Is it possible to use an RB750GL as a 5 port line-rate managed gigabit ethernet switch? If so, does the SNMP daemon report individual statistics for each port? What about VLANs on those ports?
Yes, no, and yes (sorta, depending on what you are trying to do. It supports the notion of 802.1q in certain scenarios).
Thanks for the answers. What about SNMP when it’s bridging instead of using the hardware switch chip?
I know it’s not really meant to be a switch, the RB250GS is for switching, but I don’t like the looks of the management interfaces there. I need to be able to manage my devices over SSH instead of web pages. My router is 2x 1G, 6x 100M, 1x DOCSIS3 and I’ve run out of ports. My biggest requirements are SSH management, and per-physical port SNMP statistics. Per VLAN per port statistics would be nice, but not essential.
You can do SNMP stats when you’re bridging, but you’re going to get a whole lot less than wire speed performance.
Hmm.. The product page says just under 950Mbps with full-sized frames in pure bridging mode between two ports. That’s probably close enough for my uses.
Now, if only it was an 802.3af PD it would be almost perfect.
That is total bridging performance, though. Between all ports doing bridging at any one time. They tested with only two ports running traffic.