As a beginner in this, I must say that I appreciate you explaining things the way you did. I have an old TP-Link router, set up as a bridge ( thanks for explaining that as well ). I followed your instructions which were explained slowly and voila! I have everything going well. I will be looking for more of your videos. Keep up the good work.
Good video, May be you should have tried to explain all possible ways the physical interfaces can be configured to. I was especially looking for a way to configure the WAN interface of my OpenWRT flashed Linksys WRT1900AC router in bridge mode with ISP provided Huawei FTTH ONT.
Just finished setting up my wireless access point with your quite easy to follow instructions, was great to find someone who explained it so plainly and easy, whithout not feeling overwheelmed, (this is my first try at openwrt), the devices I connect to the network connect to the internet, but what I'm looking for is to have this network completely bridged, the router has it's own IP segment so devices connected to this router won't see the ones connected to the main one.. is there a way to completely bridge the network? (I'm using this router as an extender) thanks again,
I think you could look into vlans but really if your setting it up as an extender then you it can be very difficult, might even be easier to use your router to block the ip address manually outside of it.
Just curious but is there also a way to Limit the speed on the whole of the Geust network with this firmware? So that my geusts cannot eat up my whole bandwidth.
I use openwrt latest stable firmware with my tp-link archer c6 3.2, but I have issues using wireless bridge mode for my pc to connect to my latest virgin media hub downstairs with it.
It's really difficult for me to help diagnose without the physical device, first thing I would try is downgrading to the previous version of OpenWrt it may be they introduced a bug in the latest version, if that fails head to the OpenWrt forum and look for threads or create one about your device and hopefully you will find people with the same device who can help, hopefully this helps!
It's completely different depending on your router, I have done some install videos but there are thousands of methods depending on hardware. Best to go to the Openwrt wiki and look at specific instructions for your device.
Depends on the router, i would suggest looking up a "debrick" method for your router and that would be the process you would need to do to go back to stock firmware. It will all most likely be detqiled on the Openwrt website page for your router. Thanks, good question.
Thanks helped me fix my internet! But now I think my router is in a bridge mode because when I try to access the admin page it goes to the other router's admin page :/
Sounds like they both have the same ip address, disconnect one of them and connect and you should be able to get to the openwrt one, then from interfaces change the static ip address to another free address, try doing a nework scan with an app like "fing" and then use any address thats free.
Do you know how can I verify the firmware on my OpenWRT router is safe? It's because I installed the firmware from a random website, I wanna make sure the firmware is secure.
You could check the checksum against what you know is a "safe" version, but if you're not sure id suggest just system upgrading in luci to a known "safe" version.
Thanks for the nice guide but unfortunately I did not manage to succeed having an exclamation mark on the wifi symbol when connected to the wifi I created. Any hint to fix this ? Thank you
That generally means wifi is good but you have no Internet connection, make sure you have Internet plugged into the wan port and check your firewall isn't blocking you. Sometimes its easiest to go to services and disable firewall (temporarily) and check to see if that fixes it, if it does you know you need to work on your firewall config
@@HoddysGuides thanks for the swift feedback. I do not have internet in the wan port. I am trying to bridge over a wireless connection I do not have internet coming from any lan
@@HoddysGuides Unfortunately I didn't manage to have it working. Furthermore, my newly created wifi connection disappears despite it is enabled and very close to the receiving station. I am starting to think that it is a router or firmware problem ...
@@salvatorecaporale2817 the latest firmware for most devices is very new and may have bugs ive seen on a couple of router unfortunately. Might be worth stepping back to previous version ot may be more stable for now
I'd like to see how to connect an Openwrt Router to an external VPN service so all my internal traffic goes out the router then through a VPN then to the rest of the world.
@@HoddysGuides I have a mi router 4A(with openwts) that connects to the internet wireless (because the main router is in a different floor). My problem is that I can connect to the openwts router and surf the web only with an ethernet cable and not wirelessly. For what ever reason when I try to set up a access point it doesn't work. I don't know if the firewall is blocking me somehow. I will post more in the discord.
@focusthebeast1827 yes likely, you can try to stop the firewall service, if you then are able to get to the internet you know your firewall config is incorrect
Hello, I have the belkin f9k1103 router, I've wanted to install Openwrt for a long time but I can't find the way, I tried fw f9k1109 but the wifi doesn't work ... any ideas to install 3rd party firmware?
So wifi is off by default on openwrt but i assume youve tried that, if the official image isn't working in some way, you may find help in the openwrt forums, often people will make bug fixed snapshots so try having a search there, hopefully this helps.
Hi, i hope you can help me. I installed openvpn, and then i tried to install "openvpn-opensll" but i get "installed version of package kernel is not compatible require 4.14.195 while 4.14.201 is installed", is there a solution?
I have bought the Belkin RT3200 and installed OPENWRT and now looking for 2 Access points. Which one is the best to buy to make access points? TP-LINK Archer C7 or the XIAOMI MI A4 Gigabit edition? Please help!!!
Down to the specs of the routers check their individual openwrt wiki pages and compare them (and how easy the installation will be xiaomi can be difficult)
@@HoddysGuides Thanks mate. I have both and C7 installation is so easy. The XIAOMI is a pain. I am stuck on Ubuntu VM cd /OpenWRTInvasion. Can’t get it working. Do you think the XIAOMI WIFi 6 is a better advantage? This is the only feature that is holding me. Please advise. I am your new subscriber.
@@adrian4jc wifi 6 is only an advantage if you have devices that use it, otherwise its not. In ubuntu a tip is to use the tab key when typing commands and it will try to "guess" what you want, try typing "cd op" and it will look for files with op in the title (if there are any) and then write out the full name for you
so you have to bridge, right? It doesnt just work once you do the wifi and eth0 setup? I cant access the internet, i didnt want to connec the dmz to the lan
It can work any number of ways, hard to understand what you are trying to achieve with what you've said but you can either have an independent network off of it, or you can use it to add to the original network, be mindful that if you're adding to original that you need to disable dhcp. Otherwise, make sure your firewall is setup correctly to allow and block traffic in the right directions
Hi just found your tutorials and WRT this is a new zone for me having to do it out of necessity I'll be using a plus net hub one and I'll be going through the ADSL I need to know how I can port forward to allow my site to connect to my mail server that I have set up on a unraid home server problem is my site is hosted by a hosting company how would I go about this as my hub two dose not allow ipv4 in the pinhole as it's only set to ipv6 so this is why I'm having to go down this path setting up open wrt
If im reading correctly, you would just set your internal network to IPv4 if thats your prefrence, setting of port forwarding is relatively trival on openwrt so shouldn't be an issue. Obviously, it goes without saying that opening ports in any router is very dangerous for security and shouldn't be done unless you are sure of what you are doing.
@@HoddysGuides hi thanks for the quick response it is much appreciated on the hub two It. Don't allow for this this is why I'm having to go this way with open wrt have setup my unraid server made a VM setup and hardened my Ubuntu server everything is set up to go it's just this issue with the Plusnet hub two I've port forwarded the port everything is set for ipv4 as they don't support ipv6 even though pinhole is set for this it's really annoying when isp does this and this is being done out of necessity for my site so any information you can provide would be really appreciated and very welcome and once again it's very appreciated that you tuck the time to respond as not many on here do
@leebuckley4873 Well if your router is compatible with openwrt then it will likely work, i would head to the openwrt wiki and check if your device is and the method for install of openwrt, if so then go ahead and install OpenWrt, be sure you know your ADSL settings (username password) before you start as you will need these to setup in openwrt. Failing that i would use a compatible router (or setup openwrt on another device) if you current router can use DMZ then forward everything to the second router then portforward though that and setup DynamicDNS from a free provider like No-IP to get around your ipv6 issue.
Can you make a video or tips on how to setup in this scenario I have a primary router with ssid1 ,DHCP and Want to connect it to via lan cable which is then on wan port secondary router which has no Luci as access point I want it be able
I will do it the future, but videos take a long time to produce/write. What you need to do is make sure both devices are on the same IP range (you can edit your openwrt router to match your ISP's) then you need to make sure that both routes arent the same address (e.g ISP's might be 192.168.1.1 so make your openwrt 192.168.1.2) then both devices are running but you have 2 DHCP servers (which is bad so disable 1) the simplest way is to disable DHCP in openwrt, after that all should be done, however, any other issues are probably firewall related so make sure its settings are correct in openwrt
Hi, I've spent an entire day trying to conficure my Linksys WRT32X with OpenWRT and having no luck. I have a Virgin Media Superhub 3 in Modem mode and the Linksys dosen't seem to be playing ball with the Modem so I can't get online via the Linksys, I don't have a clue why this is the case at the moment. Any Suggestions appreciated, thanks.
My first suggestion would be to look at the diagnostic pages but im sure youve already tried that. What can help you figure out the cause is to disable the firewall (obviously temporarily) to see if thats the cause which it most likely is. You can go in to processes and stop firewall (it will come back on after reboot). If you stop it and you gain Internet access then you know its your firewall config thats causing the issue
Hi bud ive just got my self a open wrt Plusnet hub 1 its connected to any other modam its ADSL im setting it up but cant connect to the internet i watched a video on it but the guy said i need my isp username and password plus a ip address?
@leebuckley4873 your ISP username and password that is used to login to your ADSL, likely you will have yo contact your ISP to get it (not the info written on your router)
@@HoddysGuides hi bud sorry to be a pest I have sorted out the WiFi Tring to set up the wan port to connect the the internet I've put the isp information in but comes up when I try to load a web page with no DNS ? I was watching a video on TH-cam and he didn't put no DNS ?
hi Hoddy, thats a great idea, doing themes, no one has done a video on that. i have 2 xhome hub 5a with open wrt 19.07.4 , there better than locked down original firmware. mine has the same theme bootstrap. i took a look at your back catalog, is the Xiaomi 4A £20 on ailexpress any good or do i go for Xiaomi Redmi Router AC2100 2.4G 5G Gigabit Dual Band Wireless Router 6 High Gain Antennas 128MB Open WRT WiFi Router Easy Setup with openwrt installed for £34
Thanks! The 4A is good, i use it as a daily driver on OpenWrt with no complaints especially for the price! I've not seen the AC2100 or how easy it is to flash so for me it would be the 4A but it might be worth checking the OpenWrt forums for others experience with the AC2100.
Re: Force DNS Exceptions I would like to block users from bypassing the routers DNS, default to OpenDNS. I would like to assign only certain clients to be able to bypass the routers DNS on their pcs. The following works on Gargoyle firmware, but don't know how to make equivalent changes to WRT. (Gargoyle firmware) On the Connection> Basic page leave "Alternate DNS" as "Allow clients to use alternate DNS servers", and enter the OpenDNS servers as the Custom DNS servers. On the Firewall>Restrictions page add a new restriction for all hosts except the ones you want to allow external DNS (allowed NIC IP address). Set it to Remote Ports Block Only 53. This won't block clients from the router DNS, which will be using OpenDNS, but will prevent connecting to alternate DNS.
I don't know that you can set firewall rules per device in Luci you might have to split your allowed and not allowed devices to different vlans then set the firewall rules from there, alternatively use iptables over ssh. Then all else should be pretty easy too setup as far as i can tell.
Now that I'm thinking about a fourth AP for my garden, did you ever try a solution like openwisp, radiusdesk or openmesh? My R4AGs are running so damn well with an older build and the 4.14 kernel! Can't wait for v20
The steps are exactly the same it just looks slightly different due to the different theme. However, I will look at doing that video for you in the future anyway.
Hi Hoddy I searched TH-cam how to setup Openwrt. Your explanation offered me a basic solution. I now want to use my Tplink WDR4900 with OpenWrt as an accesspoint behind the modem/router from my provider. I connect the TPLink via a cable on a LAN port. Can you instruct me how I get this situation in OpenWrt done and also to get the TPPLink in the same IP range as my modem/router. Thank you as well for your response.
So there are a couple of different ways to achieve this, probably the simpler one is to set the ip range of openwrt to match your isp router (make sure they arent both on the same number) then turn off the dhcp server on one of them. That should be all you need to do.
@@HoddysGuides wow at this hour of the Day a reply! Thanks. The probleem is I don't know where to fix the ip range in openwrt. And do I understand you well that the accespoint ip is the same as the modem/router?
@@banneman4376 the range needs to be the same, so your openwrt by default will be 192.168.1.x if this matches what your isp router is then you dont need to change anything, unless it has the same address as the openwrt router (which by default is 192.168.1.1) ive not got it in front of me now but from memory you can go to interfaces and click on the lan and make chages there as needed. To disable dhcp you can do that in the same area but if my memory is good its on the advanced tab in this area
Everytime I try to enter the root commands it said failed to download package list I’ve watched your video at least 5 times step by step and I can’t get it please help brother
Sounds like you have a firewall issue blocking your router's access to the internet, try (temporarily) disabling the firewall, if you can then download packages you know the firewall is misconfigured.
Tbh I'm trying to use pda net on my phone and link it this way because where I live we can't get WiFi I live on a farm in the middle of nowhere Illinois
Its generally what most people want to achieve is functional router and wifi yes, i would define that as a basic setup withiut creating a 5hr video on every single possible config.
Vlan shouldn't need to be changed with only one port. Really you will most likely want the single port as wan, but i guess if you wantee it as lan you could just enable the dhcp for that interface. Not really sure what you're trying to achieve so dont know how to advise
@@HoddysGuides thanks for the response, I want the router to auto switch lan/wan as it used to, in its default firmware vap11g 500. if i plug lan, auto assign dchp server, if i plug wan, dchp client.
Necesito ayuda con un TPLINK Pharo 510 (UN) v1. 1 Actualicé, openwrt a la versión 19.07.03, después le descargué el snapshot y no me daba interface de Luci, lo reseteee default por el botón de reset, entonces intenté pasar con el winscip el firmware 18.06 para la carpeta /tmp en la raíz del router cuanto le di upgrade se me murió, solo enciende el LED de power, en el router al que lo tengo conectado si está dando red pero no doy que IP tiene o como entrar a el, aunque creo que no está arrancando el firmware openwrt u el original, si pudieran ayudarme estaría agradecido, saludos.
Im sorry im on the yt app at the moment so cant copy to translate your comment. Im guessing your saying about a snapshot that hasn't got luci? If not id login via SSH from terminal or command line and install it with e.g: ssh root@192.168.1.1 opkg update opkg install luci --force-depends reboot That should get you luci, looks like you're saying something about LED's, if you cant login to luci or SSH after install id follow any debrick guide you can find on the router. Sorry if this hasnt answered you questions ill translate it later and try to help more
Good question, this video is actually about setup but I might cover the pro's and con's it in a future video. If you would like to talk about it a bit more feel free to join our discord server and ill be happy to talk through some of it with you.
Thank you - That would be Great. I can't seem to find one good concise video that just plainly discusses what OpenWRT is, Pros Cons and Why you would want to install open OS on your WiFi Router.
@@HoddysGuides Thanks for the reply . I tried all the possible ways including Hardware off boarding, software off boarding to solve this issue but to no avail. I read in some openwrt forum that hardware of my Router (Archer C6) isn't capable enough for openwrt for high speed internet (Though the upload speed was good). It was very strange for me as I was getting full speed on my official firmware. But in openwrt it's the complete opposite. So as a layman I concluded that Openwrt isn't compatible for my Router. Then I revert back to my old Buggy official firmware. Now I am getting the full speed with occasionally drop in 2.4 GHz. But still it's better than the openwrt.
i wanted eth0 to get a ip from my home router bring up a wlan interface connect and traffic to route throught eth , but not that simple i know i am not the only 1 banging there head againt the keyboard
No its not, but you do you, i will never chase you down and tell you to change the way you pronounce things: www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=english.stackexchange.com/questions/2389/what-is-the-correct-way-to-pronounce-router&ved=2ahUKEwjhuti6jt73AhUNQEEAHV_ICmIQFnoECEUQAQ&usg=AOvVaw1__9-h0uwpfH8CEluIu0RO
Varies widely on the type of router and type of connection, but in short you would set it up as your WAN connection in interfaces and ensure that its setup correctly in your firewall.
@@HoddysGuides Sooo! we need to be a magician and say abracadabra? Or are you not fully answering the question because you don't know... Here we go this is for Plusnet you may need to ask your ISP for some of the settings 1. Goto Network>interfaces- then click on "Edit" or click on the "WAN" tab 2. In the "DSL" section enter the following settings 3. Annex: Annex A + L + M(all) 4. Tone: A43C + J43 + A43 5. Encapsulation mode:PTM/EFM(Packet Transfer mode) 6. DSL line mode: VDSL 7. Downstream SNR offset: 0.0 dB 8. Leave the rest as default and click on "Save and Apply" 9. Click on "Edit" or click on the "WAN" tab again 10. Click on the "Physical settings tab" 11. From the drop-down scroll to the bottom of the drop-down and in custom enter 12. dsl0.101 13. Click on save and apply 14. Click on "Edit" or click on the "WAN" tab again 15. Select PPPoE protocol from the drop-down... 16. at this point, you may have click on switch protocols to initialise the new protocol 17. Enter your user-name and password 18. Click on save and apply 19. You should now be able to access the Internet via your router 20. You may also need to set up your wifi interface Your welcome!
@@martingregson7136 @Martin Gregson You caught me, i dont know the exact setup methods for every ISP and connection method in the world, but my original reply wasn't wrong you just needed to add the specifics for your ISP and connection type. Good guide though, thanks for the info, hopefully it helps someone with the same setup.
The FCC for one, also different countrys have different frequencys for other things, for example you might end up on an emergency services frequency and they may be unble to communicate in your area, and so will come find you and give you a lovely fine.
@@HoddysGuides Never said anything about using restricted frequency ranges, just about the broadcast strength. They cant tell how powerful your router is unless your going way over the legal limit. Also the actual odds of them catching you are so low, people over estimate their enforcement action. There was a guy using a cell jammer for like 10 years in New York city before getting caught, all because he didn't like people talking on the phone. Its like the IRS, most people don't report their full income & there isn't really anything they can do about it. You get paid cash, & who knows where that money is, you would be stupid to report selling a used computer locally as "income" but legally you have to report it as a capital cost, unless it somehow went up in value. Just don't expect most people to listen to stupid laws.
@@Zaptosis fair enough, do what you want but if im going on video to say something im not going to recommend people break the law. Also not just in the USA remember every county has different rules and frequency ranges and restrictions.
Sorry about that i try my hardest, few complaints on this one so i no longer use music and if it helps i write all the captions to make sure you can read what ive said.
Gday Just came across your channel today on search for OpenWRT I cant hear a darn thing, once again some creator has LOUD annoying BEAT music that over powers vocals and people talking Please re upload this video AGAIN with NO MUSIC when you or anyone is talking Please also consider uploading and posting content to ALT TECH in 2020-2024 such as Bitchute , Gab, Minds, etc
Im sorry about that, i provide captions for all my videos so if you cant hear you can read the text versions instead. TH-cam and our website are the only places we upload our videos for now.
@@HoddysGuides Its not just you, its a very bad trend I notice with a LOT of content creators over the last 10 or so years, espically people from USA UK and CA Please invest some money in a proper studio monitor headphones and listen to your own videos Another person that ruins his tech content is the level1 linux guy , he too has music that ruins and drowns out what he mentions Please consider setting up a bitchute account, it can AUTO MIRROR content from censortube automatically Regards Charliebrownau Gab.com/charliebrownau Minds.com/charliebrownau
@@HoddysGuides ah actually can i ask a question about using raspberry pi for openwrt? Currently theres an app called ClassIn from my sister for ESL tutoring and that app constantly send some malicious packets (basically it crashes my internet from my pc though it says it is connected via ethernet and no yellow triangle or "No internet sign") and is suspected for ARP spoofing my pc only. Can you recommend on using OpenWRT for a layer of security to the network? If not, do you have any ideas for security ? (Currently using ESET trial and it works marvelously)
@@martinjr.s.nalugon6524 yes definitely, its completely customisable so it gives you a lot more control over things like that, id start by setting up your firewall, you could even put yourself on a differnt vlan to the computer you think is causing the problem that would stop it having any access to you. You could also install something like pi-hole, normally used to block ads but you can use it to block prgrams you think are acting maliciously from Internet access
@William I use the term 'guide' as in guidance on the initial setup, i can only assume you was expected something more indepth which i do hopefully wish to make in the future, however, openwrt is so expansive and ever changing its hard to create without things changing half way through. Anyway its still in my plans for the future to create an more in depth series.
As a beginner in this, I must say that I appreciate you explaining things the way you did. I have an old TP-Link router, set up as a bridge ( thanks for explaining that as well ). I followed your instructions which were explained slowly and voila! I have everything going well. I will be looking for more of your videos. Keep up the good work.
Thank you very much!
Good video, May be you should have tried to explain all possible ways the physical interfaces can be configured to. I was especially looking for a way to configure the WAN interface of my OpenWRT flashed Linksys WRT1900AC router in bridge mode with ISP provided Huawei FTTH ONT.
Just installed this on a Raspberry-Pi - quite impressed so far, setting up the VPN would be a useful video too.
Great video, massive thanks, and yes setting up VPN vid would be great too
Thank you so much......
Great video, but the background music is quite loud and makes it hard to listen to your soft voice in the background. Thanks anyway.
Sorry about that, will try harder in the future. If it helps subtitles are avaliable on this video
Just finished setting up my wireless access point with your quite easy to follow instructions, was great to find someone who explained it so plainly and easy, whithout not feeling overwheelmed, (this is my first try at openwrt), the devices I connect to the network connect to the internet, but what I'm looking for is to have this network completely bridged, the router has it's own IP segment so devices connected to this router won't see the ones connected to the main one.. is there a way to completely bridge the network? (I'm using this router as an extender) thanks again,
I think you could look into vlans but really if your setting it up as an extender then you it can be very difficult, might even be easier to use your router to block the ip address manually outside of it.
Great video, but I’m trying to find out how to change my upnp and I can’t seem to find the setting anywhere
man... why is it so easy when you do it and I follow - figuring this out form some reason by myself was very frustrating!! THANKS!!
Appreciate the walkthrough!
i installed openwrt 23.05 on my d-link dsl-2740b/f1 but i don't have wireless interface options, what do i do?
Odd, i would double check you got the correct firmware for your device. After that hit the openwrt forums to see if anyone else has had similar issues
Great tutorial
Thanks!
Just curious but is there also a way to Limit the speed on the whole of the Geust network with this firmware? So that my geusts cannot eat up my whole bandwidth.
Yes, you setup QOS, Ive not done it myself but heres aome info oldwiki.archive.openwrt.org/doc/uci/qos
I use openwrt latest stable firmware with my tp-link archer c6 3.2, but I have issues using wireless bridge mode for my pc to connect to my latest virgin media hub downstairs with it.
It's really difficult for me to help diagnose without the physical device, first thing I would try is downgrading to the previous version of OpenWrt it may be they introduced a bug in the latest version, if that fails head to the OpenWrt forum and look for threads or create one about your device and hopefully you will find people with the same device who can help, hopefully this helps!
Brother: in openWRT.
After performing reboot. the set wireless network password and ESSID is getting reset to old/default value. Pls assist.
It would be helpful if you start the setup from the beginning, "how to install Openwrt" and not from the middle 😬
It's completely different depending on your router, I have done some install videos but there are thousands of methods depending on hardware. Best to go to the Openwrt wiki and look at specific instructions for your device.
@@sophiarodriguez1861 but this is exactly what I want （I searched "openwrt configuration")
Quick question, if I flash OpenWrt how difficult is it to revert back to TP links firmware?
Depends on the router, i would suggest looking up a "debrick" method for your router and that would be the process you would need to do to go back to stock firmware. It will all most likely be detqiled on the Openwrt website page for your router. Thanks, good question.
Thanks helped me fix my internet!
But now I think my router is in a bridge mode because when I try to access the admin page it goes to the other router's admin page :/
Sounds like they both have the same ip address, disconnect one of them and connect and you should be able to get to the openwrt one, then from interfaces change the static ip address to another free address, try doing a nework scan with an app like "fing" and then use any address thats free.
Do you know how can I verify the firmware on my OpenWRT router is safe? It's because I installed the firmware from a random website, I wanna make sure the firmware is secure.
You could check the checksum against what you know is a "safe" version, but if you're not sure id suggest just system upgrading in luci to a known "safe" version.
@@HoddysGuides May I ask where I can check that?
Thanks for the nice guide but unfortunately I did not manage to succeed having an exclamation mark on the wifi symbol when connected to the wifi I created. Any hint to fix this ? Thank you
That generally means wifi is good but you have no Internet connection, make sure you have Internet plugged into the wan port and check your firewall isn't blocking you. Sometimes its easiest to go to services and disable firewall (temporarily) and check to see if that fixes it, if it does you know you need to work on your firewall config
@@HoddysGuides thanks for the swift feedback. I do not have internet in the wan port. I am trying to bridge over a wireless connection I do not have internet coming from any lan
@@salvatorecaporale2817 oh ok, again make sure your showing you are connected to the other AP and again firewall could be the issue
@@HoddysGuides Unfortunately I didn't manage to have it working. Furthermore, my newly created wifi connection disappears despite it is enabled and very close to the receiving station. I am starting to think that it is a router or firmware problem ...
@@salvatorecaporale2817 the latest firmware for most devices is very new and may have bugs ive seen on a couple of router unfortunately. Might be worth stepping back to previous version ot may be more stable for now
I'd like to see how to connect an Openwrt Router to an external VPN service so all my internal traffic goes out the router then through a VPN then to the rest of the world.
thanks !
I can’t find switch in network menu. How can I install it in from my windows 7 pc?
You may have an old firmware, try looking for a newer version
How would u set up the router if you don't have Wi-Fi coming in from the wan port?
I dont understand the question sorry you can have ethernet WAN or you can use it as a bridge if thats what you mean
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I have a mi router 4A(with openwts) that connects to the internet wireless (because the main router is in a different floor). My problem is that I can connect to the openwts router and surf the web only with an ethernet cable and not wirelessly. For what ever reason when I try to set up a access point it doesn't work. I don't know if the firewall is blocking me somehow. I will post more in the discord.
@focusthebeast1827 yes likely, you can try to stop the firewall service, if you then are able to get to the internet you know your firewall config is incorrect
Hello, I have the belkin f9k1103 router, I've wanted to install Openwrt for a long time but I can't find the way, I tried fw f9k1109 but the wifi doesn't work ... any ideas to install 3rd party firmware?
So wifi is off by default on openwrt but i assume youve tried that, if the official image isn't working in some way, you may find help in the openwrt forums, often people will make bug fixed snapshots so try having a search there, hopefully this helps.
Hi, i hope you can help me. I installed openvpn, and then i tried to install "openvpn-opensll" but i get "installed version of package kernel is not compatible require 4.14.195 while 4.14.201 is installed", is there a solution?
I have bought the Belkin RT3200 and installed OPENWRT and now looking for 2 Access points. Which one is the best to buy to make access points? TP-LINK Archer C7 or the XIAOMI MI A4 Gigabit edition? Please help!!!
Down to the specs of the routers check their individual openwrt wiki pages and compare them (and how easy the installation will be xiaomi can be difficult)
@@HoddysGuides Thanks mate. I have both and C7 installation is so easy. The XIAOMI is a pain. I am stuck on Ubuntu VM cd /OpenWRTInvasion. Can’t get it working. Do you think the XIAOMI WIFi 6 is a better advantage? This is the only feature that is holding me. Please advise. I am your new subscriber.
@@adrian4jc wifi 6 is only an advantage if you have devices that use it, otherwise its not. In ubuntu a tip is to use the tab key when typing commands and it will try to "guess" what you want, try typing "cd op" and it will look for files with op in the title (if there are any) and then write out the full name for you
@@HoddysGuides Many thanks Hoddy. I will try this tonight. I may return this and keep my C7. I need to buy another one for my loft. Kind regards.
so you have to bridge, right? It doesnt just work once you do the wifi and eth0 setup? I cant access the internet, i didnt want to connec the dmz to the lan
It can work any number of ways, hard to understand what you are trying to achieve with what you've said but you can either have an independent network off of it, or you can use it to add to the original network, be mindful that if you're adding to original that you need to disable dhcp. Otherwise, make sure your firewall is setup correctly to allow and block traffic in the right directions
is there anyway to set defaults or device battery any time my power drops out ive to re set up the router
I guess that would depend on the hardware, but if linux can do it it can be done.
Hi just found your tutorials and WRT this is a new zone for me having to do it out of necessity I'll be using a plus net hub one and I'll be going through the ADSL I need to know how I can port forward to allow my site to connect to my mail server that I have set up on a unraid home server problem is my site is hosted by a hosting company how would I go about this as my hub two dose not allow ipv4 in the pinhole as it's only set to ipv6 so this is why I'm having to go down this path setting up open wrt
If im reading correctly, you would just set your internal network to IPv4 if thats your prefrence, setting of port forwarding is relatively trival on openwrt so shouldn't be an issue. Obviously, it goes without saying that opening ports in any router is very dangerous for security and shouldn't be done unless you are sure of what you are doing.
@@HoddysGuides hi thanks for the quick response it is much appreciated on the hub two It. Don't allow for this this is why I'm having to go this way with open wrt have setup my unraid server made a VM setup and hardened my Ubuntu server everything is set up to go it's just this issue with the Plusnet hub two I've port forwarded the port everything is set for ipv4 as they don't support ipv6 even though pinhole is set for this it's really annoying when isp does this and this is being done out of necessity for my site so any information you can provide would be really appreciated and very welcome and once again it's very appreciated that you tuck the time to respond as not many on here do
@leebuckley4873 Well if your router is compatible with openwrt then it will likely work, i would head to the openwrt wiki and check if your device is and the method for install of openwrt, if so then go ahead and install OpenWrt, be sure you know your ADSL settings (username password) before you start as you will need these to setup in openwrt. Failing that i would use a compatible router (or setup openwrt on another device) if you current router can use DMZ then forward everything to the second router then portforward though that and setup DynamicDNS from a free provider like No-IP to get around your ipv6 issue.
@@HoddysGuides ok cool I will try this and get back to you many thanks this is much appreciated 👍
@@leebuckley4873 Good luck!
Great video but i mis the part when using a sim card router and not the wan connection
Can you make a video or tips on how to setup in this scenario
I have a primary router with ssid1 ,DHCP and
Want to connect it to via lan cable which is then on wan port secondary router which has no Luci as access point
I want it be able
I will do it the future, but videos take a long time to produce/write. What you need to do is make sure both devices are on the same IP range (you can edit your openwrt router to match your ISP's) then you need to make sure that both routes arent the same address (e.g ISP's might be 192.168.1.1 so make your openwrt 192.168.1.2) then both devices are running but you have 2 DHCP servers (which is bad so disable 1) the simplest way is to disable DHCP in openwrt, after that all should be done, however, any other issues are probably firewall related so make sure its settings are correct in openwrt
@@HoddysGuides thankyou I'll try it as you said
Hi, I've spent an entire day trying to conficure my Linksys WRT32X with OpenWRT and having no luck. I have a Virgin Media Superhub 3 in Modem mode and the Linksys dosen't seem to be playing ball with the Modem so I can't get online via the Linksys, I don't have a clue why this is the case at the moment. Any Suggestions appreciated, thanks.
My first suggestion would be to look at the diagnostic pages but im sure youve already tried that. What can help you figure out the cause is to disable the firewall (obviously temporarily) to see if thats the cause which it most likely is. You can go in to processes and stop firewall (it will come back on after reboot). If you stop it and you gain Internet access then you know its your firewall config thats causing the issue
Hi bud ive just got my self a open wrt Plusnet hub 1 its connected to any other modam its ADSL im setting it up but cant connect to the internet i watched a video on it but the guy said i need my isp username and password plus a ip address?
That is correct you will need those details, if you havent got them you may need to contact your ISP to provide them for you
@@HoddysGuides hi sorry would that be my isp username and password or the one for the hub sorry I'm new to open wrt bud
@leebuckley4873 your ISP username and password that is used to login to your ADSL, likely you will have yo contact your ISP to get it (not the info written on your router)
@@HoddysGuides ok cool thanks 👍
@@HoddysGuides hi bud sorry to be a pest I have sorted out the WiFi Tring to set up the wan port to connect the the internet I've put the isp information in but comes up when I try to load a web page with no DNS ? I was watching a video on TH-cam and he didn't put no DNS ?
hi Hoddy, thats a great idea, doing themes, no one has done a video on that. i have 2 xhome hub 5a with open wrt 19.07.4 , there better than locked down original firmware. mine has the same theme bootstrap. i took a look at your back catalog, is the Xiaomi 4A £20 on ailexpress any good or do i go for Xiaomi Redmi Router AC2100 2.4G 5G Gigabit Dual Band Wireless Router 6 High Gain Antennas 128MB Open WRT WiFi Router Easy Setup with openwrt installed for £34
Thanks! The 4A is good, i use it as a daily driver on OpenWrt with no complaints especially for the price! I've not seen the AC2100 or how easy it is to flash so for me it would be the 4A but it might be worth checking the OpenWrt forums for others experience with the AC2100.
Can we see firewall and clan please
Great video Richie!
Re: Force DNS Exceptions
I would like to block users from bypassing the routers DNS, default to OpenDNS.
I would like to assign only certain clients to be able to bypass the routers DNS on their pcs.
The following works on Gargoyle firmware, but don't know how to make equivalent changes to WRT.
(Gargoyle firmware)
On the Connection> Basic page leave "Alternate DNS" as "Allow clients to use alternate DNS servers", and enter the OpenDNS servers as the Custom DNS servers.
On the Firewall>Restrictions page add a new restriction for all hosts except the ones you want to allow external DNS (allowed NIC IP address). Set it to Remote Ports Block Only 53. This won't block clients from the router DNS, which will be using OpenDNS, but will prevent connecting to alternate DNS.
I don't know that you can set firewall rules per device in Luci you might have to split your allowed and not allowed devices to different vlans then set the firewall rules from there, alternatively use iptables over ssh. Then all else should be pretty easy too setup as far as i can tell.
Now that I'm thinking about a fourth AP for my garden, did you ever try a solution like openwisp, radiusdesk or openmesh? My R4AGs are running so damn well with an older build and the 4.14 kernel! Can't wait for v20
Not personally but i hear good things in the forums.
@@HoddysGuides about which of the ones exactly? Do u use 802.11r btw?
@@LampJustin i read a lot on the forums no idea exactly but just openwrt in general not specific to this device. Im not personally ising 802.11r
Can u make a video configuring the same type of network with a 4G router? Thanks!
The steps are exactly the same it just looks slightly different due to the different theme. However, I will look at doing that video for you in the future anyway.
Thanks! I’ll be waiting! Take care and keep on this good work master
Hi Hoddy
I searched TH-cam how to setup Openwrt. Your explanation offered me a basic solution. I now want to use my Tplink WDR4900 with OpenWrt as an accesspoint behind the modem/router from my provider. I connect the TPLink via a cable on a LAN port. Can you instruct me how I get this situation in OpenWrt done and also to get the TPPLink in the same IP range as my modem/router.
Thank you as well for your response.
So there are a couple of different ways to achieve this, probably the simpler one is to set the ip range of openwrt to match your isp router (make sure they arent both on the same number) then turn off the dhcp server on one of them. That should be all you need to do.
@@HoddysGuides wow at this hour of the Day a reply! Thanks.
The probleem is I don't know where to fix the ip range in openwrt. And do I understand you well that the accespoint ip is the same as the modem/router?
@@banneman4376 the range needs to be the same, so your openwrt by default will be 192.168.1.x if this matches what your isp router is then you dont need to change anything, unless it has the same address as the openwrt router (which by default is 192.168.1.1) ive not got it in front of me now but from memory you can go to interfaces and click on the lan and make chages there as needed. To disable dhcp you can do that in the same area but if my memory is good its on the advanced tab in this area
@@HoddysGuides I think I have got it. I will figure it out. Thanks.
Everytime I try to enter the root commands it said failed to download package list I’ve watched your video at least 5 times step by step and I can’t get it please help brother
Sounds like you have a firewall issue blocking your router's access to the internet, try (temporarily) disabling the firewall, if you can then download packages you know the firewall is misconfigured.
@@HoddysGuides I'll give that a try thanks man MUCH appreciated
Tbh I'm trying to use pda net on my phone and link it this way because where I live we can't get WiFi I live on a farm in the middle of nowhere Illinois
Is this a OpenWRT setup? its only going through how to setup wifi
Its generally what most people want to achieve is functional router and wifi yes, i would define that as a basic setup withiut creating a 5hr video on every single possible config.
Did The Wrt Can Make ADSL Router VDSl? Or Not
I don't fully understand your question, OpenWRT can support both ADSL and VDSL however this also comes down to the hardware of your device.
No Open Wrt most Vdsl
Router Like Tp link Vr 300/400/600 and most other brands vdsl router
Can you tell me vdsl router support openwrt
I only have one lan port, could you let me know settings in vlan and on interface? a single port can act either wan or lan at thr same time?
Vlan shouldn't need to be changed with only one port. Really you will most likely want the single port as wan, but i guess if you wantee it as lan you could just enable the dhcp for that interface. Not really sure what you're trying to achieve so dont know how to advise
@@HoddysGuides thanks for the response, I want the router to auto switch lan/wan as it used to, in its default firmware vap11g 500. if i plug lan, auto assign dchp server, if i plug wan, dchp client.
I love you man!
Necesito ayuda con un TPLINK Pharo 510 (UN) v1.
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Actualicé, openwrt a la versión 19.07.03, después le descargué el snapshot y no me daba interface de Luci, lo reseteee default por el botón de reset, entonces intenté pasar con el winscip el firmware 18.06 para la carpeta /tmp en la raíz del router cuanto le di upgrade se me murió, solo enciende el LED de power, en el router al que lo tengo conectado si está dando red pero no doy que IP tiene o como entrar a el, aunque creo que no está arrancando el firmware openwrt u el original, si pudieran ayudarme estaría agradecido, saludos.
Im sorry im on the yt app at the moment so cant copy to translate your comment. Im guessing your saying about a snapshot that hasn't got luci? If not id login via SSH from terminal or command line and install it with e.g:
ssh root@192.168.1.1
opkg update
opkg install luci --force-depends
reboot
That should get you luci, looks like you're saying something about LED's, if you cant login to luci or SSH after install id follow any debrick guide you can find on the router. Sorry if this hasnt answered you questions ill translate it later and try to help more
Make ur own router with a raspberry pi
I wish you would have spent some time explaining why you would even want to implement OpenWRT.
Good question, this video is actually about setup but I might cover the pro's and con's it in a future video. If you would like to talk about it a bit more feel free to join our discord server and ill be happy to talk through some of it with you.
Thank you - That would be Great. I can't seem to find one good concise video that just plainly discusses what OpenWRT is, Pros Cons and Why you would want to install open OS on your WiFi Router.
@@mktwatcher Here we go th-cam.com/video/iD9bnO9sgL0/w-d-xo.html
I flashed it on my device now I think it only operates in wired mode
@@jaydenstowe7588 have you turned the wirless radio on?
@@HoddysGuides I flashed the sysupgrade firmware on it from the stock firmware when the device first came out
@@jaydenstowe7588 yeah by default openwrt runs with the wifi off you have to go in and turn it on. If you follow this video it will show you how
@@HoddysGuides it doesn't matter if I flash the default open wrt firmware or the sysupgrade firmware right
@@jaydenstowe7588 nope not really
My original firmware used to give me 70-80 Mbps speed but after openwrt it's giving me 2 Mbps speed . 😢
Depends on your hardware but you may meed to look at hardware offloading
@@HoddysGuides Thanks for the reply . I tried all the possible ways including Hardware off boarding, software off boarding to solve this issue but to no avail. I read in some openwrt forum that hardware of my Router (Archer C6) isn't capable enough for openwrt for high speed internet (Though the upload speed was good). It was very strange for me as I was getting full speed on my official firmware. But in openwrt it's the complete opposite. So as a layman I concluded that Openwrt isn't compatible for my Router. Then I revert back to my old Buggy official firmware. Now I am getting the full speed with occasionally drop in 2.4 GHz. But still it's better than the openwrt.
i wanted eth0 to get a ip from my home router bring up a wlan interface connect and traffic to route throught eth , but not that simple i know i am not the only 1 banging there head againt the keyboard
Make sure you have set the interface as DHCP other than that it should jist work
It's pronounced "RAOW-ter", where the first syllable sounds like what you say when you hit your bare foot against a brick.
No its not, but you do you, i will never chase you down and tell you to change the way you pronounce things:
www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=english.stackexchange.com/questions/2389/what-is-the-correct-way-to-pronounce-router&ved=2ahUKEwjhuti6jt73AhUNQEEAHV_ICmIQFnoECEUQAQ&usg=AOvVaw1__9-h0uwpfH8CEluIu0RO
4:35 "The higher the width, the better the range"
Utter nonsense, the larger the bandWIDTH the more data can pass so the faster the link
My bad, miss spoke. I got it round the wrong way. No idea why i said that but you're correct.
Ok so most people have some form of DSL on their router, how do we utilise this DSL interface with OpenWRT?
Varies widely on the type of router and type of connection, but in short you would set it up as your WAN connection in interfaces and ensure that its setup correctly in your firewall.
@@HoddysGuides Sooo! we need to be a magician and say abracadabra? Or are you not fully answering the question because you don't know...
Here we go this is for Plusnet you may need to ask your ISP for some of the settings
1. Goto Network>interfaces- then click on "Edit" or click on the "WAN" tab
2. In the "DSL" section enter the following settings
3. Annex: Annex A + L + M(all)
4. Tone: A43C + J43 + A43
5. Encapsulation mode:PTM/EFM(Packet Transfer mode)
6. DSL line mode: VDSL
7. Downstream SNR offset: 0.0 dB
8. Leave the rest as default and click on "Save and Apply"
9. Click on "Edit" or click on the "WAN" tab again
10. Click on the "Physical settings tab"
11. From the drop-down scroll to the bottom of the drop-down and in custom enter
12. dsl0.101
13. Click on save and apply
14. Click on "Edit" or click on the "WAN" tab again
15. Select PPPoE protocol from the drop-down...
16. at this point, you may have click on switch protocols to initialise the new protocol
17. Enter your user-name and password
18. Click on save and apply
19. You should now be able to access the Internet via your router
20. You may also need to set up your wifi interface
Your welcome!
@@martingregson7136 @Martin Gregson You caught me, i dont know the exact setup methods for every ISP and connection method in the world, but my original reply wasn't wrong you just needed to add the specifics for your ISP and connection type. Good guide though, thanks for the info, hopefully it helps someone with the same setup.
Let's be real, who cares how much electricity I use? Well, I certainly don't.
If you’re living off batteries (on a boat, off grid) it is important
@@TheDiverJim thank God I don't and solar energy exists
@@altaccount648 solar only goes so far when it’s shared with other systems like AC, fridge, making water, etc and can only make 6-8kw a day.
Count yourself lucky as i'm guessing electricity is cheap where you live.
@@HoddysGuides 30c/kWh but I don't understand counting it for mini owrt servers
lol imagine following your countries rules for broadcast strength, as long as your being considerate to those around you who cares what the rules are?
The FCC for one, also different countrys have different frequencys for other things, for example you might end up on an emergency services frequency and they may be unble to communicate in your area, and so will come find you and give you a lovely fine.
@@HoddysGuides Never said anything about using restricted frequency ranges, just about the broadcast strength. They cant tell how powerful your router is unless your going way over the legal limit.
Also the actual odds of them catching you are so low, people over estimate their enforcement action. There was a guy using a cell jammer for like 10 years in New York city before getting caught, all because he didn't like people talking on the phone.
Its like the IRS, most people don't report their full income & there isn't really anything they can do about it. You get paid cash, & who knows where that money is, you would be stupid to report selling a used computer locally as "income" but legally you have to report it as a capital cost, unless it somehow went up in value.
Just don't expect most people to listen to stupid laws.
@@Zaptosis fair enough, do what you want but if im going on video to say something im not going to recommend people break the law. Also not just in the USA remember every county has different rules and frequency ranges and restrictions.
the music is louder then the voice.
Sorry about that i try my hardest, few complaints on this one so i no longer use music and if it helps i write all the captions to make sure you can read what ive said.
Sir i need 5 minutes of your time to ask a few questions
Can you help on mail?
If you have questions i'd prefer you post them here. That way if someone else has a simular problem they can follow the trouble shooting we do.
@@HoddysGuides thanks for your help got my tplink wr740n working using custom firmware
Using sqm now it is a great piece of ech
Gday Just came across your channel today on search for OpenWRT
I cant hear a darn thing, once again some creator has LOUD annoying BEAT music that over powers
vocals and people talking
Please re upload this video AGAIN with NO MUSIC when you or anyone is talking
Please also consider uploading and posting content to ALT TECH in 2020-2024
such as Bitchute , Gab, Minds, etc
Im sorry about that, i provide captions for all my videos so if you cant hear you can read the text versions instead. TH-cam and our website are the only places we upload our videos for now.
@@HoddysGuides Its not just you, its a very bad trend I notice with a LOT of content creators over the last 10 or so years, espically people from USA UK and CA
Please invest some money in a proper studio monitor headphones and listen to your own videos
Another person that ruins his tech content is the level1 linux guy , he too has music that ruins and drowns out what he mentions
Please consider setting up a bitchute account, it can AUTO MIRROR content from censortube automatically
Regards
Charliebrownau
Gab.com/charliebrownau
Minds.com/charliebrownau
Would you make a video about using a vpn ?
please make tutorial how to install this (github.com/laksa19/mikhmonv3) on Openwrt Thanks
we have the same router AHAHAHAAH its the 450m
😊 Not a bad little router shame it has no 5Ghz but at least you can do a lot more with it with OpenWrt!
@@HoddysGuides ah actually can i ask a question about using raspberry pi for openwrt?
Currently theres an app called ClassIn from my sister for ESL tutoring and that app constantly send some malicious packets (basically it crashes my internet from my pc though it says it is connected via ethernet and no yellow triangle or "No internet sign") and is suspected for ARP spoofing my pc only.
Can you recommend on using OpenWRT for a layer of security to the network? If not, do you have any ideas for security ? (Currently using ESET trial and it works marvelously)
@@martinjr.s.nalugon6524 yes definitely, its completely customisable so it gives you a lot more control over things like that, id start by setting up your firewall, you could even put yourself on a differnt vlan to the computer you think is causing the problem that would stop it having any access to you. You could also install something like pi-hole, normally used to block ads but you can use it to block prgrams you think are acting maliciously from Internet access
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Ok, can i ask why and what you would have wanted in an openwrt guide? Your the first comment with that opinion so im curious?
@@HoddysGuides I removed my comment as it was a little too negative. However, this isn't really a "guide" but rather a default walk through.
@William I use the term 'guide' as in guidance on the initial setup, i can only assume you was expected something more indepth which i do hopefully wish to make in the future, however, openwrt is so expansive and ever changing its hard to create without things changing half way through. Anyway its still in my plans for the future to create an more in depth series.
Painful to watch.