Hey guys - I have had a total nightmare with this and I assume I am doing something horribly wrong here, but not sure what. I have tried to follow the Mikrotik official wiki page but no luck.
My Goal
I have a CRS328-24P-4S+ as my main home distribution switch, running 6.48 software and firmware. I currently have all of the ports in one bridge, and all devices can see each other. My goal is to create an 802.3ad aggregated link with ether17+ether18 to connect to my Synology NAS, and have the aggregated port in the bridge so it passes traffic from any other port. I am not using any firewall or other routing features on the switch - just pure switching only. I would prefer to use RouterOS if possible for ability to use other tools including WinBox and the more powerful SSH command line.
My Approach
- I removed ether17+ether18 from the bridge ports (via WinBox under Bridge->Ports).
- Under Interfaces->Bonding, I created a new bonded interface called nasbond set to 802.3ad mode with ether17+ether18 as slaves. I kept all other settings as default.
- At this point, WinBox shows the slave status as good and working, but no traffic flows from nasbond to the bridge or back.
- I then added nasbond to bridge under Bridge->Ports. At this point, everything goes to hell, as the switch slowly stops responding to commands and has to be factory reset and reprogrammed from the console port to allow it to recover. Short of a reset, the bonded interface cannot be removed from the bridge or deleted. Even triggering a reset or reboot fails and it has to be done manually via power off and holding the reset button while powering up.
What am I missing here? I believe I am following the same steps Mikrotik outlines in the wiki, but clearly something is very, very wrong with my steps.