Help needed to translate PCC routerOsV6 firewall mangle to routerOsV7

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1

Hi,

Like many people i decided to go with a RB5009 instead of a RB4011 to replace my RB750G r3(all providers offer gigabit internet so it was no longer up to the task) however being a v7 only piece of equipment, changes took place that make the ubiquitous PCC configuration found on the internet invalid but working to some extent.

v6 config is for that part :

/ip firewall mangle
add action=mark-connection chain=input in-interface=pppoe-out1 \
    new-connection-mark=ether1_conn passthrough=yes
add action=mark-connection chain=input in-interface=pppoe-out2 \
    new-connection-mark=ether2_conn passthrough=yes
add action=mark-routing chain=output connection-mark=ether1_conn \
    new-routing-mark=to_ether1 passthrough=yes
add action=mark-routing chain=output connection-mark=ether2_conn \
    new-routing-mark=to_ether2 passthrough=yes
add action=mark-connection chain=prerouting dst-address-type=!local \
    in-interface=bridge1 new-connection-mark=ether1_conn passthrough=yes \
    per-connection-classifier=both-addresses-and-ports:2/0
add action=mark-connection chain=prerouting dst-address-type=!local \
    in-interface=bridge1 new-connection-mark=ether2_conn passthrough=yes \
    per-connection-classifier=both-addresses-and-ports:2/1
add action=mark-routing chain=prerouting connection-mark=ether1_conn \
    in-interface=bridge1 new-routing-mark=to_ether1 passthrough=yes
add action=mark-routing chain=prerouting connection-mark=ether2_conn \
    in-interface=bridge1 new-routing-mark=to_ether2 passthrough=yes

It fails with the error message “input does not match any value of new-routing-mark” at :

/ip firewall mangle
add action=mark-routing chain=output connection-mark=ether1_conn \
    new-routing-mark=to_ether1 passthrough=yes
add action=mark-routing chain=output connection-mark=ether2_conn \
    new-routing-mark=to_ether2 passthrough=yes
add action=mark-routing chain=prerouting connection-mark=ether1_conn \
    in-interface=bridge1 new-routing-mark=to_ether1 passthrough=yes
add action=mark-routing chain=prerouting connection-mark=ether2_conn \
    in-interface=bridge1 new-routing-mark=to_ether2 passthrough=yes

I did due dilligence and read other topics about this on the forum, i’m aware i’m supposed to create a table in routing however this where my comprehension of the change stops.

Is there a charitable soul to translate this to the newer routerOsV7 equivalency?

Thanks in advance.

2

I managed to look a bit more in detail in the routing tables, i have a configuration that seems to work but i’d prefer it to be validated by experienced members.

/routing table

add fib name=to_ether1
add fib name=to_ether2


/ip firewall mangle

add action=mark-connection chain=input in-interface=pppoe-out1 \
    new-connection-mark=ether1_conn passthrough=yes
add action=mark-connection chain=input in-interface=pppoe-out2 \
    new-connection-mark=ether2_conn passthrough=yes
    
add action=mark-routing chain=output connection-mark=ether1_conn \
    new-routing-mark=to_ether1 passthrough=yes
add action=mark-routing chain=output connection-mark=ether2_conn \
    new-routing-mark=to_ether2 passthrough=yes
    
add action=mark-connection chain=prerouting dst-address-type=!local \
    in-interface=bridge1 new-connection-mark=ether1_conn passthrough=yes \
    per-connection-classifier=both-addresses-and-ports:2/0
add action=mark-connection chain=prerouting dst-address-type=!local \
    in-interface=bridge1 new-connection-mark=ether2_conn passthrough=yes \
    per-connection-classifier=both-addresses-and-ports:2/1
    
add action=mark-routing chain=prerouting connection-mark=ether1_conn \
    in-interface=bridge1 new-routing-mark=to_ether1 passthrough=yes
add action=mark-routing chain=prerouting connection-mark=ether2_conn \
    in-interface=bridge1 new-routing-mark=to_ether2 passthrough=yes
    
/ip firewall nat

add action=masquerade chain=srcnat out-interface=pppoe-out1
add action=masquerade chain=srcnat out-interface=pppoe-out2
3

I haven’t tried PCC in v7 yet, but there shouldn’t really be anything that needs translation - all you should have to do is add the routing table with the name of the routing mark. ex:

/routing table add disabled=no fib name=to_ether1
4

The mangle would be ok if it works on v6. In v7, I think you should take a look in IP/Route. In my situation, with 2 working pppoe, I only need to remove ping in check gateway and add 2 rules into Rules table, and it works now.