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authorDarren 'Tadgy' Austin <darren@afterdark.org.uk>2019-11-07 04:42:47 +0000
committerDarren 'Tadgy' Austin <darren@afterdark.org.uk>2019-11-07 04:42:47 +0000
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+VLAN support
+============
+
+Slackware's rc.inet1 is now VLAN aware, and can be used to bring up interfaces
+bound to specific VLAN IDs. The interfaces support IPv4 and IPv6 IP addressing,
+and can be configured on top of a bonded interface.
+
+VLAN interfaces can be configured quite simply in rc.inet1.conf, in the standard
+Slackware way of defining an interface. The key to the configuration is to use
+the correct IFNAME[x]="" setting for the underlying ethernet (or bond) interface
+and the tagged VLAN ID that should be exposed.
+
+Here are the basic settings for a VLAN with ID 100 on the eth0 interface,
+configured with a static IPv4 address:
+ IFNAME[0]="eth0.100"
+ IPADDR[0]="192.168.100.10"
+ NETMASK[0]="24"
+
+As you can see, the IFNAME of the interface contains the underlying ethernet
+device name (eth0), a period (.), and the VLAN ID to be exposed.