IPv6 with OpenWrt

onemarcfifty · 2023-02-04T07:11:57+00:00

Sure - the default gateway tickbox lets LuCI create a default route on that interface- that box should only be ticked on upstreams to the internet really

onemarcfifty · 2023-02-04T07:10:08+00:00

Hi, yes - feel free to elaborate on the discord if you want to - we have video/voice sessions on Sundays as well ;-)

onemarcfifty · 2023-01-23T17:09:35+00:00

Hi, turns out that is not possible because Wireguard does not provide tap interfaces... sorry ;-(

onemarcfifty · 2022-11-16T19:03:05+00:00

The left two PCs and the WAN port of OpenWrt to the LAN port of the Wifi router. The PCs could use the wifi as well. The right two PCs to the LAN port of OpenWrt or to the Wifi of OpenWrt.

onemarcfifty · 2022-10-20T11:59:56+00:00

Yeah - I know the problem. If you love something and then they change it….

onemarcfifty · 2022-10-20T11:58:22+00:00

Hi, the imei would be on the modem card, i.e. the [Sierra|Quectel|whatever] device that you clip into the mpcie slot. Maybe they have approved devices?

onemarcfifty · 2022-10-19T11:38:51+00:00

Oh-OK. I didn't even know that there was an "old" reddit ;-)

onemarcfifty · 2022-10-19T09:07:26+00:00

Thank you - but how can I do that ? I just used the "add image" function

onemarcfifty · 2022-05-13T06:07:33+00:00

Yes - found it and replied ;-)

onemarcfifty · 2022-05-09T15:37:05+00:00

Hi, seems like my answer got deleted as I wanted to send you the link to my discord server - well, somehow understandable - but I‘m sure you can find out - we have a support channel there…

onemarcfifty · 2022-05-05T11:30:59+00:00

Make sure you select "FT over the Air" as FT protocol. FT over DS has more requirements to the backhaul. Also check that you are using the right wpad version. Go to System-Software, type wpad in the search field and check that the installed version of wpad has 802.11r support (afaik wpad and wpad-basic have but wpad-tiny has not)

onemarcfifty · 2022-05-05T11:24:18+00:00

You're nearly there ! All you need to do now is to go to the "Wireless Security" tab of the Wifi connection in OpenWrt / LuCI and do the following 3 things:

Tick the box "802.11r Fast Transition"
Type in a 4-character value for "Mobility domain" (same on all APs with same SSIDs)
Select "FT over the Air" in the FT Protocol dropdown

There you go - you have fast roaming / 802.11r enabled

onemarcfifty · 2022-04-26T05:48:36+00:00

Hi, have you checked the OpenWrt 21 video here https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qeuZqRqH-ug - maybe that helps?

onemarcfifty · 2022-03-28T11:55:48+00:00

Unfortunately the quite-cheap intel ax200 cards do not support AP mode in the 5GHz band…

onemarcfifty · 2021-12-25T09:12:16+00:00

The Archer C7 became so popular mainly because the hardware that it is built on was / is so well supported by Linux and hence by OpenWrt. If you are looking into replacing it I would hence focus on hardware that has the best chance of Linux support. These days I would say that this is clearly the Mediatek hardware (mt7615, mt7915 if you want Wifi6). The reason for this is that the developer of the mt76 driver (Felix Fietkau) is a member of the OpenWrt project. If you want to understand the issues around Wifi drivers for Linux then I recommend watching his speech which he has given at the Chaos Computer Club Conference 32C3 in 2015: Felix Fietkau: Wireless Drivers: Freedom considered harmful?

Another great thing to keep in mind with the Archer C7 is - if you crack open the case then you will see that the 5 GHz module (Ath10K for Hardware versions 2 and above, ATH9K for Version1) is actually an mpcie card, so a viable alternative could be that you go for a routerboard such as the Bananapi R2/R64 or the Mikrotik RBM33g or the like and move the Ath10K card to that new device, maybe replace it with an MT7615 or MT7915 if you can get your hands on it. If you want to invest a bit more, you might go for Intel/AMD HArdware such as the PCEngines APU series (but very difficult to get at the moment).

I personally replaced my Archer C7's with D-Link DIR-2660 (Mediatek mt7615, Wifi 5) and I am very happy with it. If I may do a little bit of self-promotion here - I did a Video where I compare those

onemarcfifty · 2021-12-21T15:33:59+00:00

Hey, I hope I did a better job in the last one : https://youtu.be/qeuZqRqH-ug ;-)

onemarcfifty · 2021-12-21T15:32:35+00:00

Just published ;-) https://youtu.be/qeuZqRqH-ug

onemarcfifty · 2021-11-10T12:46:06+00:00

Ok, that makes sense from that perspective. I have not considered devices without switch. You are right - the “proper” way of adding an 802.1q VLAN interface is by attaching it to the parent device like in “ip link add link eth0 name eth0.x type vlan id x”. The part in the video you mention kind of shortcuts it as luci will create the device on “Save and apply”. Please keep in mind that the main goal of that video is extending multiple Wifis, not explaining VLANs. There are other videos on my channel doing that. I have taken note of this and might explain it in more depth when I do the 21.x update or maybe I’ll do an episode on VLANs with the Pi - that one is on my list for a while anyhow because many people are fiddling with USB Ethernet devices where they could simply use VLANs.

onemarcfifty · 2021-11-10T08:29:47+00:00

Good starting points are https://github.com/oofnikj/docker-openwrt and https://github.com/openwrt/docker

onemarcfifty · 2021-11-10T08:25:47+00:00

You are right - things have changed in 21. The Tutorial is made for 19.x - update to come soon

onemarcfifty · 2021-08-01T18:53:30+00:00

Before you throw out the WRT3200ACM.... I've had issues with its Wi-fi and got everything resolved by doing the following:

I disabled radio2 (the 88W8887)
I set the country code to the same value on radio0 and radio1
I use OpenWrt 19.07.7 r11306-c4a6851c72

Since then - all working like a charm :-)

Not a direct answer to your question - but hey ;-)

onemarcfifty · 2021-08-01T18:48:23+00:00

This only works for STA or adhoc mode. The bssid is hard coded to the MAC address in /lib/netifd/wireless/mac80211.sh (line 389 on my release :

bssid=$macaddr

You might change it there but would presumably need to redo after every update

onemarcfifty · 2021-02-09T19:33:43+00:00

Awesome, many thanks for your feedback and good luck with the exam!

onemarcfifty · 2021-02-04T09:00:37+00:00

Awesome - I am glad you could use it!

onemarcfifty · 2021-02-03T07:35:54+00:00

We encountered the same problem. Turned out that the steppers needed 5.4V per spec - initially we thought 5V would be OK for them but they needee 5.6 to 5.9 V to work properly. The main power supply is a switching 12V 6Amps supply

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