RouterOS v6.41rc1+ contains new bridge implementation that uses switch-chip (hw-offload).
Interfaces (ether1, ether2,…) in bridge work fine!
When I will be able to use VLANs in bridges, like etherX? Now, VLANs don’t use switch-chip.
Meaning when you enable VLANs it toggles off the hw offload?
When the communication between ethernet ports (without vlan) occours, we are talking about switching. (OSI layer 2)
If you are trying to exchange data between vlans, we are talking routing (OSI layer 3).
In MikroTik products to get wirespeed for switching, you should use chip switch feautures.
From some time, other vendors made layer 3 switches, which are able to ‘switch between vlans’ with wirespeed, but if you want to achieve intervlan communication at wirespeed with MikroTik hardware, you should use Rb3011 or CCR as main router.
Th, the point of the new VLAN aware bridge he offload feature is to remove the model specific switch chip crap. The new implementation will toggle layer 2 acceleration on and off automatically based on the applied configuration and device.