question on an RB750

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Morning

I’m a little curious about something with the RB750

when i got the device i could not login through Eth1, why was that
I also notice that port 3-5 were slaves of port 2, what does that mean
and i see that ports 2-5 are part of the ‘switch’ but port 1 isn’t, what is the significance of this.

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By default configuration all input traffic on ether1 is dropped and ether2-ether5 are switched (ether2 switch master-port; ether3-ether5 switch slave-ports). RB750 ether1 does not support switching.

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when i got the device i could not login through Eth1, why was that

RB750 default configuration,

  • firewall blocks communication traffic going directly to router on Ether1,
    check /ip firewall filter;
  • mac-server is disabled on Ether1 (Internet) port;

and i see that ports 2-5 are part of the ‘switch’ but port 1 isn’t, what is the significance of this.

2-5 are local interfaces, they are added to switch group (2 and 5 ports are member of switch, wire speed is possible between switch interfaces)
http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Manual:Switch_Chip_Features#Introduction

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okay, i just wanna check, i reset the router to something i could recognize, removed the master slave stuff and bridged three ports together

now the mac-server you talk of, that is the ARP, think i’ll disable it again in ether 1.
another thought came up with that, i’m trying to get the router to dial over my ADSL, i want to bring the adsl straight to the router but it won’t work, the logs show that the port does a mac-braodcast three times and then quits.

anyways. moving on.
should i put the other ports back into master/slave, will it benefit me as purchased the device to route all my traffic over my ADSL unless i need to go to me office, in which case it routes that traffic through an Mtik wireless (basically anything on the 192.168.0.0/16 range)

i’m also trying to implement torrent prioritization (make it have a lower priority then other traffic) and youtube throttling

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/system reset-configuration brings default RB750 configuration that includes,

  • firewall blocking communication from Ether1;
  • local ports 2-5 added to switch;
  • disabled mac-server on Internet port Ether1.

RB750 does not have any ADSL interface, make sure you are connecting it to Ethernet interface.
Perhaps you need to run,

  • DHCP client on Ether1 (interface connected to ADSL interface);
  • PPPoE client on Ether1.
    It depends on your ISP used settings.
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i try setting the ADSL to bridge but it doesn’t allow the connection.
I know a CCNP though, i’m gonna querry this with him sometime

i read the switching doc though, it explains alot, thanks