Hi,
New to MT. Just got a Hex Refresh,
The Refresh got an internal switch MT7621 capable of VLAN decoding. https://help.mikrotik.com/docs/spaces/ROS/pages/15302988/Switch+Chip+Features
I have a setup where I configured port 1 to WAN and Port 2 as LAN with 2 sub vlan, BASE and GUEST.
/interface ethernet
set [ find default-name=ether2 ] name=LAN
/interface vlan
add interface=LAN name=BASE vlan-id=19
add interface=LAN name=GUEST vlan-id=15
With this setup, am I using the MT7621 for VLAN decoding ? Do I need to create a bridge to use the MT7621 for hardware decoding ?
Just follow one bridge setup and you’ll be fine.
ROS will take care of hw offloading in background.
anav
February 23, 2025, 2:07pm
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One bridge, and the bridge has no subnet, does not do dhcp.
attempt 2: http://forum.mikrotik.com/t/using-routeros-to-vlan-your-network/126489/1
tdw
February 23, 2025, 2:15pm
4
If you only require the VLANs on a single port the configuration arrangement is fine as-is.
The hardware offloading on the smaller Mikrotiks is only L2 / ethernet switching for packets between bridge ports within the same VLAN, any traffic between different VLANs or between a VLAN and the WAN is always handled by the CPU.
jaclaz
February 23, 2025, 2:37pm
5
I just found a 0 http://forum.mikrotik.com/t/using-routeros-to-vlan-your-network/126489/1
anav
February 23, 2025, 2:49pm
6
Yikes! Much thanks for that.
that probably fell down from anav’s post 
, the suggested link should be: