L******t 发帖数: 1985 | 1 In Linux source, under net directory, there are a bridge subdir, and a 8021q
subdir.
By bridge it seems to me that Linux can do software layer-2 switching and
supports
STP & multiple bridge groups.
8021q is Linux's support of VLAN. I am sure Linux supports routing over VLAN.
But does
it support layer-2 switching within each VLAN? Or Linux's VLAN is just a kind
of interface
encapsulation over Ethernet?
Multiple bridge groups look like VLAN (if VLAN can do switching itself). So I
wonder
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