Hi all

Is the RB450 powerful enough to support above services and approx 20 simultanious client connections?

Config:

E1-E4 BRIDGED ---> each port wired to additional MT AP device
DNS,DHCP and Hotspot would run on Bridge interface

E5 connected to ADSL internet router, therefore no NAT needed on RB 450

I am currently having RB 112 boards and they just collapse with OS 3.22 and Hotspot/Radius serivices enabled.


Thanks for your help!

Matt

I'm pretty sure this will work but maybe go for the new 450G which has eight (8) times the memory and more than twice the processing power.

Nevertheless, I would configure the ADSL connection on Ether1 though.

Why do you want to bridge the remaining 4 ports? Why not simply make them into a switch. Less processing power required by the OS.

Thanks Hilton,

Never touched such a router before as yet, but will keep this in mind and will setup as switch instead of bridge.

Thanks

Matt

Hi Fellows,

I am just curious. How do you make a switch rather than a bridge?

Example below groups ether2 - ether5 into one switch

/interface ethernet
set ether3 master-port=ether2
set ether4 master-port=ether2
set ether5 master-port=ether2

Thank you mrz!

Sorry for the total newb question...


I have my cable modem running in ether1 and my private network in ether2, in your typical home setup scenario. If I use the above commands, I can make ether2 the "master port" and ports 3, 4 and 5 act as normal switch ports, with all routing going in and out through ether2.

Just trying to make sure I understand correctly that when I set port2 as master port it doesn't disable any functionality. I'm sure my setup is typical, but my ether2 connects to an external gigabit switch with a whole bunch of end-user clients on it.

I have my cable modem running in ether1 and my private network in ether2, in your typical home setup scenario. If I use the above commands, I can make ether2 the "master port" and ports 3, 4 and 5 act as normal switch ports, with all routing going in and out through ether2.

Just trying to make sure I understand correctly that when I set port2 as master port it doesn't disable any functionality. I'm sure my setup is typical, but my ether2 connects to an external gigabit switch with a whole bunch of end-user clients on it.

Your understanding is correct. No loss of functionaility and you now gain three extra switch ports. If you really need the additional ports then what you've done is fine.