > <http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=em&sektion=4&manpath=FreeBSD+6.0-RELEASE> > driver, hardware support for VLAN tagging is now disabled by default due > to some interactions between this feature and promiscuous mode. [MERGED]" > > How is the status for this in pfSense?
Just means it's done in software, no biggy. Unlike checksum offloading, vlan tagging in hardware saves zero CPU - it's mainly useful on cards that themselves don't accept an MTU over 1500. The Intel em cards all support jumbo frames. --Bill --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
