[OpenWrt Wiki] Switch documentation
openwrt.org › docs › guide-userAug 02, 2021 · The tests seems to confirm that because (using a vmware switch and portgroups) to let two openwrt x86 vmware guests reach each other the portgroups had to be configured with the trunk vlan id (that is: vlan id 4095, According to white papers: VMware Virtual Networking Concepts and VMware ESX Server 3 802.1Q VLAN Solutions).
[OpenWrt Wiki] VLAN
openwrt.org › docs › guide-userNov 05, 2021 · OpenWrt supports IEEE 802.1Q and IEEE 802.1ad VLAN standards. Many embedded devices with more than 1 port contain a VLAN-capable switch (all routers with a WAN port have a VLAN-capable switch for example).
[OpenWrt Wiki] Ethernet Network Switch
openwrt.org › docs › techrefApr 20, 2021 · The preferred contemporary driver architecture for ethernet switches in the Linux kernel is DSA (distributed switch architecture).. For a user the main difference to past OpenWrt switch drivers is that all the switch ports that on a consumer router have names such as LAN1, LAN2, … or WAN also appear as independent network interfaces in userspace and those can be handled like any other ...