RB 450 +DNS +DHCP +Hotspot +RADIUS

RouterOS Beginner Basics
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Hi all

Is the RB450 powerful enough to support above services and approx 20 simultanious client connections?

Config:

E1-E4 BRIDGED —> each port wired to additional MT AP device
DNS,DHCP and Hotspot would run on Bridge interface

E5 connected to ADSL internet router, therefore no NAT needed on RB 450

I am currently having RB 112 boards and they just collapse with OS 3.22 and Hotspot/Radius serivices enabled.


Thanks for your help!

Matt

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I’m pretty sure this will work but maybe go for the new 450G which has eight (8) times the memory and more than twice the processing power.

Nevertheless, I would configure the ADSL connection on Ether1 though.

Why do you want to bridge the remaining 4 ports? Why not simply make them into a switch. Less processing power required by the OS.

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Thanks Hilton,

Never touched such a router before as yet, but will keep this in mind and will setup as switch instead of bridge.

Thanks

Matt

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Hi Fellows,

I am just curious. How do you make a switch rather than a bridge?

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Example below groups ether2 - ether5 into one switch

/interface ethernet
set ether3 master-port=ether2
set ether4 master-port=ether2
set ether5 master-port=ether2

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Thank you mrz!

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Sorry for the total newb question… :laughing:


I have my cable modem running in ether1 and my private network in ether2, in your typical home setup scenario. If I use the above commands, I can make ether2 the “master port” and ports 3, 4 and 5 act as normal switch ports, with all routing going in and out through ether2.

Just trying to make sure I understand correctly that when I set port2 as master port it doesn’t disable any functionality. I’m sure my setup is typical, but my ether2 connects to an external gigabit switch with a whole bunch of end-user clients on it.

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Your understanding is correct. No loss of functionaility and you now gain three extra switch ports. If you really need the additional ports then what you’ve done is fine.