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    Learning Vlan- Basic Questions

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      eagleeye
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      Hi
      I decided to try to get the Intel ATOM D945GCLF board to work witha VLAN. I am very new at these things and I tried to understand
      all the available info on VLANS but I am stuck because I don't have
      much knowledge on this. Basically since the Realtek chip NIC is not supported, I would like to learn how to use a Vlan Switch to accomplish
      the same as if there were 2 NICS that could work on this board.

      Here is my configuration
      1. Atom Board with intel  82541P1 PCI lan card
      2. ASUS QX1024 P smart switch
      3. Port 26 Vlan tag 2
      5. Default Vlan 1..26 (cannot be changed or edited)
      I then enabled VLAN on the Asus switch via its software.

      I attached the atom board to port #1 and my pc to
      port #2 on the Switch.
      I configured Pfsense that WAN is EM0 Interface vlan tag 2

      On my PC, I could get an IP from pfsense and access pfsense
      web configurator.

      I then attached the ADSL modem to  port#26 (vlan tag 2)

      so I am lost at this point, Pfsense does not show any IP at
      port #26 and also there is no Link Status when I plugged it into
      Port #26 . The link status light comes on only when
      I plugged the Adsl modem onto port 1..23.

      So I am definitely missing some basic config here, must I
      perform some more specific settings on the ASUS switch
      or do I need some specific configs on Pfsense?

      Eagleeye

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        GruensFroeschli
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        Could you please verify that your switch is a "ASUS QX1024 P smart switch"?
        Can you provide a datasheet to it?
        Because the only ASUS switch with a similar name i can find is a "ASUS GigaX 1024P" and this switch is not 802.1Q capable.

        We do what we must, because we can.

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          eagleeye
          last edited by

          @GruensFroeschli:

          Could you please verify that your switch is a "ASUS QX1024 P smart switch"?
          Can you provide a datasheet to it?
          Because the only ASUS switch with a similar name i can find is a "ASUS GigaX 1024P" and this switch is not 802.1Q capable.

          Hi
          yes you are right, I it only support 802.1P so I guess this is the problem.. Lemme go change it to
          something that has a specific Certification of 802.1Q on it.

          Eagleeye

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            nocer
            last edited by

            If the switch were ASUS GigaX 1024P then it's a bit confusing. Although the spec sheet doesn't say anything about .1Q but it does support .1Q, tag-base and/or port-base vlans.

            Eagleeye, you may want to configure your ASUS switch correctly, via CNM. Check your CNM manual, pp35, 4.7.5 VLAN setup.

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