11.2.7. Setting Up 802.1Q VLAN Tagging

If required, start the VLAN 8021q module by issuing the following command as root:

~]# modprobe --first-time 8021q

No visual output indicates the module was not running and has now been loaded. Note that given a correct configuration file, the VLAN 8021q module will be loaded as required and therefore does not need to be loaded separately.

Configure your physical interface in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-ethX, where X is a unique number corresponding to a specific interface, as follows:

DEVICE=ethX
TYPE=Ethernet
BOOTPROTO=none
ONBOOT=yes

Configure the VLAN interface configuration in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts. The configuration filename should be the physical interface plus a . character plus the VLAN ID number. For example, if the VLAN ID is 192, and the physical interface is eth0, then the configuration filename should be ifcfg-eth0.192:

DEVICE=ethX.192
BOOTPROTO=none
ONBOOT=yes
IPADDR=192.168.1.1
NETMASK=255.255.255.0
USERCTL=no
NETWORK=192.168.1.0
VLAN=yes

If there is a need to configure a second VLAN, with for example, VLAN ID 193, on the same interface, eth0 , add a new file with the name eth0.193 with the VLAN configuration details.

Restart the networking service, in order for the changes to take effect. Issue the following command as root:

~]# service network restart