Help connecting to two networks (Adding a virtual interface)

[Bill McGonigle]

On 09/01/2009 10:41 AM, Greg Rundlett (freephile) wrote:
> Vlan tagging separates the traffic.
> 
> How do I configure my notebook to be on both networks? I'm currently
> using wireless

IIRC, many wireless AP's don't support 802.1q in 802.11.  You might get
away with multiple SSID's, if the hardware supports that, one for each
network.  I don't think the Network Manager GUI supports that, though.
Then there's hardware/driver support (a second USB NIC is an easy, but
ugly workaround).  You'd at least have to tag the WAP's ethernet port
with both VLAN's, or if it knows how to do VLAN's, just trunk it.

Even with 802.1q in 802.11 support I don't think you'll get any QoS on
the wireless side, so why not just dump all the traffic onto the
wireless un-tagged and then use a simple ethernet alias on the laptop?

-Bill

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