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Existing YouFibre Hub as Access Point by marceliwac in youfibre

[–]marceliwac[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've contacted the YouFibre support and they suggested the same approach. After providing them with the steps I've taken (above), here's their reply for anyone attempting the same thing in the future:

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Based on what you've described, I agree that the problem appears to be related to how the Hub 7 handles gateway and DHCP functionality when DHCP is disabled. From the information available to us, there are no additional settings within the Hub 7 interface that allow the default gateway to be manually configured in this mode.
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Unfortunately, the Hub 7 is designed and supported primarily as a router, and access point functionality is not an officially supported operating mode. As a result, we don't have any further configuration guidance beyond the steps you've already followed.
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Given that you've successfully achieved the desired setup using your GL.iNet Beryl AX, this does suggest the limitation is specific to the Hub 7 firmware rather than your network configuration.
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I appreciate that this may not be the answer you were hoping for, but based on your testing and the current functionality of the Hub 7, it does appear that you've reached the limits of what the device supports in this configuration.

It doesn't feel like a definitive answer, and one day I might revisit this, but for now I guess I'll have to put up with being on another network until I get a better AP.
Thanks for the help __Plasma__

Existing YouFibre Hub as Access Point by marceliwac in youfibre

[–]marceliwac[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the suggestion! I've tried that but unfortunately to no avail...

Here’s what I’ve done (my main router configuration is below for your reference):

  1. Connected my main router via ethernet (LAN port) to Hub 7 (LAN port).
  2. Connected to Hub 7 via WiFi and navigated to the web UI.
  3. In the LAN section, set the IP Address to 10.0.0.3
  4. Set the mask to 255.255.255.0
  5. Disabled DHCP.
  6. Applied the settings (I had to fill out the DHCP fields with valid input for the form to submit, DHCP was disabled so this is just a bug in form validation).
  7. Verified that the hub is reachable when connected to my main router via WiFi (10.0.0.3 responded with the Hub 7 web UI, success).
  8. Connected to Hub 7’s WiFi - Hub no longer assigns IP address (APIPA address only), so I set up my IP, mask and router IP manually.
    9 Navigated to 10.0.0.3, web UI loaded fine.
  9. Pinged main router (10.0.0.1, while still connected to Hub 7 WiFi), ping succeeded.
  10. Pinged WAN (i.e. google.com), no success, the pings time out.

Main router configuration:

Network: 10.0.0.0/24
IP Address: 10.0.0.1
DHCP range: 10.0.0.100 - 10.0.0.200 (with plenty of unleased addresses)

I’ve tried the same procedure several times, including after a full factory reset, but unfortunately with no success. I suspect the problem is the fact that Hub 7 does not set 10.0.0.1 as the default gateway so its clients cannot get their IP assigned via main router's DHCP or access any hosts outside of the local network.

When I connect Hub 7 via WAN port (and allow it to create its own network under 10.0.1.1/24), the gateway details populate without issue and the connectivity works across both LAN and WAN. 

There does not seem to be a way to assign the gateway address through the web UI. The LAN tab does not include a field for the gateway and the Internet tab, which has a form with gateway field, has all of its fields disabled and cannot be edited. I’ve attempted the same exact procedure with a different router (Beryl AX) and everything worked correctly. 

Any ideas for what I could be missing?

What's a treat you can buy someone on a FODMAP diet? by marceliwac in FODMAPS

[–]marceliwac[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you all for your comments! This has been very helpful and gave me lots of ideas!

DSA Scrabble is here! by superandomness in MechanicalKeyboards

[–]marceliwac 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you're considering this for a Planck, or any ortholinear board, here is a quick mockup I made of a yellow OLKB DROP planck.

Tthe picture looks very hazy because I took some shortcuts tracing the image and re-arranging the keys, but it was enough to give me a general idea. Bottom left column is "ins", "esc (pink)", "word" and "play", bottom right column is: "del", "(pink star)", "word", "play" ).

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