Hello, i am little bit confused about configuring VLANs on Mikrotik devices.
I saw many videos with different configurations. Is something like uniform approach how to configure device?
My lector two years ago said that is new approch…create Vlans in interfaces tab, than create ONE bridge - and there enable vlan filtering, then puts all ports to bridge(and set PVID for Vlan) and 3rd step in tab VLANs, set: bridge1, Vland ID and tagged for trung and untagged for access port?
Is this approach right?..because i saw another videos about some vlans where guy was setting vlans in switch tab…It is very confusing from mikrotik…what is the best approach and right approach?
I am now testing in on my home LAB (two HEX s devices, and two AC LITE)
Thank you very much for your advices. I am not familiar with command shell in mikrotik, only GUI
Different switch chips with different capabilities are used in different Mikrotik models. You can use some of them for VLAN handling, but for a beginner, it is definitely better to use the software bridge which works the same on all models, and has the full set of capabilities. The only drawback, which may however be quite significant, is the associated CPU load.
The best tutorial regarding VLANs on Mikrotik is here.
The command line configuration exports can be easily used to setup the configuration using GUI, as the configuration structure is a single one. E.g. the /interface bridge vlan table in the configuration export means “press the [Interface] button, then press the [Bridge] button, and then choose the [VLAN] tab” on GUI.
The “old way” (one bridge per VLAN) has some advantages in certain niche scenarios. You can also create several bridges supporting many VLANs each, and the same VLAN IDs can be used on multiple bridges without leaking to each other. But that’s also only necessary for very specific use cases.
