Port Isolation

[adairw]

I just upgraded one of my switches to 1.1.0.rc13 and see the "Iso" check box on the ports page.
sooo.. I assume any ports that are checked are isolated? Can I also assume that it's tagged and untagged traffic? or is it just the untagged packets on the port?

I really need it on the tagged frames mostly. Can the switch core support something like mikrotiks split horizon bridging? Where you could specify that a port with the same horizon value can't talk to another port with the same horizon value? This way you could control on a port and per vlan what can talk where?

Thanks for the the hard work!

Adair

[sirhc]

I will have to get back to you on this and the cores ability.

[adairw]

Once I get an answer on what it does to tagged and untagged that will help and will probably be enough to get me going. But I think in the future you'd have to expand on the configuration and possible use a number system like the tik does with SHB or a whole nother page that lists the ports and the vlans so you can select check boxes to define what is isolated.

I wish the switch was here with me so I could do some testing. :)

[sirhc]

I think we may add to the port isolation configuration options?

Maybe make it more like this TP Link implementation instead of the way the ToughSwitch did it.
http://www.tp-link.com/no/article/?faqid=525

[adairw]

Toughswitch has port isolation?

I think that's the same link I sent when I first asked about it. that would do it!

[adairw]

RE the TP-Link config page stuff.
That would work, as long as it also includes the vlans and not the physical ports.

[rkelly1]

Toughswitch doesn't have port isolation. I'm not familiar with TP-Link options - we use the MT split horizon port isolation and it works great.

[lligetfa]

Toughswitch has port isolation?

Maybe Chris meant EdgeSwitch?

[adairw]

I've never used an edgeswitch, yet so I don't know they had it either. I take it they do? But they still have a lesser operating range and still wont power an airfiber right? :)

[lligetfa]

Correct. The ES also doesn't have passive 48V PoE, only 24V. The 48V is only auto af/at. Fine for enterprise stuff but not something I would want for carrier kit.