On Tue, 2013-06-11 at 14:42 +0200, t.berthel(a)gmx.net wrote:
> Step one:
> ###############################
> # /var/ipfire/ethernet/vlans
> ( see this for more details: http://wiki.ipfire.org/de/optimization/vlan/start#vlan_hw-zuweisung)
> 
> # reboot - ifconfig and ip link show said to me: nothing! no blue or orange interface generated.

Please post your configuration. When you run /etc/init.d/network-vlans
manuelly, you should see error messages if there are any.

> 
> Step two:
> ###############################
> # check autostart for rc3.d for this script:
> http://git.ipfire.org/?p=ipfire-2.x.git;a=blob;f=src/initscripts/init.d/network-vlans;h=2fdfe9ebbcf48391fabef127689c4f5313a483df;hb=HEAD#l34
> 
> I dont see a symlink from rc3.d/ to ../init.d/network-vlans - network-vlans captured the vlans-config from here /var/ipfire/ethernet/vlans. Also, i created a S18rule with symlink to ../init.d/network-vlans.

The symlink you are searching for is to be found here:
  /etc/rc.d/rcsysinit.d/S91network-vlans

That's what my configuration looks like.

GREEN_PARENT_DEV=port0
GREEN_VLAN_ID=20
GREEN_MAC_ADDRESS=00:de:ad:be:ef:20
BLUE_PARENT_DEV=port0
BLUE_VLAN_ID=30
BLUE_MAC_ADDRESS=00:de:ad:be:ef:30
ORANGE_PARENT_DEV=port0
ORANGE_VLAN_ID=40
ORANGE_MAC_ADDRESS=00:de:ad:be:ef:40

I have a dual NIC. One port is dedicated for my internet connection
(i.e. red0). The other port has all the virtual subnets on it.

-Michael