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diff --git a/static/netbsd/man4/vlan.4 b/static/netbsd/man4/vlan.4 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..790d530c --- /dev/null +++ b/static/netbsd/man4/vlan.4 @@ -0,0 +1,190 @@ +.\" $NetBSD: vlan.4,v 1.35 2017/05/29 03:41:53 ozaki-r Exp $ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 2000, 2015 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc. +.\" All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" This code is derived from software contributed to The NetBSD Foundation +.\" by Jason R. Thorpe of Zembu Labs, Inc. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. 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IN NO EVENT SHALL THE FOUNDATION OR CONTRIBUTORS +.\" BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR +.\" CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF +.\" SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS +.\" INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN +.\" CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) +.\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE +.\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.Dd May 29, 2017 +.Dt VLAN 4 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm vlan +.Nd IEEE 802.1Q Virtual LAN network device +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Cd "pseudo-device vlan" +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Nm +interface provides support for +.Tn IEEE +802.1Q Virtual Local Area Networks +.Pq Tn VLAN . +This supports the +trunking of more than one network on a single network interface by using +802.1Q tagged and untagged frames. +.Pp +To use a +.Nm vlan +interface, the administrator must first create the interface and then +specify the VID +.Po +.Tn VLAN +identifier, the first 12 bits from a 16-bit integer which +distinguishes each +.Tn VLAN +from any others +.Pc +and +.Pq parent +physical interface associated with the +.Tn VLAN . +This can be done by using the +.Xr ifconfig 8 +.Ic create , +.Ic vlan , +and +.Ic vlanif +subcommands from a shell command line or script. +From within a C program, use the +.Xr ioctl 2 +system call with the +.Dv SIOCSIFCREATE +and +.Dv SIOCSIFVLAN +arguments. +.Pp +Packets sent through a +.Nm +interface are tagged with the VID and passed to the parent interface for +transmission. +Tagged packets received on the parent interface are passed to the +.Nm +interface with the corresponding VID associated with the parent interface. +Packets sent directly through the parent interface are transmitted as +untagged frames. +Untagged frames received on the parent interface are handled by the +parent interface. +Tagged frames received on the parent interface with a VID of 0 and an +EtherType of IP or IPv6 are processed on the parent interface. +Tagged frames received on the parent interface for which no +.Nm +interface with a matching VID exists are dropped and counted as +.Dq unknown protocol . +.Po +These are displayed by the +.Xr ifconfig 8 +.Fl v +option. +.Pc +.Pp +If the +.Nm +pseudo-device is not configured in the kernel only packets tagged with a +VID of 0 are processed. +.Pp +To be compatible with other +.Tn IEEE +802.1Q devices, the +.Nm +interface supports a 1500 byte +.Tn MTU , +which means that the parent interface will have to handle packets +that are 4 bytes larger than the original +.Tn Ethernet +standard. +.Pp +.Nm +can be used with devices not supporting the +.Tn IEEE +802.1Q +.Tn MTU , +but then the +.Tn MTU +of the +.Nm +interface will be 4 bytes too small and will not interoperate +properly with other +.Tn IEEE +802.1Q devices, unless the +.Tn MTU +of the other hosts on the +.Tn VLAN +are also lowered to match. +.Sh EXAMPLES +The following will create interface +.Sy vlan0 +with VID six, on the +.Tn Ethernet +interface +.Sy tlp0 : +.Bd -literal -offset indent +ifconfig vlan0 create +ifconfig vlan0 vlan 6 vlanif tlp0 +.Ed +.Pp +After this set up, +.Tn IP +addresses (and/or other protocols) can be assigned to the +.Sy vlan0 +interface. +All other hosts on the +.Tn Ethernet +connected to +.Sy tlp0 +which configure a +.Tn VLAN +and use VID six will see all traffic transmitted through +.Sy vlan0 . +.Pp +The same +.Tn VLAN +can be created at system startup time +by placing the following in +.Pa /etc/ifconfig.vlan0 : +.Bd -literal -offset indent +create +vlan 6 vlanif tlp0 +.Ed +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr bridge 4 , +.Xr ifconfig 8 +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Nm +device first appeared in +.Nx 1.5.1 , +and was derived from a +.Tn VLAN +implementation that appeared in +.Fx +and +.Ox . +.Sh BUGS +The +.Nm +interfaces do not currently inherit changes made to the physical +interfaces' +.Tn MTU . |
