[Sidewinder] VLAN Support

[Sidewinder moderated discussion list]

Hi!

On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 09:53:40PM -0400, Sidewinder moderated discussion list wrote:

> Is a reboot necessary after turning on VLAN support?

Don't remmeber, but I'd guess so.

> Do existing rules need to be adjusted afterward?

No. Rules use burbs, burbs are assigned to interfaces.

> Will the adapter reset (will there be a service outage)?

Of course. as soon as you change your internal connection
from untagged to VLAN X, you lose all connectivity.

> How does one fall back in the case of failure?

Walk to the console ;-)

> You get the idea.  Has anyone VLAN-enabled their interface on an
> existing Sidewinder G2, and, if so, what advice can you give and gotchas
> can you warn against?

Works like a charm, you just have to plan ahead a bit.
Possibly connect your GUI from the outside  or a service
burb, so you will not lock yourself out.

> Also, I'm surprised at my inability to locate any Sidewinder folks on
> Twitter.

What is Twitter? ;-) Sorry, I have work to do.

Kind regards,
Patrick M. Hausen
Leiter Netzwerke und Sicherheit
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