VLAN Trunk : best way with Mikrotik

RouterOS General
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Good Morning everyone ,
I’ve a question about the Mikrotik RouterBoard CRS125-24G-1S-2HnD-IN that i’m using to propagate some VLAN in my network , like a Trunk switch .
I can use it in two ways : creating VLANs in the Interfaces configuration on a single trunk port and bridging the tagged port with the destination VLAN ,or using the Switch section of the appliance ( in this case , after setting master port with all VLAN , i create all the ingress - egress rules for every slave port ) .

Between this two ways , what is the best configuration for limiting the hardware and bandwith consuption , creating a lot of bridge in interface configuration or implementing the VLAN ingress-egress and switch part .

Thanks

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The switch VLAN functions are wire-speed and present no CPU load so use those where possible. You still need to create VLAN virtual interfaces for the CPU/router interaction but if you can avoid bridges the performance should be better.