[pM0n]

Hi!

I want to do a project. I want to be able do some machine learning based filtering of some of the Ethernet frames in the switch.

To do that first I need to be able to read the data on the wire for the learning phase, that is not a problem. The second is to be able to filter some of the packets from within the switch. That seems to be a technical problem.

I've been looking into DD-WRT (I have a TP-Link 741), but I don't find the part which deals with the Ethernet switching where I could hook my code up and make some decisions regarding to which packet to let through and which not.

Do you have an idea?

Thx!

[Alozaros]

In general the router you have is very basic and some of the DD-WRT valuable features might not work at all...
First get a better router with at least or more than 8MB flash size RAM....http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Supported_Devices

Second DD-WRT supports "switch mode" but only a basic switch mode, non-managed mode.......
https://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Switch
https://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Wireless_Access_Point

Third if you need to set up a policy based routing look here:
https://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Policy_Based_Routing

or VLAN tagging (you'd need another router)
http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/VLAN_Support

as well you can filter packets using IPtables as long as they are not stripped that bad (depends on router and dd-wrt build you are running)...do keep in mind some builds have stripped commands and variables in order to fit in a smaller flash size RAM builds for a cheaper routers, so better router, better build, more router capabilities, and better performance... ..