Newbie here, with mikrotik at least. I have a CRS510-8XS-2XQ that I just want to use in switch mode, I’m just using the 25G ports. I managed to get basic config up, managed to set up bonds with a unifi sfp switch and a server. But I’m stuck on getting traffic actually flowing.
I created a VLAN, added a bridge to it and the two bonds, but the test vm is not getting an IP-address. Maybe it’s something simple, maybe I overlooked something. I’m mostly using WinBox, as I don’t know the cli that well. Is there something I have to disable to just use it as a switch?
So it should look something like this:
UI Switch <–bond–> mikrotik <–bond–> server → VM
Later on, another server will be added, but first let’s see if I can get this to work
Any help in where to start looking or troubleshooting is welcome!
Thanks, it does make things a bit clearer, I think I’m close to this actual config, however, I feel my tagging or something might be off, not sure what it is.
As I understand it, I create a bridge, I create a VLAN and configure it on the bridge, I add the bonds I created tagged to the vlan along with the bridge.
Do I have to add an IP on the uplink with the aggregator switch? I tried it anyway, unless I configured it wrong, it doesn’t work either.
It should just have an uplink with the switch for receiving DHCP and making it accessible from other networks, the mikrotik switch just has one VLAN basically. Maybe it’s a problem with the bonds and VLANs?
I got one step closer, from the mikrotik switch I can now ping the aggregator switch, but I do not get a dhcp address on the vm that’s running on the server that is connected to the mikrotik switch.
It might help if you show us export of your config and a bit more info on what you are trying to do (which port trunk/access and which vlan).
Terminal
export file=anynameyouwish
Move file to PC
Edit file, remote serial, obfuscate remaining sensitive info
Post back between [__code] [/__code] quotes for easier readability.
