From: Henrik Nordstrom <hno@marasystems.com>
To: lartc@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [LARTC] VLAN patch
Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2001 22:13:52 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <marc-lartc-100880037028517@msgid-missing> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <marc-lartc-100878327115353@msgid-missing>
On Wednesday 19 December 2001 22.33, Ryan wrote:
> I understand the use of VLANs on a switch, but is it only useful in Linux
> when your Linux computer is configured as a bridge?
What makes such a combination interesting is the added features Linux can
provide, such as filtering or shaping.
A VLAN enabled bridge alone does not make that much sense as VLANs is usually
used in conjunction with switches, and switches are essentially fast bridges
with many ports..
Regards
Henrik Nordström
MARA Systems AB, Sweden
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-12-19 22:13 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-12-19 17:33 [LARTC] VLAN patch Michael T. Babcock
2001-12-19 17:58 ` Jerome PETAZZONI
2001-12-19 21:33 ` Ryan
2001-12-19 21:40 ` Michael T. Babcock
2001-12-19 22:13 ` Henrik Nordstrom [this message]
2001-12-19 23:48 ` bert hubert
2001-12-20 10:45 ` Jerome Petazzoni
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