I got my hands on a Mikrotik switch and is happy with it. One problem I haven't solved for a while has been getting WinBox to connect to it remotely (it's at by dad's place). I have been ssh-ing into a server thebn `mactelnet` into the switch. WinBox however can't work with that even with VPN (VPN works on L3 not L2). But I finally got it to work.
The core of the problem is that the switch by default is in bridge mode. While the document says that to enable DHCP do `/ip/dhcp-client add interface=ether1 disabled=no`. However that'll fail as the port is a part of the bridge. With error:
[admin@MikroTik] > /ip/dhcp-client/add interface=ether1 disabled=no failure: can not run on slave interface
I can't believe I haven't thought of this before. The solution is to add the DHCP client to the bridge interface. So the command should be:
[admin@MikroTik] > /ip/dhcp-client/add interface=bridge disabled=no
And that legit works. Now check IP with `/ip/dhcp-client/print` and you should see the IP address assigned to the switch. And now VPN into the network and WinBox should work pointing to the obtained address.
I don't have an dedicated management interface or VLAN so this is the best I can do. I know there's problems. But I'm happy with this solution for now.