[FS#1020] Mikrotik RB493G AR8316 switch0/ETH0 cannot be managed

Wed Sep 27 14:04:02 PDT 2017

A new Flyspray task has been opened.  Details are below. 

User who did this - betelgeux1 (betelgeux1) 

Attached to Project - LEDE Project
Summary - Mikrotik RB493G AR8316 switch0/ETH0 cannot be managed 
Task Type - Bug Report
Category - Base system
Status - Unconfirmed
Assigned To - 
Operating System - All
Severity - Medium
Priority - Very Low
Reported Version - All
Due in Version - Undecided
Due Date - Undecided
Details - Exists on OpenWRT 14 and 15, LEDE 17 and Trunk

The behaviour is identical to issues reported on RB951G and RB2011 models.

See historical details: 
https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/issues/352
https://lists.openwrt.org/pipermail/openwrt-devel/2014-December/030216.html

I have been able to work around the issue by cross-connecting the PoE/WAN port to switch0 LAN4 and turning off eth0 CPU. This allows me to use all remaining ports. It's a horrible kludge, I'm only mentioning it as a temporary workaround.

More information can be found at the following URL:
https://bugs.lede-project.org/index.php?do=details&task_id=1020