How about an Intel NIC? In my experience these are far less expensive than those offered by the server vendors. I know that they support VLAN and they are supported by Linux.
Regards, Christian Spoo Von: Pandu Poluan <pa...@poluan.info<mailto:pa...@poluan.info>> Antworten an: "gentoo-server@lists.gentoo.org<mailto:gentoo-server@lists.gentoo.org>" <gentoo-server@lists.gentoo.org<mailto:gentoo-server@lists.gentoo.org>> Datum: Fri, 19 Aug 2011 10:25:34 +0200 An: "gentoo-server@lists.gentoo.org<mailto:gentoo-server@lists.gentoo.org>" <gentoo-server@lists.gentoo.org<mailto:gentoo-server@lists.gentoo.org>> Betreff: Re: [gentoo-server] Server-class mobo with lots of PCI slots *or* VLAN-supporting (802.1q) NIC? On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 15:18, Denis Bondar <bonda...@gmail.com<mailto:bonda...@gmail.com>> wrote: VLANs operate at Layer 2 (the data link layer) of the OSI model. So, the support of this feature is independent of the NIC. You can just configure your kernel to support it. I know, it should be that way. But I had this Gigabit D-Link NIC, and trying to send VLAN-tagged frames through that NIC just won't work. I had to plug an HP-branded NIC before VLAN-tagging works. Problem is, those HP-branded NICs are expensive; I'm looking for less expensive alternatives. (Of course, I might have done some mistakes; so I ask here for good measure) Rgds, -- FdS Pandu E Poluan ~ IT Optimizer ~ • LOPSA Member #15248 • Blog : http://pepoluan.tumblr.com • Linked-In : http://id.linkedin.com/in/pepoluan
