I upgraded my router from hAP ac2 to rb4011igs+5hacq2hnd-in. To my surprise rb4011igs doesn’t support VLANs on switch. Does it mean there wouldn’t be hardware offloading? Would I experience any performance issues (I still can return this router)?
I’m still learning how RouterOS works… Could someone please advise how would I move this VLAN (it’s from hAP ac2 which worked well for me) configuration to rb4011igs?
ether1 connected to WAN. It receives untagged packets for internet and VLAN 6 for IPTV.
ether2 and ether3 act as trunk ports and pass internet + iptv further.
ether4 - connected PC
ether5 - to watch IPTV via STB.
On a side note, rb4011igs has switch1 and switch2. If I connect something to ether2 (switch1) and let’s say ether8 (switch2) would they see each other? Or I need to bridge it? If yes, how would I do it?
The RB4011 CPU is often powerful enough to switch your traffic. So, hardware offloading may not be a requirement for you. Is every port pushing 1G traffic all the time? Probably not. With regards to VLAN’ing, you can set it up as shown here.
So basically I needed to enable VLAN filtering on a bridge:
I also managed to create trunk and access ports like here:
The only issue I’m facing now that I don’t see ether1 (WAN port) on the bridge (so I could create trunk, access ports). I can add it but I think it’s not there for a reason? Is it secure to add it? Or there is another way to do it right?
Just add the ether1 port to the bridge. It is important to set your vlans in two places. You mentioned one, untaged port must have additionaly set their PVID in ports tab under the bridge settings.
Really strange implementation but what can we do..
As of software switching. It sucks. It will drop a packet here and there and your tv quality will suffer.
You also noticed the difference between switch1 and 2. As far as I know, the only way to connect them without software switching is by cable (from port 5 to 6 for examole). This sucks too..
