VLAN and LLADDR.

[Adrian Chadd]

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