VLAN support on MT3600BE

Router
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Hi,

I wanted to implement VLANs for the second WiFi network that the router offers while in AP mode (within OpenWRT), altho it seems like the MediaTek WiFi configuration allows only the use of two default bridges “br-lan” and “br-guest”.

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My question would be, is it possible to have support for more bridges, and so allowing people like me to setup VLANs?

On multiple MT3000s I have been able to perform this pretty much the same way, altho this router has a different chipset and it seems like that GL-iNet or OpenWRT has limited it’s actual functionality to those two bridges.

Below you can see my OpenWRT interfaces and the router getting an IP address without any issue on the bridge I have created.

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I'm not sure, but we can first check if this dropdown menu is hardcoded or that it is just a iteration.

First lets create a new bridge and make sure keep up bridge is checked.

Then if it doesn't show up in this dropdown try a router restart.

There could also be mtk named configuration under /etc/config/ maybe this can have a option to add a bridge to it.

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Cant speak for the issue with the LUCI GUI, but this is possible via the CLI in the meantime

There is a previous thread about this here

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I see, that’s actually really interesting to know, altho the GUI should support this out of the box.

Thanks

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Agreed, although iirc GL are already working on being able to enable another SSID through their GUI I think (as a lot of people want this for IoT), which would be even easier.

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To be fair I think IoT isolation is surely the main reason someone would need this, in my case it’s just to have multiple networks in a public building, and so being able to split guest traffic is always a good thing.

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We are currently working on enabling VLAN settings through the GUI interface.

However, this may take some time.

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Is it for openwrt or glinet ui also?

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I think only gl ui.

It is on their roadmap anyway so.

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