Switching Features Remain Under Test
TIP OpenWiFi use of the OpenWrt operating system combined with new virtual data plane present in all images for 2.0 major release and the uCentral data model make it possible to include PoE access switching as a cloud managed component of the OpenWiFi stack.
Nightly builds include supported switch platforms.
Currently the list of features for switching include:
Link Layer Discovery Protocol
Configuring a Switch
All ports needs to be specified for link negotiation to occur. In the below example, the "ethernet" section defines the physical port. The "interfaces" configuration will cause the physical port to negotiate. Effectively removal of a "select-ports" for a physical port in any or all "interfaces" is the equivalent of an interface in shutdown state.
Copy "ethernet": [
{
"select-ports": [
"WAN1"
],
"speed": 1000,
"duplex": "full"
},
{
"select-ports": [
"WAN2"
],
"speed": 1000,
"duplex": "full"
},
{
"select-ports": [
"WAN3"
],
"speed": 1000,
"duplex": "full"
},
{
"select-ports": [
"WAN4"
],
"speed": 1000,
"duplex": "full"
},
{
"select-ports": [
"WAN5"
],
"speed": 1000,
"duplex": "full"
},
{
"select-ports": [
"WAN6"
],
"speed": 1000,
"duplex": "full"
},
{
"select-ports": [
"WAN7"
],
"speed": 1000,
"duplex": "full",
"vlan-tag": "auto"
},
{
"select-ports": [
"WAN8"
],
"speed": 1000,
"duplex": "full",
"vlan-tag": "auto"
},
{
"select-ports": [
"WAN9"
],
"speed": 1000,
"duplex": "full"
},
{
"select-ports": [
"WAN10"
],
"speed": 1000,
"duplex": "full"
},
{
"select-ports": [
"WAN11"
],
"speed": 1000,
"duplex": "full"
},
{
"select-ports": [
"WAN12"
],
"speed": 1000,
"duplex": "full"
}
], Without any "interfaces" defined, the ifconfig on the switch will return eth0, lan1, lo as an output. When adding "interfaces" additional ports become active and also visible.
Copy "interfaces": [
{
{
"name": "VLAN-30-Ports",
"role": "downstream",
"services": [ "lldp" ],
"vlan": {
"id": 30,
"proto": "802.1q"
},
"ethernet": [
{
"select-ports": [
"WAN7", "WAN8"
]
}
]
} Vlan-Id 30 has been assigned to interfaces 7 and 8 on the switch. Traffic is isolated among participating ports.
Ifconfig output example
Copy # ifconfig
down1v30 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 90:3C:B3:39:C0:C1
inet6 addr: fe80::923c:b3ff:fe39:c0c1/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:79 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:10 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:22135 (21.6 KiB) TX bytes:1036 (1.0 KiB)
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 90:3C:B3:39:C0:C0
inet6 addr: fe80::923c:b3ff:fe39:c0c0/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1504 Metric:1
RX packets:31617 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:7479 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:4293282 (4.0 MiB) TX bytes:1228185 (1.1 MiB)
Interrupt:24 Memory:c000000-bb00a3ff
lan1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 90:3C:B3:39:C0:C1
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:27321 errors:0 dropped:69 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:5445 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:2893034 (2.7 MiB) TX bytes:825702 (806.3 KiB)
lan7 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 90:3C:B3:39:C0:C7
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:2204 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:507 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:421385 (411.5 KiB) TX bytes:100251 (97.9 KiB)
lan8 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 90:3C:B3:39:C0:C8
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:1241 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:496 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:220496 (215.3 KiB) TX bytes:98164 (95.8 KiB)
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:65536 Metric:1
RX packets:958 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:958 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:76410 (74.6 KiB) TX bytes:76410 (74.6 KiB)
up Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 90:3C:B3:39:C0:C1
inet6 addr: fe80::923c:b3ff:fe39:c0c1/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:27027 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:4368 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:3008700 (2.8 MiB) TX bytes:587431 (573.6 KiB)
up0v0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 90:3C:B3:39:C0:C1
inet addr:10.75.0.154 Bcast:10.75.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::923c:b3ff:fe39:c0c1/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:22673 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:3865 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:2390361 (2.2 MiB) TX bytes:525377 (513.0 KiB) Bridge Vlan Table Output
Copy # bridge vlan
port vlan-id
lan1 4090 PVID Egress Untagged
lan7 30 PVID Egress Untagged
lan8 30 PVID Egress Untagged
up 30
4090
# Assigning VLANs to Ports
To define additional VLAN memberships to any port, create additional "interfaces" configuration.
Copy {
"name": "VLAN-30-Ports",
"role": "upstream",
"services": [ "lldp" ],
"vlan": {
"id": 30,
"proto": "802.1q"
},
"ethernet": [
{
"select-ports": [
"WAN7", "WAN8"
]
}
]
},
{
"name": "VLAN-40-Ports",
"role": "upstream",
"services": [ "lldp" ],
"vlan": {
"id": 40,
"proto": "802.1q"
},
"ethernet": [
{
"select-ports": [
"WAN7", "WAN8"
]
}
]
} Ifconfig and Bridge Results
Copy up1v30 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 90:3C:B3:39:C0:C1
inet6 addr: fe80::923c:b3ff:fe39:c0c1/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:1178 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:8 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:245923 (240.1 KiB) TX bytes:816 (816.0 B)
up2v40 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 90:3C:B3:39:C0:C1
inet6 addr: fe80::923c:b3ff:fe39:c0c1/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:106 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:8 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:34638 (33.8 KiB) TX bytes:816 (816.0 B)
# bridge vlan
port vlan-id
lan1 4090 PVID Egress Untagged
lan7 30
40
lan8 30
40
up 30
40
4090 
