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    Broadcom NetXtreme II & VLAN

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      MadX
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      Hello,

      I installed Pfsense 1.2 Rc1, with 4 Network cards (2 em:intel Pro Dual 1000 and 2 bce: Broadcom NetXtreme II)
      WAN on em0
      LAN  on bce0
      OPT1 on bce1
      OPT2 on em1

      On the webgui if i want to create a VLAN only the intel network cards are listed, my Broadcom cards don't appear.
      Any idea ?

      Thanks

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        hoba
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        Guess that means the freebsd driver doesn't support vlans on them.

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          sullrich
          last edited by

          Broadcom drivers are less than stellar on FreeBSD.  We suggest using Intel nics across the board.

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            MadX
            last edited by

            Too bad for me, it's a DELL 2950 with 2 integrated Broadcom and i add a Dual intel.

            I found :
            "Not all NICs support 802.1Q VLANs - look for VLAN_MTU and VLAN_HWTAGGING options for your NIC in ifconfig. man vlan provides further info. I found though that my adapter (bce0) was not listed in man vlan but it did support the necessary options and worked with VLAN tagging."

            So i should work no ?

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