VLAN IEEE 802.1Q Trunking

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[McGee]

Hi Guys,


I'm a fairly long time user of Endian after using different firewall OS's such as IPCop, Smoothwall and PFsense.
Endian by far would be my favorite for usability and functionality.

I've just recently put in a new box which is a nice wee atom based machine running 1.6ghz dualcore with hyper threading which is plenty grunty for a SOHO network.
The only downside to this is being an atom motherboard it only has room for 1 network card.

What I am hoping to do is run a trunk out the LAN / Green interface to allow me to run the blue / orange network on vlans.

Has anyone got any pointers on where to do this ?
I've had a look on google but can't find any specific information regarding setting up a trunk.

I'm just waiting for my new managed switch to arrive for this.


Cheers!

[AussieBloke]

Have you thought about using dual or quad port NIC to get around the problem of having only a single network card

[McGee]

I did think about that but they are normally hard to find / expensive.

[AussieBloke]

A VLAN for a small network will require more administartion than it is worth. On Large networks it decreases the administration. What are you planning on doing with the vlans.

I ran my internet, mail server & Voip on a single network and find there is no issue.

Dual / Quad port NICS are general more expensive but they give better through put since they are designed for servers. If you compare the cost of it with server NIC then the cost is quite reasonable.

[McGee]

I was just having a look around, There are allot of options for multi port NICs but they are up in the price range.

It's only for a SOHO network but it will be more for experimentation / learning purposes.

I could probably get away with a dual port NIC, I was wanting to run a DMZ plus a wireless network for guests.
I guess I could potentially run the guest wireless over the DMZ network too, Since it will be open I want to keep it away from the main LAN.

[mrkroket]

I don't see where the problem is.
Endian by default allows VLAN's. On Network->Interfaces->VLAN. Here you create the VLAN's you need, on the interface you need.

The hard part on VLAN are on the managed switches, where you must create the VLAN trunks and all the hard stuff.
If you don't have managed switches that support VLAN, forget about it. They are a bit expensive.

[jeremycald]

Multiport NICs can be had on ebay all day long for $50 or less.