RB/750G switch chip features

Hardware MikroTik hardware general
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According to http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Manual:Switch_Chip_Features#Port_Switching
I am trying some functions. First one is this:

Ether1 port on RB450G has a feature that allows it to be removed/added to the default switch group. By default ether1 port will be included in the switch group. This configuration can be changed with /interface ethernet switch set switch1 switch-all-ports=no

“yes” means ether1 is part of switch and supports switch grouping, and all other advanced Atheros8316 features including extended statistics (/interface ethernet print stats).

“no” means ether1 is not part of switch, effectivly making it as stand alone ethernet port, this way increasing its troughtput to other ports in bridged, and routed mode, but removing the switching possibility on this port.

but when trying this result looks like:

[admin@rb750g] > int ether switch print        
Flags: I - invalid 
 #   NAME     TYPE         MIRROR-SOURCE     MIRROR-TARGET     SWITCH-ALL-PORTS
 0   switch1  Atheros-8316 none              none             

[admin@rb750g] > interface ethernet switch set switch1 switch-all-ports=no

[admin@rb750g] > int ether switch print                     
Flags: I - invalid 
 #   NAME     TYPE         MIRROR-SOURCE     MIRROR-TARGET     SWITCH-ALL-PORTS
 0   switch1  Atheros-8316 none              none

does not seem to work at all… Has anyone been able to use this feature?


Second try considers VLANs, according to http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Manual:Switch_Chip_Features#Vlan_Table

As far as I understand it is possible to give VLAN-tag handling to the sowitch chip by creating a VLAN table. Sounds good, but how do i connect access ports (i.e. untagged ones) to that particular VLAN?

TIA

RB750G switch configuration
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  1. Only 450G supports this feature.
  2. Do you mean adding VLAN tags for specific ports?
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Thank you for the answers.

Ok, i just tried because it seems to have the same chipset.


yes probably. A short example of a 2-port VLAN (id/tag 101), where ether1 is tagged (trunk port) and ether2 is untagged (access port):

/interface vlan add name=vlan1 vlan-id=101 interface=ether1

/interface bridge add name=vlan1
/interface bridge port add bridge=vlan1 interface=vlan1-e1
/interface bridge port add bridge=vlan1 interface=ether2

possibly could then replaced by something like this:

/interface ethernet switch vlan
add vlan-id=101 ports=1
add vlan-id=101 ports=2

/interface ethernet switch ports
print
set 0 vlan-mode=secure           \\ 0 = ether1