WAR and 802.1q?

[simcor23]

Will version 3 have 802.1q support?

Just wanting to know.

Thanks

[lonnie]

Not in the first release, but yes it will get vlan support.

[simcor23]

Thanks,

I am not very familiar with 802.1q and setting up vlans. I know what they are and how they work basically. My fibre provider offers us TLS from different towers and such. Now they want us to provide the same service to them via wireless. So basically I run a wireless link to one of their customers back to where they have run fibre to me and the uses their bandwidth and such. They want it 802.1q vlan for QoS. Couldnt I achieve this another way like static routing and cbq. I think they only need vlan for bandwidth limiting and such.

Am I even on the right track.

[lonnie]

VLAN is a way to tag and identify a packet on a bridged network segment, ie where everything uses the same netmask and ARP is used for talking.

It performs the same function that IP does in that the tag can be identified by software and switches and "routed" to the appropriate switch port. So, it allows you to get the same benefits as routing but you get the the drawbacks of bridging. The one thing that bridging gives you is that you do not have to learn anything about networking. For lots of people that seems to be the big motivator.

[simcor23]

Lets see if I have this correctly VLAN is basically routing one switch port to another switch port over a bridged network without having to know how to route. Can I accomplish the same things a vlan can with routing and something like cbq as far as bandwidth limiting and packet prioritization and such. Basically is there things a vlan can do that I cant do otherwise? I'd rather not setup a VLAN if I can avoid it, I dont even have a bridged network everything is routed anyways. Is it even possible to to do vlan if Im not bridged?