I have been running an EdgeRouter Lite, using all three ports, for
about a year, rock solid!
Cheers
Adam
On Mon, May 1, 2017 at 3:25 AM, Daniel Gracia <paladdin@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'd bet there are quite more important issues related to the Octean
> platform than the switch issue, so I won't expect any progress soon.
>
> About the Lite, you'd get your three working ports.
>
> Regards!
>
>
> 2017-04-29 23:34 GMT+02:00 Doggie <doggie@privilege.pl>:
>
>> W dniu 2017-04-25 o 18:47, Daniel Gracia pisze:
>>
>>> EdgeRouter PoE octeon has 3 Ethernet hardware ports (it is the very same
>>> platform for PoE and Lite). In the case of the PoE unit:
>>>
>>> * Two first ports are connected to a PHY device (so you can connect an
>>> actual UTP/FTP cable).
>>> * Third port is connected to an embedded hardware switch rather than a PHY
>>> (so you get no cable for your cnmac2).
>>>
>>> So the OpenBSD kernel output seems reasonable as long as you suppose that
>>> nobody has taken the job of writting the driver to enable the embedded
>>> switch. Managing PoE is closely related (as this kind of hardware level
>>> configuration should require its very own driver).
>>>
>>> Regards!
>>>
>>
>> Sorry for delayed response and thanks for yours.
>>
>> In this case, can someone please let me know if there are any plans for
>> making this switch supported in OpenBSD in the nearest future?
>>
>> I'm pretty excited about these little devices so now I'm thinking about
>> buying EdgeRouter Lite where, as I understand, all 3 ports would be
>> available. And 3 ports is the minimum amount required for my own purposes.
>>
>> --
>> Cheers,
>> Pawel Waga
>>
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