Two RFC1918 subnets and VLANs to test intervlan routing performanceĪdd mtu=9216 name=bridge1 vlan-filtering=yes.

The logical setup is also very straightforward The physical setup for testing is fairly straightforward.

MIkroTik has been working on the development of the features listed below to offload into hardware.įor the tests in this article, we’ll be using IPv4 Unicast and Inter-VLAN routing.Ĭurrently, the following switches are supported.įor the testing in this article, we are using the CRS317-1G-16S+ Here is a chart from MikroTik that outlines ACL rule count, Unicast FDB entries and MTU size.

Now we can finally take some of the CRS3xx switches and test their capabilities with 元 forwarding performance in hardwareīefore getting into the testing, it’s probably helpful to review some of the basic specs and capabilities of the CRS3xx switch line. When MikroTik announced the CRS3xx series switches a few years ago, one of the most exciting aspects of that news release was the prospect of 元 forwarding in hardware on very inexpensive devices.Ī quick review of the Marvell Prestera ASIC family showed a number of advanced routing, switching, MPLS and VxLAN capabilites.įast forward to 2020, where MikroTik has started to enable some of those features in RouterOS v7 beta.

Routeros 7 beta