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    netgate 6100 docs, confused about supporting vlans..

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    • M
      Mystique_
      last edited by

      hey all..

      I have a collection of 6100s and was reading the documentation for general things..

      [23.05.1-RELEASE][admin@pfSense.v172.arpa]/root: ifconfig | grep vlan | grep ix1
              vlan: 42 vlanproto: 802.1q vlanpcp: 0 parent interface: ix1
              vlan: 2 vlanproto: 802.1q vlanpcp: 0 parent interface: ix1
              vlan: 10 vlanproto: 802.1q vlanpcp: 0 parent interface: ix1
              vlan: 1000 vlanproto: 802.1q vlanpcp: 0 parent interface: ix1
              vlan: 1024 vlanproto: 802.1q vlanpcp: 0 parent interface: ix1
              vlan: 172 vlanproto: 802.1q vlanpcp: 0 parent interface: ix1
              vlan: 50 vlanproto: 802.1q vlanpcp: 0 parent interface: ix1
              vlan: 666 vlanproto: 802.1q vlanpcp: 0 parent interface: ix1
              vlan: 512 vlanproto: 802.1q vlanpcp: 0 parent interface: ix1
              vlan: 256 vlanproto: 802.1q vlanpcp: 0 parent interface: ix1
              vlan: 192 vlanproto: 802.1q vlanpcp: 0 parent interface: ix1
              vlan: 49 vlanproto: 802.1q vlanpcp: 0 parent interface: ix1
              vlan: 515 vlanproto: 802.1q vlanpcp: 0 parent interface: ix1
      
      [23.05.1-RELEASE][admin@pfSense.v172.arpa]/root: grep ix1 /var/log/dmesg.boot
      ix1: <Intel(R) X553 N (SFP+)> mem 0x80200000-0x803fffff,0x80600000-0x80603fff at device 0.1 on pci9
      ix1: Using 2048 TX descriptors and 2048 RX descriptors
      ix1: Using 4 RX queues 4 TX queues
      ix1: Using MSI-X interrupts with 5 vectors
      ix1: allocated for 4 queues
      ix1: allocated for 4 rx queues
      ix1: eTrack 0x8000084b PHY FW V65535
      ix1: netmap queues/slots: TX 4/2048, RX 4/2048
      

      https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/solutions/netgate-6100/io-ports.html

      ab41c483-523a-453d-95cc-03b90709a56d-image.png

      Is that just a typo?

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      • stephenw10S
        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
        last edited by

        I believe that refers to VLANs created with the ANS framework. Normal VLANs, including some hardware offloading, are certainly supported.

        Steve

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        • planedropP
          planedrop
          last edited by

          I have a 6100 in my lab and it definitely supports VLANs just fine, I have a ton of them in my setup, so nothing to worry about there.

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