Thanks,
I’ve tried but hit a wall pretty fast with the master-port.
according to : http://forum.mikrotik.com/t/rb751u-how-many-master-switch-ports-can-be-configured/53103/1
I can only have 2 master-port because the RB2011LS has 2 physical switches. So when I try :
/interface/ethernet/
set ether10 master-port=ether9
set ether2,ether3,ether4 master-port=ether1
set ether7,ether8 master-port=ether6
I get an error code:only one master port in switch group allowedSince I’m new to RouterOS, I don’t get all the concepts so I can’t figure out a way to fix this.
I believe you’re trying to create 3 separate “Virtual switches”
(eth1, eth2, eth3, eth4) - (eth6,eth7,eth8) - (eth9,eth10)
Then I think you’re creating “Virtual ethernet ports” called vlan2, vlan7 and vlan8,
which at the same time it tells that ether5 should expect VLAN tags (802.1q) on port #5
Then you bridge the “virtual ethernet ports” vlans with the master-port of each virtual switch.
QUESTIONS:
Q1) what is the purpose of a master-port
Q2) Since there are no vlan statements on anyother port than ether5, does that imply that all VLAN ID will be strip from all other ports (which is what I want)
Q3) On other switches I need to tell what should be the default VLAN ID of none-VLAN trunking ports.
Is this accomplished by the bridge command?
add interface=ether5 name=vlan2 vlan-id=2
add bridge=VoIP interface=vlan2
add bridge=VoIP interface=ether9
So it then knows that any ethernet frame “routed” out of ether9 to ether 5 should be tagged with VLAN ID 2 ?
Thanks.
Martin Politick.