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From: Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com>
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Subject: Re: [Bridge] How to test vlan tag under Linux
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Louis Croisez wrote:
> Hello all,
> i would like to build a setup to generate VLAN frames (respecting the
> IEEE 802.1Q standard) for testing purpose.
> How to configure a Linux bridge for it to become a VLAN switch?
> Is it possible?
> What user tool to use for that? brctl?

Try 'vconfig' assuming you have a relatively modern
distribution.  More info is here:

http://www.candelatech.com/~greear/vlan.html

Thanks,
Ben

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