RG750 as a switch in a LAN

RouterOS General
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Hello everyone!

I am interested if a RG750 can be used as a switch in an existing LAN. I was thinking to use eth1 as a management port and the ports from eth2 to eth5 as a switch. The idea would be to create some queues to prioritize the traffic through the switch.

Thank you.

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This is the default settings.

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The computers connected to the switched ports of the RB750 will be in the same LAN as those connected outside the RB750?

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I’m not sure what you mean, but you can disable NAT and use it like a switch to prioritize the traffic.


http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Switch_Chip_Features


http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Manual:Queue

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Hello.

Thanks for the tip with NAT. It was the missing link. I managed to make it work by using a bridge with IP firewall turned on. As I understand (basic networking knowledge), you cannot mark switched packages.

Thanks again.