VLAN and LLADDR.
Adrian Chadd
adrian at freebsd.org
Sun Dec 4 07:30:56 UTC 2011
On 4 December 2011 13:52, Pawel Tyll <ptyll at nitronet.pl> wrote:
> Hi list,
>
> Having a different MAC address on vlan interface and parent interface
> requires enabling promiscuous mode. Is this a bug, or is it working as
> intended? Will leaving promiscuous mode enabled indefinitely hurt
> performance on gigabit em interface?
Hm, that's an interesting issue. How about writing a PR about it?
You may find some hardware lets you program in a unicast filter or a
set of local mac addresses, instead of a single station address.
(I know I can do this with my atheros wifi nics, for example.)
Adrian
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