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| supported_devices:openwrt_on_switches_faq [2023/05/28 09:13] – andyboeh | supported_devices:openwrt_on_switches_faq [2024/01/20 10:35] – [Supported Hardware] grammar timsmall | ||
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| ====== Running OpenWrt on Switches FAQ ====== | ====== Running OpenWrt on Switches FAQ ====== | ||
| - | At the time of this writing, there are a couple of switches that are supported by OpenWrt. | + | At the time of this writing, there are a few switches that are supported by OpenWrt. |
| - | * 128MiB RAM (with the ZyXEL GS1900-24HPv1 being the only known device | + | * 128MiB RAM (with the ZyXEL GS1900-24HPv1 |
| - | * 16MiB RAM (most of them 32MiB, but in a dual-firmware configuration) | + | * 16MiB Flash (most of them 32MiB, but in a dual-firmware configuration) |
| * 500MHz MIPS CPU | * 500MHz MIPS CPU | ||
| * 8-52 GBit LAN ports | * 8-52 GBit LAN ports | ||
| + | ==== Supported Hardware ==== | ||
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| + | A list of supported switches can be found in [[: | ||
| ===== Can I replace my router? ===== | ===== Can I replace my router? ===== | ||
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| </ | </ | ||
| - | The hardware in these switches was designed for switching ethernet packets on L2. That means that the traffic does not pass the CPU under normal circumstances, | + | The hardware in these switches was designed for switching ethernet packets on L2. That means that the traffic does not pass through |
| In addition, the CPU does not have any optimizations for packet processing - something that router SoCs usually include. | In addition, the CPU does not have any optimizations for packet processing - something that router SoCs usually include. | ||
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| * You have excellent documentation and support in the OpenWrt Wiki and Forum | * You have excellent documentation and support in the OpenWrt Wiki and Forum | ||
| - | ==== Are there drawbacks? ===== | + | ===== Are there drawbacks? |
| Yes, there are a few drawbacks: There are some features that do not work or do not work properly (like link aggregation). Depending on the switch, some other features might be missing, check the commit message for your device and/or the wiki page for your device for details. | Yes, there are a few drawbacks: There are some features that do not work or do not work properly (like link aggregation). Depending on the switch, some other features might be missing, check the commit message for your device and/or the wiki page for your device for details. | ||
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| * No support for PoE (due to no driver for the PoE controllers; | * No support for PoE (due to no driver for the PoE controllers; | ||
| - | while on other switches all of these features are supported. | + | …while **on other switches all of these features are supported**. |