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On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 15:25, Pandu Poluan <pandu@××××××.info> wrote: |
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> On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 15:18, Denis Bondar <bondario@×××××.com> wrote: |
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>> VLANs operate at Layer 2 (the data link layer) of the OSI model. So, the support of this feature is independent of the NIC. You can just configure your kernel to support it. |
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> I know, it should be that way. But I had this Gigabit D-Link NIC, and trying to send VLAN-tagged frames through that NIC just won't work. |
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> I had to plug an HP-branded NIC before VLAN-tagging works. |
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> Problem is, those HP-branded NICs are expensive; I'm looking for less expensive alternatives. |
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> (Of course, I might have done some mistakes; so I ask here for good measure) |
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Sorry, more information: |
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The server where I found that puzzling behavior was an HP DL... |
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something, running XenServer 5.6 sp2 |
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So, there was no wrong kernel .config involved there. |
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The new mobo/NIC will go into a custom box, to test Gentoo Dom0+DomU on Xen 4.1. |
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Rgds, |
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FdS Pandu E Poluan |
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