[Classic-discuss] VLAN support

[Mikael Bak]

On Saturday 23 September 2006 14:25, Torben Petersen Egmose wrote:
> Hallo there,
>
> wasn't vlan 801.1Q supported in tiny at some time?
> If so, does anyone know why?
>

These VLAN kernel features are available:

$ cat /boot/config-2.6.16-4ts | grep VLAN
CONFIG_BRIDGE_EBT_VLAN=m
CONFIG_VLAN_8021Q=m
CONFIG_R8169_VLAN=y

I don't know if you need any special user space apps to get things work 
though.

> I'm thinking about using tiny sofa as internetwork router, or is tiny a
> bad choice for that?
>

It may or may not be a bad choise. It really depends on your level of 
knowledge on the specific network tasks you want to get working.

If I were you I'd have a look at some of those free, special purpose router 
distributions with nice web-interface for configuration. This way you don't 
have to find out how things work yourself and most importantly, you don't 
have to compile your own kernel or user space software.

I use m0n0wall[1] for router / VLAN tasks here at the office and we're very 
happy with it, and it fits on an 8MB (!) flash card:
http://m0n0.ch/wall/

>
> Torben Petersen Egmose

HYH,
Mikael