Asus RT-AC58U switch configuration in LuCi (/etc/board.json) vs swconfig command line

rtac58u-user · September 23, 2018, 6:31pm

Maybe I'm wrong, but when I change something in the Asus RT-AC58U switch page nothing works well and always ends in a factory reset.

I've run the swconfig dev switch0 show command and output is not the same that I see in LuCi

VLAN 1:
	vid: 1
	ports: 0 1 2 3 4 
VLAN 2:
	vid: 2
	ports: 0t 5

Switch

If I look at git target ipq40xx etc there is no specific board.json
(I think I am looking at the wrong place)

Filesystem has this:

{
	"model": {
		"id": "asus,rt-ac58u",
		"name": "ASUS RT-AC58U"
	},
	"led": {
		"wlan2g": {
			"name": "WLAN2G",
			"sysfs": "rt-ac58u:blue:wlan2G",
			"trigger": "phy0tpt"
		},
		"wlan5g": {
			"name": "WLAN5G",
			"sysfs": "rt-ac58u:blue:wlan5G",
			"trigger": "phy1tpt"
		},
		"usb": {
			"name": "USB",
			"sysfs": "rt-ac58u:blue:usb",
			"type": "usbport",
			"ports": [
				"usb1-port1",
				"usb2-port1",
				"usb3-port1",
				"usb4-port1"
			]
		},
		"wan": {
			"name": "WAN",
			"sysfs": "rt-ac58u:blue:wan",
			"type": "netdev",
			"device": "eth1",
			"mode": "link tx rx"
		},
		"lan": {
			"name": "LAN",
			"sysfs": "rt-ac58u:blue:lan",
			"trigger": "switch0",
			"type": "switch",
			"port_mask": "0x1e",
			"speed_mask": ""
		}
	},
	"network": {
		"lan": {
			"ifname": "eth0",
			"protocol": "static",
			"macaddr": "18:31:bf:5a:96:80"
		},
		"wan": {
			"ifname": "eth1",
			"protocol": "dhcp",
			"macaddr": "18:31:bf:5a:96:84"
		}
	},
	"switch": {
		"switch0": {
			"enable": true,
			"reset": true,
			"ports": [
				{
					"num": 0,
					"device": "eth0",
					"need_tag": false,
					"want_untag": true
				},
				{
					"num": 1,
					"role": "lan"
				},
				{
					"num": 2,
					"role": "lan"
				},
				{
					"num": 3,
					"role": "lan"
				},
				{
					"num": 4,
					"role": "lan"
				}
			],
			"roles": [
				{
					"role": "lan",
					"ports": "1 2 3 4 0",
					"device": "eth0"
				}
			]
		}
	}
}

Should I edit this file in order to add WAN interface as hardware config shows?

Best howto I found is this mail list entry

Any insight?

rtac58u-user · September 23, 2018, 7:38pm

First thing I can confirm is that port index are reversed. Port 1 is index 4, 2 is 3, 3 is 2 and port 4 is index 1.

rtac58u-user · September 23, 2018, 9:05pm

And finally I managed to configure a separated subnet on physical port #4 with this board.json

{
	"model": {
		"id": "asus,rt-ac58u",
		"name": "ASUS RT-AC58U"
	},
	"led": {
		"wlan2g": {
			"name": "WLAN2G",
			"sysfs": "rt-ac58u:blue:wlan2G",
			"trigger": "phy0tpt"
		},
		"wlan5g": {
			"name": "WLAN5G",
			"sysfs": "rt-ac58u:blue:wlan5G",
			"trigger": "phy1tpt"
		},
		"usb": {
			"name": "USB",
			"sysfs": "rt-ac58u:blue:usb",
			"type": "usbport",
			"ports": [
				"usb1-port1",
				"usb2-port1",
				"usb3-port1",
				"usb4-port1"
			]
		},
		"wan": {
			"name": "WAN",
			"sysfs": "rt-ac58u:blue:wan",
			"type": "netdev",
			"device": "eth1",
			"mode": "link tx rx"
		},
		"lan": {
			"name": "LAN",
			"sysfs": "rt-ac58u:blue:lan",
			"trigger": "switch0",
			"type": "switch",
			"port_mask": "0x1e",
			"speed_mask": ""
		}
	},
	"network": {
		"lan": {
			"ifname": "eth0",
			"protocol": "static",
			"macaddr": "18:31:bf:5a:96:80"
		},
		"wan": {
			"ifname": "eth1",
			"protocol": "dhcp",
			"macaddr": "18:31:bf:5a:96:84"
		}
	},
	"switch": {
		"switch0": {
			"enable": true,
			"reset": true,
			"ports": [
				{
					"num": 0,
					"device": "eth0",
					"need_tag": false,
					"want_untag": true
				},
				{
					"num": 1,
					"role": "lan",
					"index": 4
				},
				{
					"num": 2,
					"role": "lan",
					"index": 3
				},
				{
					"num": 3,
					"role": "lan",
					"index": 2
				},
				{
					"num": 4,
					"role": "lan",
					"index": 1
				},
				{
					"num": 5,
					"role": "wan",
				}
			],
			"roles": [
				{
					"role": "lan",
					"ports": "1 2 3 4 0",
					"device": "eth0.2"
				},
				{
					"role": "wan",
					"ports": "0t 5",
					"device": "eth0.1"
				}
			]
		}
	}
}

and this LuCi > Network > Switch settings:
port4
(post edited, wrong pic from another hw)

HTH!

lleachii · September 24, 2018, 12:51am

This is common.

danghuy1994 · September 24, 2018, 3:24pm

It's nice too see you look into switch issue in rtac58u. I have problem when setting up vlan via LuCI. Is it resolved in your side ?

rtac58u-user · September 24, 2018, 4:01pm

It worked for me!
It is explained in my 3rd post

lleachii · September 24, 2018, 4:52pm

What do you do with that json file?
Where it is saved?

rtac58u-user · September 25, 2018, 4:12pm

I saved the current file in /etc/board.json and I copied mine over it

chunkeey · September 25, 2018, 9:29pm

You are right. I never noticed the small port numbers on the back. Do you think you can make a patch for it?
All that would be required is to reverse the "x:lan" numbers in this line:

github.com

openwrt/openwrt/blob/a6add47869972139cef9106aecfddbac0b3f64f4/target/linux/ipq40xx/base-files/etc/board.d/02_network#L24


      
          case "$board" in
          8dev,jalapeno)
          	ucidef_set_interfaces_lan_wan "eth0" "eth1"
          	;;
          asus,rt-ac58u)
          	CI_UBIPART=UBI_DEV
          	wan_mac_addr=$(mtd_get_mac_binary_ubi Factory 20486)
          	lan_mac_addr=$(mtd_get_mac_binary_ubi Factory 4102)
          	ucidef_set_interfaces_lan_wan "eth0" "eth1"
          	ucidef_add_switch "switch0" \
          		"0u@eth0" "1:lan" "2:lan" "3:lan" "4:lan"
          	ucidef_set_interface_macaddr "lan" "$lan_mac_addr"
          	ucidef_set_interface_macaddr "wan" "$wan_mac_addr"
          	;;
          avm,fritzbox-4040)
          	ucidef_set_interfaces_lan_wan "eth0" "eth1"
          	ucidef_add_switch "switch0" \
          		"0u@eth0" "1:lan" "2:lan" "3:lan" "4:lan"
          	;;
          compex,wpj428)
          	ucidef_set_interface_lan "eth0 eth1"

Heh, I carried this patch:

github.com/chunkeey/LEDE-IPQ40XX

ipq40xx essedma: disable default vlan tagging

committed 12:04AM - 22 Mar 17 UTC

chunkeey

+88 -10

The essedma driver has its own unique take on VLAN management and its configurat…ion. In the original SDK, each VLAN is assigned one virtual ethernet netdev. However, this is non-standard. So, this patch does away with the default_vlan_tag property the driver is using and therefore forces the user to use the kernel's vlan feature. Unfortunately, this change will cause the essedma driver to leak LAN<->WAN during LEDE bootup. Signed-off-by: Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@googlemail.com>

that makes it possible to reassign the VLANs and Ports the way most people are used to with OpenWrt.
Problem is: it never got accepted. John removed it from the initial ipq40xx-target patch (when the target was split from the ipq806x) without any comments as to why. So no point in posting it again.

rtac58u-user · September 26, 2018, 6:00am

Let me try this weekend

chunkeey · September 26, 2018, 9:20pm

chances are you'll be dealing with the mac80211 ath10k-ct fallout. My advise would be to stick with the solution you have for the moment and wait until it's blown over.

rtac58u-user · October 6, 2018, 2:00pm

Sorry, but now I think that switch it is still NOT working only editing the board.json. Maybe only last vlan works. I need to do more tests.

rtac58u-user · October 12, 2018, 8:44pm

Definitely not.

I unchecked a bridged interface using LuCi (network > Intefaces > Physical settings) without setting before only one interface in the "interfaces combo box" and in fact I had a brigde although I didn't notice (maybe is a LuCi bug, I'm not sure).

Last weekend I saw two ifname configured in my /etc/config/network file and I realized the mistake: where there should be only one (the vlan that seemed to work) where two, so in fact there was no vlan traffic, but eth0 traffic. My apologizes for the confusion.

I cannot find a configuration to get the switch work.

Anybody knows if the AC58U switch does really works in openwrt?

lmrpereira · September 30, 2019, 12:29pm

Hi There! I´ve tried your board.json and my ports lost connectivity. Would it be possible to share too your etc/config/network file content ?

Thanks a lot!

rtac58u-user · September 30, 2019, 9:42pm

I have no vlan working configuration. That didn't work and those config files where lost. Sorry

publee · April 19, 2020, 8:42am

I have finally managed to configure vlans on ASUS RT-AC58U, after few days of pain I found the problem: eth0.1 is cursed! So if you ignore it and use eth0.3, eth0.4, ... all works as expected.

Here is my switch config:

OpenWrt 19.07.2 r10947-65030d81f3