🚧 Ah, FreeBSD 15's new "bridging" act—brought to you by the same innovators who think deprecating features without a plan is a cool party trick. 🎩 VLAN support? Check. Confusing sysctls? Check. Of course, they graciously leave future headaches to sort out the whole router-on-a-stick mess. 🎉✨
https://blog.feld.me/posts/2026/02/using-new-bridges-freebsd-15/ #FreeBSD15 #Bridging #VLANs #Sysctls #Innovation #Networking #HackerNews #ngated
Using The New Bridges of FreeBSD 15

FreeBSD 15 comes with a new bridging implementation which has native support for VLANs. They have also soft-deprecated the ability to have any layer 3 addresses on member interfaces which makes it behave like a real hardware switch. The net.link.bridge.member_ifaddrs sysctl controls this behavior and it will …

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Boost your network security and performance with VLANs!
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@WiteWulf

Although #OPNsense is better than #pfSense at accepting #realtek NICs, it still is based on #BSD, right?

I moved to #OpenWrt (based on #linux), and probably never going back, purely because #Linux doesn't complain about these NICs. It also has excellent support for advanced functionalities like #VLANs & and truckload of plugins.

I’d still prefer #Intel NICs, but I'm loving OpenWrt on my x86 system.

Was ich gar nicht wußte: Bei #Vodafone bekommt man mittlerweile einfach so ein /64, ohne das irgendwo beantragen zu müssen.
Und es funktioniert noch dazu, kein Gehampel mit #tunnelbroker mehr, der #Mikrotik macht das sauber inklusive Sonderlocken wie "ignoriere die Nameserver, die Vodafone Dir aufs Auge drücken möchte, nimm den #pihole!"

#ipv6 wie es sein soll. Na gut, größer als /64 bekomme ich als Privatkunde wohl nicht, d.h, #Vlans im Heimnetz gehen dann eben nicht, jedenfalls nicht mit v6.
Irgendwas ist ja immer, für jetzt bin ich zufrieden.

Managing #OpenWRT via #Ansible is a breeze. I just love the fact that all the settings, all the #firewall rules, all the good stuff is configured with config files.

I've created 6 #VLANs, all of them completely #isolated, with a few allowed traffic rules. I've even isolated the #Windows #PC of my roommate inside of the #trusted #network.

Now his #XiaomiTVBox can't scan the network anymore (yes it actually does that. I've noticed it while working on my packet monitoring project).

#networking #subnetting #subnet #homelab #selfhosting #openwrt #privacy #security #vlan #isolation #dmz

#OPNsense users, it is time to migrate your legacy #IPSEC VPN tunnels to the new connection setup. The Legacy IPSEC feature will be deprecated in 26.1.

I have updated my IPSEC post [1] with the new connection settings. The migration was not straightforward and required some changes, but it is not complicated either.

A little gem here is the #CIDR subnet mask notation used for Policy Based Routing, which allows multiple subnets (#VLANs) on both sides to be automatically routed, without the need for ongoing changes to tunnel settings.

[1]: https://du.nkel.dev/blog/2021-11-19_pfsense_opnsense_ipsec_cgnat/

IPSEC between OPNsense and pfSense - du.nkel.dev

A personal code notes blog

It's Sunday! 🌝

Don't forget to touch grass! 🤗

Because problems tend to resolve themselves on long walks.

- Optimizing your #nixos config can wait.
- Dealing with those stupid #docker containers too.
- Halting your quest to perfect #vlans won't kill you.

Everything will ultimately be done by your future self. 👊

Just allow him to breath from time to time.

Challenges with Asus Router and VLANs (Video)

Key issues covered in my video are:

Problems with VLAN Trunked port and Inter-VLAN traffic rules

No aggregating of wired and wireless devices into the same VLAN

Correct settings for a TP-Link TL-SG108E switch for mixed VLAN traffic

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See https://gadgeteer.co.za/challenges-with-asus-router-and-vlans-video/

#Asus #networking #technology #VLANs

Challenges with Asus Router and VLANs (Video)

Key issues covered in my video are:

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Challenges with Asus Router and VLANs (Video)

https://squeet.me/display/962c3e10-35a17b17-43c5598894d2cb20

Challenges with Asus Router and VLANs (Video)

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@dvl hmm...

Not shure if #LAGG works across different LANs.

  • Usually one LAGGs physical interfaces instead of #VLAN, so the #VLANs just get transparently spread across the overlay'd LAGG.

I guess one would have to setup Inter-VLAN routing instead...