Re: [Xen-users] can't get multiple VLANs to work

[Tomasz Chmielewski <mangoo@xxxxxxxx>]

Andrew Ross wrote:
> Tomasz Chmielewski wrote:
> > I'm trying to set up Xen 3.0.2 to serve multiple guest domains, each
> > using a unique VLAN.
> > Is there anyone out there using Xen with a couple of domains, which use
> > different VLANs? I would be thankful for any suggestions on where the
> > problem might be (and no, it's not checksumming).
> I'm afraid I can't offer any specific suggestions for your setup, but I
> will mention that I'm successfully running several domUs with different
> VLANs.
>
> However, both my dom0 and domU are Gentoo, and both our init.d system
> and its interaction with Xen is a little different from other distros.
>
> I'm using tagged VLANs on a single physical interface (eth0), with the
> vlan interfaces named vlanN . I create a separate bridge for each VLAN,
> named after the VLAN's common-name (eg. dmz, external, staff, student,
> etc). Each vlanN interface is added to the corresponding bridge, and any
> domU which needs networking on that particular VLAN has its vif assigned
> to the necessary bridge, in the usual bridge=whatever manner.
The only way I could make it work is to set up vlans inside domU domains.

It works, but I don't like it.


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Tomasz Chmielewski
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