[VLAN] Using DHCPc on a VLAN interface

[beuc at beuc.net (Sylvain Beucler)]

On Sun, Sep 17, 2006 at 01:00:53AM +0200, Peter Stuge wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 17, 2006 at 12:23:27AM +0200, Sylvain Beucler wrote:
> > - from eth0.5:
> > 00:04:30.931442 vlan 5, p 0
> > 
> > - from eth0:
> > 00:05:03.930970 IP
> > 
> > eth0.5 sends this "vlan 5, p 0" additional information. Is that
> > normal?
> 
> That is the reason to use VLANs.
> 
> 
> > Maybe I need to configure something on the receiver side as well?
> 
> Indeed. The DHCP server must also be VLAN-aware.
> 
> 
> I suggest you read up on the 802.1q standard to learn more about how
> VLANs work and how they are best used in your configuration.
> 
> http://standards.ieee.org/getieee802/802.1.html
> 
> Scroll down a bit and you'll see IEEE 802.1Q, 2003 Edition.
> 
> 1q also covers priority, but start with the VLAN stuff.

Thanks a lot, it works now :)

I wasn't really looking for vlans per-se, just for the side effect of
getting multiple IPs via DHCP on the same nic - hence why I lacked
some pre-requisite ;)

-- 
Sylvain