VLAN configuration

From: Jean-Francois Stenuit (jfs_at_skynet.i8spam.be)
Date: 04/22/05 

Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2005 18:28:39 +0200

Hi there,

A question that's on my mind for some time now.

I'd like to configure VLANs on a Debian Gnu/Linux box. I tried with
kernels in trains 2.4 and 2.6 but have the same symptoms all the time. I
must be missing something but I can't find out what.

Symptoms are clear : I configure my vlan using the "vconfig" command, then
I try to configure the virtual interface using "ifconfig" and this last
command freezes. In another window, I try to view the new interfaces using
"ifconfig -a" and this freezes as well.

Now the strangest thing : when I try to kill the frozen "ifconfig"'s, I
simply can't ! Even "kill -9" does not work.

Am I alone in this situation ?
Do I need to rebuild the ifconfig command ?

Thanks in advance for your enlightments. 

-- 
Jean-Francois "Jef" Stenuit

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