General Questions

I'd like to know how it works if I configure my switch with lets say three VLAN'S, that will later on all have a separate subnet (maybe 192.168.0.0/28, 192.168.0.16/28, 192.168.0.32/28).

If I create these three VLAN's and want to assign them the addresses described above, how do I do that in M0n0wall?
Does it instantly see that "wow, now we have three VLAN's created on one of my interfaces, lets show them in the GUI so the guy can configure them as he wishes with separate DHCP-server settings on each subinterface and routing/NAT'ing/Firewalling between them"?
Just like a "router on a stick" configuration that is.
The switch (that still hasn't arrived) supports 802.1q.

MANY thanks
Cant find ANY info on this, yet its not something very exotic I believe...

yes it's working as you thought

yes it's working as you thought

Thanks
Didn't see anything in the handbook, but maybe everything just ain't documented yet.

Just started realising though that absolutely not every NIC out there supports VLAN's, and while the switch-clients probably dont need to know about it, the interfaces in the router of course must "speak VLAN".

Does anyone know if the Via VT6105M in my ALIX 2c1 handles 802.1q?
For some strange reason that chipset ain't mentioned in any hardwarelistings for FreeBSD 6.3 or 7.0, so dont know what it supports :s

EDIT: Yes it seems they do
http://www.via.com.tw/en/products/networking/rhine/vt6105m/

Isnt it possible to do software vlan tagging when hardware cannot do it ?

Check this also
http://wiki.m0n0.ch/wikka.php?wakka=VLAN&show_comments=1