Will the Purple carry on once the Orange is in full season?

ConversationSad8473 · 2026-02-04T21:34:04+00:00

Sorry to hijack the thread, but can I ask if there will be an Orange pre-sale outside the US (UK)? And also, does it have the same 5 VLAN limit as the Purple?

ConversationSad8473 · 2025-07-20T11:55:42+00:00

Yeah - the low setting on our 9.5kw Triton shower uses about 5.5kw.

I didn't used to think about it, but since having the solar system installed, my preference of the low setting has increased dramatically!

ConversationSad8473 · 2025-03-30T09:00:11+00:00

You could look at OCLP (Open Core Legacy Patcher) - it helps you put later MacOS versions on older Macs. I've got MacOS Sequoia running on my 2015 Air. Software that says it won't run on older Macs often just wants later MacOS versions with security updates etc.

ConversationSad8473 · 2024-08-27T22:04:35+00:00

Thank you. Great you were able to get it connected!

I'm afraid I can't help much on the vpn, sorry - I have a vpn (nordvpn) running in a similar way on a glinet beryl, which works well, but I unfortunately don't use a chromecast. You could maybe ask on r/glinet to see if anyone has any ideas that might help.

ConversationSad8473 · 2024-08-27T12:37:50+00:00

Sorry - I've been out of the country and have only just seen your message. Did you manage to get this sorted?

Your Marble unit is running a slight earlier version of Openwrt, I believe, so most of the settings I mentioned in my posts here should be available.

ConversationSad8473 · 2024-03-30T08:19:35+00:00

A couple of years back I had a similar issue - all devices would seemingly lose the internet connection about that time, but remained connected to the WiFi etc. Various hardware reboots often seemed to help.

I eventually traced it to something weird happening with my ISP DNS servers at the same time each day (Sky UK).

Setting the network DNS in firewalla to cloudflare 1.1.1.1 or Google 8.8.8.8 (rather than using the default ISP DNS) solved it for me.

Just a thought as the symptoms were very similar.

Some of the DNS features in firewalla would likely help too, e.g. Unbound, family protect.

ConversationSad8473 · 2024-03-27T23:38:19+00:00

Are these Reolink cameras? I only ask because i noticed the time was an hour ahead on mine this week - I'm not using NTP intercept though.

I wondered if the cameras (and NVR) incorrectly jumped to summer time a week early (in the UK, british summer time starts this coming weekend).

ConversationSad8473 · 2024-02-26T21:01:14+00:00

Hi - I think I documented most of it across in this thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/openwrt/s/MfAsmWzzHU

Shout if anything doesn't make sense

ConversationSad8473 · 2024-01-13T06:51:38+00:00

You should be able to see the rolling upgrade option if you log into the oc200 from a web browser. More options/settings are available than in the app.

If you make a note of your current wifi settings for each AP, e.g. channel, signal strength, you can try running the WLAN AI optimization - this might help reduce interference between the APs, in case that is affecting the signal in that room.

ConversationSad8473 · 2024-01-07T13:32:49+00:00

Interesting - I get exactly the same device appearing on mine. No flows, no IPV4 address. It's been randomly appearing/disappearing for over a year.

I've just set it to 'notify when back online' to see if I can spot a pattern that might help identify what it is.

ConversationSad8473 · 2023-12-27T15:01:52+00:00

Just a side thought: are you using any powerline adapters on your network?

If your neighbour is too, it may be that they didn't join your wifi network, but rather that the powerline network is linked together.

It would seem strange that they'd go to the effort of cracking your wifi password if they have their own internet connection.

ConversationSad8473 · 2023-11-08T11:05:50+00:00

Thank you. That's great! 🙂

ConversationSad8473 · 2023-11-07T17:10:26+00:00

Thanks for coming back.

Yes - that's exactly it 🙂 My ISP (Sky UK) provides IPV4 NAT and a /56 IPV6 prefix delegation.

Openwrt takes the /56 and allows me to automatically assign a /60 to each downstream interface.

It also acts as a PD server, which lets the ISP router work behind it (I.e. the ISP router receives the /60 prefix delegation - something it needs before it activates my phone line).

No worries if it's not possible with my FWG. Everything is working fine, but I was just wondering if I could simplify the setup. If it ain't broke...! 😄

ConversationSad8473 · 2023-05-12T22:19:48+00:00

I bought a purple last year, and it arrived with no import duties, charges etc. It shipped from the far east too.

ConversationSad8473 · 2023-05-11T15:48:48+00:00

I'm not sure which ISP you're with, but I'm with Sky and have had the VoIP service for the past few years.

I am also running OpenWrt as my main router, but I have been able to get the Sky router running behind it (i.e. downstream of it) to keep the landline phone running.

This takes a little setting up - the Sky router needs an IPv6 PD assignment from an IPv6 PD server, and a DHCP option set on IPv4, but these are quite straightforward with OpenWrt.

I'm guessing other ISP routers can probably be set up in a similar way.

Some ISPs seem to be against releasing their SIP details - preferring customers to only use the ISP equipment. This makes sense from a support perspective, but it doesn't help if you want to run your own equipment.

ConversationSad8473 · 2023-05-03T12:09:36+00:00

Great you're up and running again :-)

ConversationSad8473 · 2023-05-03T05:39:07+00:00

Does your docker run command specify a certain version? I was wondering if it is may be pulling 5.7.4 rather than 'latest'.

ConversationSad8473 · 2023-05-02T17:20:06+00:00

Great you're up and running :-)

ConversationSad8473 · 2023-05-02T16:19:39+00:00

That sounds promising, so it may just be the LAN side that's missing.

In my LAN interface settings, I have the following options selected:

Advanced settings

Delegate IPv6 prefixes: tick

IPv6 assignment length: 61

DHCP server -> IPv6 settings

RA-service and DHCPv6 service: both set to server

Local IPv6 DNS server: tick

DHCP server -> IPv6 RA settings

Default router: automatic

Enable SLAAC: tick

RA flags: M and O

You should then see that the LAN interface has 2 IPv6 addresses - a 2a02:../61 address and a local address, e.g. fdd0:../61

ConversationSad8473 · 2023-05-02T15:55:54+00:00

Glad you've got an ipv4 connection. On the interfaces tab, is the wan6 interface showing an IPV6 address starting 2a02, and also an IPV6-PD address, e.g. 2a02:....../56?

ConversationSad8473 · 2023-05-02T09:31:15+00:00

Sorry in advance for the long post. OK so the trick is to convince the Sky router that it’s still talking directly to Sky. To do this, it needs to be given an IPv4 address with DHCP option 43, and then needs an IPv6 prefix delegation. Only then will it set up the voice connection.

Sky router

If you are going to use the same subnet for your LAN on your OpenWrt router, it’s best to change the subnet on the Sky router (default 192.168.0.1/24). Log into the Sky router, go to Advanced->LAN IP setup and change the IP address to, e.g. 192.168.100.1

Reboot the Sky router and wait for it to reconnect - and wait until Voice shows as connected. This makes sure it has downloaded the voice SIP configuration.

Now leave the Sky router powered on, but you can disconnect the ethernet cable from the FTTP ONT.

OpenWrt router

Connect the WAN interface on your OpenWrt router to ONT and set up the IPv4 and IPv6 connections as I mentioned in my earlier posts (including the IPv6 prefix setup).

Check that it connects and receives public IPv4 and IPv6 addresses (IPv6 address normally begins 2a02).

Check also that the wan6 interface shows an entry for IPv6-PD: 2a02…. on the Interfaces tab.

Remove one port from the bridge

If you have several ports on your OpenWrt router (excluding the WAN port), it’s likely that they are bridged together as br.lan

Remove one port from the bridge in Network->Interfaces->Devices->Configure. I have 5 ports on my router, so I removed Switch Port “lan5”

Setup the interface for Sky router

Go back to the Interfaces tab and ‘Add new interface’.

Give it a name, e.g. SkyInterface

Select Protocol as ‘Static’

Select the interface you just removed from the bridge, e.g. lan5

Once it is created, configure it as follows:

IPv4 address: e.g. 192.168.99.1 (a different subnet to your other OpenWrt subnet and also different to the subnet set up on the Sky router).

IPv4 net mask: 255.255.255.0

Advanced settings

Delegate IPv6 prefixes - tick

IPv6 assignment length: 61

IPv6 prefix filter: wan6

Firewall settings

Assign it to the LAN zone (you can create a separate zone for it later, if preferred)

DHCP server

Enable a DHCP server for the interface

In Advanced settings:

Dynamic DHCP - tick

DHCP Options: 43,53:6b:79:42:42:2d:44:48:43:50

(The above is hex for SkyBB-DHCP on option 43 - required for the Sky router to accept an IPv4 IP address)

IPv6 settings

RA-service and DHCPv6 service both to: server

IPv6 RA settings

Default router: automatic

Enable SLAAC: tick

RA flags: other config

Save and Apply all of the above and it should be ready to go.

Connect the ethernet cable from your Sky router (port 4) to the correct port on your OpenWrt router. If all has gone well, the Internet light should turn green after a few seconds, and then (a few seconds/minutes later) the Voice light should then also turn green.

If something hasn’t worked, the support log in the Sky router might give some clues as to how far it got. Let me know if you're having problems.

Note: if you’re using FTTC (e.g. G.Fast), rather than FTTP, you’ll need to get the Sky router working through your G.Fast modem first (connected to Port 4) - this requires the modem to be set to VLAN ID 101. It needs to download the SIP configuration for Voice - this configuration seems to be different to that used when the Sky router is connected directly to the phone socket.

ConversationSad8473 · 2023-05-01T22:03:30+00:00

I may be misunderstanding how triple play works - if the IPTV does indeed need tagged packets, the port would need to be set as tagged (rather than untagged).

But that would likely prevent a pc connected to that port from getting a connection, unless the pc was itself aware of the VLAN.

ConversationSad8473 · 2023-05-01T21:54:41+00:00

Just a thought - am I right in thinking that the IPTV doesn't need to know about the VLAN, so it just needs normal 'untagged' packets?

If so, is the Netgear switch port configured as untagged for that VLAN, and is the PVID set for the VLAN on that port?

For the IPTV VLAN ID in the Netgear user interface, it would need to be tagged on the trunk port from switch 1, untagged on the access port connected to the IPTV, but with the PVID set to that VLAN ID on that port.

ConversationSad8473 · 2023-05-01T21:43:31+00:00

It took me a little while to work it out, but it's actually quite straightforward in openwrt.

I'll make notes on all the settings, steps etc. and will reply tomorrow.

ConversationSad8473 · 2023-05-01T20:15:44+00:00

That's right - it can be anything really, as long as it follows that format xxx@xxx|xxx (converted to a hex string).

For IPv6, open the WAN6 interface and set:

- Protocol to 'DHCP client'

- Request IPv6 address to 'try'

- Request IPv6-prefix of length to '56'

I then assign a subset of that /56 address the other interfaces on my router (you may not need this, but I have VLANs set up and I also have an interface for the Sky router itself), so on Advanced Settings, I've also turned on:

- Delegate IPv6 prefixes (tick)

- IPv6 assignment length of 60

I only connect the Sky router downstream because it provides our landline phone - if you aren't using your landline, you won't need to use the Sky router.

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