My network topology is the same as the scenario of “Router-Switch-AP (all in one)”, as described in the post.
So it is the simplest network topology, only one device.
I want Mikrotik’s sniffer to be able to capture all traffic.
I will enable the options “use-ip-firewall=yes” and “use-ip-firewall-for-vlan=yes” in menu “/interface bridge settings”.
This is also required for QoS (i.e. Queues), as written in the specs:
https://help.mikrotik.com/docs/display/ROS/Bridging+and+Switching#BridgingandSwitching-BridgeSettings
I looked for the “hardware offload” feature, though I only found a similar feature called “L3 Hardware Offloading”.
Found it in the specs here:
https://help.mikrotik.com/docs/display/ROS/L3+Hardware+Offloading
I assume these two are identical?
Apparently my Mikrotik device doesn’t support “L3 Hardware Offloading” (I don’t find these option in the menu).
Therefore, I assume that it doesn’t exist, so I don’t need to disable it - correct?
I also found “Bridge Hardware Offloading” in this link:
https://help.mikrotik.com/docs/display/ROS/Bridging+and+Switching#BridgingandSwitching-BridgeHardwareOffloading
My switch model is “IPQ-PPE”.
So, according to the table in the specs, its default mode is non-HW offloading - quote from specs:
Currently, HW offloaded bridge support for the IPQ-PPE switch chip is still a work in progress. We recommend using, the default, non-HW offloaded bridge (enabled RSTP).
Please let me know if I misunderstood or missed something.
It sounds like this is a known issue in networking.
What is the subject that I should search in Google to learn/read more about it?
Just to make sure that my understanding is solid.