VLAN Creating without any ethernet IP Address ?

RouterOS General
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Hi anybody,
i read the manual page for VLAN creating of roaterboard 493 device and want to make a simple vlan without any ethernet IP ADDRESS .
( such as cisco switch )

NOTE : VLAN on layer 2 and must not need to IP Address

interface vlan add interface=ether1 vlan-id=1
interface vlan add interface=ether2 vlan-id=1
interface vlan print
Flags: X - disabled, R - running, S - slave

NAME MTU ARP VLAN-ID INTERFACE

0 R vlan1 1500 enabled 1 ether1
1 R vlan2 1500 enabled 1 ether2

but still ether1 don't swith to ether2 !
How can i swith ether1 to ether2 without set any IP address ?

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You just need to bridge the two interfaces together.

http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Manual:Interface/Bridge

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Very Thanks ,
I forgot bridge , but what a difference between vlan and bridge ?
both of them in layer 2 but could i use bridge in every position instead of VLAN ?
Why RouterOS don’t support VLAN without ethernet IP Address ??
Cisco Switches did not have This BIG failure !
Thanks again for your guide .

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VLAN interface in Linux is just a way of tagging packets on selected Ethernet interface
Bridge is a way to send packets from one interface to another on layer 2 (w/o routing)

because it does :slight_smile: you’re just cisco guy and don’t fully understand RouterOS/Linux approach

the key word is ‘switches’. you’re talking about some routing capabilities behind some hardware switch, they are logically two different modules. in Linux world, you commonly work with NICs which cannot send packets to another NIC without some software controlling. by the way, RouterBoards DO have hardware switches, so you can use their capabilities to complete your task like in Cisco world, even w/o creating VLAN interfaces in RouterOS itself: http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Manual:Switch_Chip_Features

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OK , Now i get my answer , Thanks again very much . :unamused: