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OpenWrt: bridge VLAN filtering for OpenWrt 21.x with DSA, isolated guest Wi-Fi


Categories: OpenWrt

There were significant changes made to VLAN configuration between OpenWrt 19.x and 21.x.  Also, many of the target chipset were migrated from swconfig to DSA (Distributed Switch Architecture), which introduced differences in bridging. In this article, I will create a set of VLAN for my OpenWrt 21.x DSA-enabled router with isolated guest Wi-Fi networks. I … OpenWrt: bridge VLAN filtering for OpenWrt 21.x with DSA, isolated guest Wi-Fi

OpenWrt: upgrading to latest version when chipset migrated to DSA support


Categories: OpenWrt

Starting with OpenWrt 21, a specific list of chipsets starting using DSA (Distributed Switch Architecture) from the Linux kernel instead of swconfig.  This significantly changes the way switches and vlan are handled in OpenWrt, and therefore system configurations cannot always be migrated. Trying to run sysupgrade on a chipset that is changing from swconfig to … OpenWrt: upgrading to latest version when chipset migrated to DSA support