Torching an Interface.. Am I going mad?

RouterOS General
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Hey chaps, I’ve got several Mikrotik RBs spread over a few networks, when I torch a port I expect to see all traffic on that port? Correct?

Why is it on my CRSes when I torch a port I see nothing unless I torch a master port?

Am I missing something fundamental?

Thanks guys I think I’m going mad…

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Because the master port is the real IP interface, where the slave interfaces are ‘detatched’ from the router and acting as simple dumb switch interfaces.

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Bums, so on the CRS I can’t see exactly what is going through the slave ports just the whole switch!

Thanks for the reply

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Do you have a bridge for your LAN as well? If so, then you could un-slave the switch port and then tie it to the bridge and then you could torch the interface…

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… But you can choke the cpu and loose the performance of the switch. That’s the option..