7.3. Configure 802.1Q VLAN Tagging Using ip Commands

⁠7.3. Configure 802.1Q VLAN Tagging Using ip Commands

To create an 802.1Q VLAN interface on Ethernet interface eth0, with name VLAN8 and ID 8, issue a command as root as follows:

~]# ip link add link eth0 name eth0.8 type vlan id 8

To view the VLAN, issue the following command:

~]$ ip -d link show eth0.8
4: eth0.8@eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state UP mode DEFAULT
     link/ether 52:54:00:ce:5f:6c brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff promiscuity 0
     vlan protocol 802.1Q id 8 <REORDER_HDR>

Note that the ip utility interprets the VLAN ID as a hexadecimal value if it is preceded by 0x and as an octal value if it has a leading 0. This means that in order to assign a VLAN ID with a decimal value of 22, you must not add any leading zeros.

To remove the VLAN, issue a command as root as follows:

~]# ip link delete eth0.8

Note

VLAN interfaces created using ip commands on the command line will be lost if the system is shutdown or restarted. To configure VLAN interfaces to be persistent after a system restart, use ifcfg files. See Section 7.2.1, “Setting Up 802.1Q VLAN Tagging Using ifcfg Files”