OpenWrt 21.02 DSA Switch config - VLAN and Bridging (english)
Channel: junicast
Date: 2021-12-23

0:00 Introduction
0:30 About DSA in OpenWrt
1:27 configuration example VLAN filtering
8:30 same scenario without VLAN filtering
11:18 example Access Point config

After I made a German video about the new DSA Switch config in OpenWrt I've been meaning to make on  in English, too. This is the German version:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYuqoSZ9LV0

Eversince OpenWrt released version 21.02 they introduced DSA (Distributed Switch Architecture) which is a breaking change and also gives new possiblities like VLAN Filtering / VLAN aware Bridges. The configuration method and the wording (devices / interfaces) also changed.

I'm showing how Bridges and VLAN can be set up, at first with a VLAN aware bridge and secondly with a dedicated Bridge for each VLAN. The latter is more hassle.

I'm also showing a real life example of an Access Point running OpenWrt 21.02 with a VLAN Filtering Bridge and SSID connected to specific VLANs.

To see if your device will run DSA, watch:
https://openwrt.org/releases/21.02/notes-21.02.0#initial_dsa_support

I'm showing only few examples, for more look at:
https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-user/network/dsa/dsa-mini-tutorial

If you're upgrading from Version 19.07 and your devices uses DSA you need to migrate manually. I reinstalled my devices, here a converting guide:
https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-user/network/dsa/converting-to-dsa