How can I determine the individual ports on RB2011L? I want to e.g. see on Switch1 the individual ports on their order. From left to right Switch1: port1, port2 to Port5 and Switch2: port1, port2 to Port 5. I just want to know their physicalische location so I can patch properly actually.
Rosi
I don’t understand, the interfaces are named with text below each connection port
Switch1: Port 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 (10/100/1000 Ethernet ports)
Switch2: Port 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 (10/100 Ethernet ports)
You can find the above information on device Block Diagram http://i.mt.lv/routerboard/files/Block-RB2011.pdf
I did not make myself clear enough. Sorry.
If I rename an interface with the Winbox, how can I then its physical location (eth1, eth2, etc.) determine? Where in the Interface List (interface or Ethernet) I can read what physical location has a renamed port?
Rosi
when you rename the interface make sure to try and retain the ether number for admin purposes
eg “ThisPortIsStupid(ether1)”
now, take a closer look at the Mac address of the interface, you’ll notice an incline on the last hex. that should help
There is default-name property that keeps original name untouched when port is renamed by user…
I can’t find that default name, just took a look
Where do you find it
mtcna, ccna in you signature and you do not know export command?
[jarda@RB2011UAS-2HnD] /interface ethernet> export
# mar/07/2015 12:33:19 by RouterOS 6.27
# software id = xxxx-xxxx
#
/interface ethernet
set [ find default-name=ether1 ] comment=WAN l2mtu=1600 name=ether1GW
Do you know print detail command?
[jarda@RB2011UAS-2HnD] /interface ethernet> print detail
Flags: X - disabled, R - running, S - slave
0 R ;;; WAN
name="ether1GW" default-name="ether1" mtu=1500 l2mtu=1600 mac-address=D4:CA:6D:8D:A3:08 orig-mac-address=D4:CA:6D:8D:A3:08 arp=enabled
auto-negotiation=yes advertise=10M-half,10M-full,100M-half,100M-full,1000M-half,1000M-full full-duplex=yes tx-flow-control=off
rx-flow-control=off speed=100Mbps master-port=none bandwidth=unlimited/unlimited switch=switch1
Thanks.
Rosi
It’s actually a good question. As was mentioned above, it’s always good practice to think up a good port naming scheme. Myself I use “1. Internet uplink” or “5. Switch uplink”, etc.. So I put the port number in front of the description, that way it will always remained lined up correctly in Winbox!
I would leave the names as their default and add a comment to identify the connected devices.
That’s my approach too. There is no need to rename ports…