I have a few sites that are running a powerbox pro as a distribution switch. Fine for lower data rates <200mbit/s but they choke up and limit speeds a lot after that
The standard model I use is creating a bridge, adding all the ports, enabling VLAN filtering, assigning VLAN's and port isolation/horizon
This disables hardware offload and kills the throughput
I can afford to do away with port isolation but in many instances I do need the ability to forcefully tag a port that is directly connected to a customer. VLAN filtering will disable HW offload on all ports
Is there a way to do VLAN tagging/stripping in hardware? and/or at least keep HW offload active for all the other ports so they can still pass data at wire speed