[VLAN] VLAN naming

[greearb at candelatech.com (Ben Greear)]

Parthasarathy Vivek-VPARTHA1 wrote:
> Hi,
>  
> Does Linux provide the user process the ability to name VLANs in any 
> manner? I would like to deviate from options in the vlan_name_types enum 
> in /linux/if_vlan.h.
> Any help is appreciated.

The 'ip' tool can rename an interface to whatever name you want...

[root@ns2 htdig]# ip link help
Usage: ip link set DEVICE { up | down |
                              arp { on | off } |
                              dynamic { on | off } |
                              multicast { on | off } |
                              allmulticast { on | off } |
                              promisc { on | off } |
                              trailers { on | off } |
                              txqueuelen PACKETS |
                              name NEWNAME |
                              address LLADDR | broadcast LLADDR |
                              mtu MTU }
        ip link show [ DEVICE ]


Thanks,
Ben

>  
> Thanks
> vivek
> 
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