NIC

The server I’m using for my LinuxMCE setup has the 1 NIC so I’ve been using eth0 and eth0:1 (eth0:1 is a virtual interface for eth0) for internal and external. It works fine, although not ideal to have 2 broadcast domains running on the switch ports. By using Vlans  I can designate the devices that have access to which interface. This gives a closer configuration to having 2 cards without the need for an additional NIC. Considerations I read that not all NIC drivers support Vlan tagging. The one I used:  Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5723 Gigabit Ethernet PCIe (rev 10).To support Vlans you need to be using atleast 1 managed switch, the switches I’m using are Cisco 2960-24-TTL’s. This post was also written using LinuxMCE 10.04 and the Vlans I’m using are 2 and 3.… Read More »LinuxMCE/Ubuntu Vlan tagging with Cisco Switches