> >> Work on the VLAN support is being funded by a company,
> ...
> > That's honestly the best thing I've heard yet this week.
> 
> This makes me curious - how big of a device are people
> hoping to replace with m0n0-driven boxes?
> 
> Are there cards that support huge numbers of ports?
> 
> (I don't run a big network, but at work, I am using
> about 30 ports for my HA cluster)

Part of the point of VLAN support is that you don't need a card with a
huge number of ports.  That alone is worth the cost of a managed switch.