What functionality to you lose doing this. I know once you go into "switch mode" you lose the ability to configure each interface individually, they all just follow the master. I take it that means any firewall or other management you want to do cannot be on a port by port basis. Is that correct? Any other pitfalls?
-Ty On Sun, Apr 22, 2012 at 8:47 PM, Scott Reed <[email protected]> wrote: > I don't remember what version of ROS supports it, but there is a switch > chip. > Delete the bridge. > Go to Interfaces->Ethernet > On ports 3,4,5 set the Master Port to 2. > You should now have a real switch. > > > On 4/22/2012 9:04 PM, Bill Prince wrote: > >> >> We have a small POP with about a half-dozen subs on it. I used an RB450 >> as a cheap managed switch between the uplink and the AP. There is a DHCP >> server on the other end of the uplink, but it appears that bootp is not >> passing through the RB450. >> >> The RB450 is running ROS 3.21. Is this a known bug/limitation of a >> bridged interface? Should I be putting this guy in switch mode? >> >> What is the minimum rev of ROS to get the built-in switch to act as a >> real switch (instead of a bridge)? >> >> >> >> > -- > Scott Reed > Owner > NewWays Networking, LLC > Wireless Networking > Network Design, Installation and Administration > > > > Mikrotik Advanced Certified > > www.nwwnet.net > (765) 855-1060 > (765) 439-4253 > (855) 231-6239 > > > > ______________________________**_________________ > Mikrotik mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.butchevans.com/**mailman/listinfo/mikrotik<http://www.butchevans.com/mailman/listinfo/mikrotik> > > Visit http://blog.butchevans.com/ for tutorials related to Mikrotik > RouterOS > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://www.butchevans.com/pipermail/mikrotik/attachments/20120423/1db641be/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ Mikrotik mailing list [email protected] http://www.butchevans.com/mailman/listinfo/mikrotik Visit http://blog.butchevans.com/ for tutorials related to Mikrotik RouterOS
