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author | Chris Cappuccio <chris@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2000-04-28 05:26:23 +0000 |
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committer | Chris Cappuccio <chris@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2000-04-28 05:26:23 +0000 |
commit | d37e9229f1e8247d2b32feb5f985dafd32bdfe12 (patch) | |
tree | 2d6072a1396afb4fc68e26ecf824576cc4d46c53 /share/man/man4/vlan.4 | |
parent | efca6bf60810e6b82c761bacac198f4979b35b39 (diff) |
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Diffstat (limited to 'share/man/man4/vlan.4')
-rw-r--r-- | share/man/man4/vlan.4 | 27 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man4/vlan.4 b/share/man/man4/vlan.4 index d48e1aae7c2..a1969cd1d27 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/vlan.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/vlan.4 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: vlan.4,v 1.3 2000/04/27 03:25:36 chris Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: vlan.4,v 1.4 2000/04/28 05:26:22 chris Exp $ .\" .Dd 09 January 2000 .Dt VLAN 4 @@ -17,20 +17,23 @@ conjunction with IEEE 802.1Q-compliant ethernet devices. This driver currently supports the following modes of operation: .Bl -tag -width abc .It 802.1Q encapsulation over ethernet (Ethernet protocol 0x8100) +.Pp +The 802.1Q header specifies the virtual LAN number, and thus allows an +ethernet switch (or other 802.1Q compliant network devices) to be aware of +which LAN the frame is part of, and in the case of a switch, which +port(s) the frame can go to. Frames transmitted through the vlan +interface will be diverted to the specified physical interface with +802.1Q vlan encapsulation. Frames with 802.1Q encapsulation received by +the parent interface with the correct vlan tag will be diverted to the +associated vlan pseudo-interface. +.El +.Pp Frame headers which normally contain the destination host, source host, and protocol, are altered with additional information. After the source host, -a 32-bit 802.1Q header is included, with 16 bits for the ether type (0x8100), 3 -bits for the priority field (not used in this implementation), 1 bit for +a 32-bit 802.1Q header is included, with 16 bits for the ether type (0x8100), 3 +bits for the priority field (not used in this implementation), 1 bit for the canonical field (always 0), and 12 bits for the vlan identifier. Following -the vlan header is the actual ether type for the packet and length information. -.Pp -The 802.1Q header specifies the virtual LAN number, -and thus allows an ethernet switch (or other 802.1Q compliant -network devices) to be aware of which LAN the packet is part of, and -in the case of a switch, which port(s) the packet can go to. -This driver allows OpenBSD to separate packets logically with separate -virtual ethernet network interfaces. -.El +the vlan header is the actual ether type for the frame and length information. .Pp The network interfaces are named .Sy vlan Ns Ar 0 , |