killertop ~ # lsmod | egrep 'sky|8021q' 8021q 16129 0 sky2 46950 0 killertop ~ # vconfig set_name_type VLAN_PLUS_VID_NO_PAD Set name-type for VLAN subsystem. Should be visible in /proc/net/vlan/config killertop ~ # vconfig add eth0 100 Added VLAN with VID == 100 to IF -:eth0:- killertop ~ # ip a a 10.191.251.251/24 dev vlan100 killertop ~ # ip a l 1: lo: mtu 16436 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00 inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo inet6 ::1/128 scope host valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever 2: eth0: mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state UP qlen 1000 link/ether 00:21:9b:ee:ee:94 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff inet6 fe80::221:9bff:feee:ee94/64 scope link valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever 7: vlan100@eth0: mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state UP link/ether 00:21:9b:ee:ee:94 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff inet 169.254.86.184/16 brd 169.254.255.255 scope global vlan100 inet 10.191.251.251/24 scope global vlan100 inet6 fe80::221:9bff:feee:ee94/64 scope link valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever killertop ~ # ping 10.191.251.1 PING 10.191.251.1 (10.191.251.1) 56(84) bytes of data. From 10.191.251.251 icmp_seq=2 Destination Host Unreachable From 10.191.251.251 icmp_seq=3 Destination Host Unreachable From 10.191.251.251 icmp_seq=4 Destination Host Unreachable From 10.191.251.251 icmp_seq=6 Destination Host Unreachable From 10.191.251.251 icmp_seq=7 Destination Host Unreachable From 10.191.251.251 icmp_seq=8 Destination Host Unreachable From 10.191.251.251 icmp_seq=10 Destination Host Unreachable From 10.191.251.251 icmp_seq=11 Destination Host Unreachable From 10.191.251.251 icmp_seq=12 Destination Host Unreachable From 10.191.251.251 icmp_seq=14 Destination Host Unreachable From 10.191.251.251 icmp_seq=15 Destination Host Unreachable From 10.191.251.251 icmp_seq=16 Destination Host Unreachable