Switch Chip of RB1100

RouterOS General
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Hello once again,
I’m trying to understand the function of the switch chip features:
As far as I get it, the RB1100 has two switch chips. Means ether1-5 and ether6-10 each act like one physical switch, right?
So if ether1 is my WAN gateway and the other ports are supposed to be LAN, I can put ether2-5 as LAN and configure one LAN IP for it and the same goes for ether6-10. ether6-10 should be able to reach ether1, since the gateway IP is not within the LAN and it’s a routing issue, which goes through the CPU, right? But ether6-10 won’t be able to reach ether2-5, since they are not on the same switch chip. I need to physically connect these or bridge them internally?
Sorry for asking these questions, I might make a fool out of myself :wink: Just trying to understand it properly…

thanks in advance

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Both switch groups: ether1-ether5 and ether6-ether10 can communicate with each other through CPU (bridge or routing configuration), but port switching is only possible within ether1-ether5 and ether6-ether10 groups.

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thanks :slight_smile: