RB951Ui-2nD support

Hardware Questions and Recommendations
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I'd like to buy a Mikrotik RB951Ui-2nD type of router. Is there any reason why there's no v21 support in OpenWRT?

2

In short: RB951Ui-2nD is ar71xx target ==> ar71xx has been dropped, no ar71xx available in 21.02.0; no ath79 support available for this device

3

Is it planned in the future to gain support again?

4

Yes but it needs porting, nearly all the Mikrotik devices need this, the sxt, cap, hap, rbx011, map, hex etc.

Are you willing to test snapshots?

5

For now, I don't own the device. I go for the RB750Gr3 (hex), which has support in v21.0, I believe.

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6

I have RB951Ui-2HnD (older revision) and I am willing to test snapshots.

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I have RB951Ui-2nD and i am also willing to test 21 snapshots

8

current snapshots are based on 22.03, or newer.

https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/22.03.0-rc6/targets/ath79/mikrotik/ ?

hopefully @dedrozeba haven't missed it.

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9

:grinning: thank you @frollic i didn't see this before and i will try

10

don't forget to reset your settings during upgrade, it's a must, because of the ath79 migration.

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11

i installed 22.03 version .
I was expecting DSA functionality but it follows 19.07.x switch Is there any way to port DSA?

root@OpenWrt:~# cat /etc/openwrt_release 
DISTRIB_ID='OpenWrt'
DISTRIB_RELEASE='22.03.0-rc6'
DISTRIB_REVISION='r19590-042d558536'
DISTRIB_TARGET='ath79/mikrotik'
DISTRIB_ARCH='mips_24kc'
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION='OpenWrt 22.03.0-rc6 r19590-042d558536'
DISTRIB_TAINTS=''


root@OpenWrt:~# cat /etc/config/network 

config interface 'loopback'
	option device 'lo'
	option proto 'static'
	option ipaddr '127.0.0.1'
	option netmask '255.0.0.0'

config globals 'globals'
	option ula_prefix 'fd00:7f82:8026::/48'

config device
	option name 'eth1'
	option macaddr 'dc:2c:6e:60:6b:ce'

config interface 'wan'
	option device 'eth1'
	option proto 'dhcp'

config interface 'wan6'
	option device 'eth1'
	option proto 'dhcpv6'

config device
	option name 'br-lan'
	option type 'bridge'
	list ports 'eth0.1'

config device
	option name 'eth0.1'
	option macaddr 'dc:2c:6e:60:6b:cf'

config interface 'lan'
	option device 'br-lan'
	option proto 'static'
	option ipaddr '192.168.1.1'
	option netmask '255.255.255.0'
	option ip6assign '60'

config switch
	option name 'switch0'
	option reset '1'
	option enable_vlan '1'

config switch_vlan
	option device 'switch0'
	option vlan '1'
	option ports '1 2 3 4 0t'
12

reason is OpenWrt 22.03.0-rc5 fifth release candidate - #58 by eginnc

13

Wow, this is big news.
As I understand Mikrotik problematics this progress must have been due to someone stepping up and taking the burden of supporting JFFS2, am I correct?
thank you, @frollic , I have missed it.
The only thing is that I own RB951Ui-2HnD, not RB951Ui-2nd, which seems to have a different SoC.

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For the 2nD I think it was because of the ath79 migration.

as for your RB951Ui-2HnD, it probably haven't been migrated, yet.
since there are performance issues with the DSA, they might hold
off the unconverted devices, until it's fixed.

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I see, thanks.