# Feature Requests **URL:** https://forum.openwrt.org/c/feature-requests/16.md [Latest](https://forum.openwrt.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.openwrt.org/categories.md) --- ## [About the Feature Requests category](https://forum.openwrt.org/t/about-the-feature-requests-category/146166)
**Author:** [@thess](https://forum.openwrt.org/u/thess)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2022, 3:06pm UTC](https://forum.openwrt.org/t/about-the-feature-requests-category/146166 "2022-12-21T15:06:36Z")
This is the place to request for consideration new or modified features and capabilities to the OpenWrt developers for inclusion in future releases. --- ## [Displaying subscription speed instead of port speed for fiber connections](https://forum.openwrt.org/t/displaying-subscription-speed-instead-of-port-speed-for-fiber-connections/255179)
**Author:** [@mbunal](https://forum.openwrt.org/u/mbunal)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2026, 11:18am UTC](https://forum.openwrt.org/t/displaying-subscription-speed-instead-of-port-speed-for-fiber-connections/255179 "2026-11-04T11:18:21Z")
Hello, I have a 100 Mbit fiber subscription. The fiber cable is connected directly to my OpenWrt device. Since the fiber port operates at 1 Gbps, the pppoe\_wan interface shows a speed of 1 Gbps. How can I configure it s… --- ## [MT7987 WED support missing from OpenWrt](https://forum.openwrt.org/t/mt7987-wed-support-missing-from-openwrt/255134)
**Author:** [@izeroo](https://forum.openwrt.org/u/izeroo)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2026, 7:35am UTC](https://forum.openwrt.org/t/mt7987-wed-support-missing-from-openwrt/255134 "2026-11-03T07:35:29Z")
The MT7987 platform has WED hardware, but WED support is currently missing from upstream OpenWrt. The relevant MediaTek patches have not been integrated into OpenWrt, preventing the WED driver from properly initializing… --- ## [CLI Phone Port (RJ11) Support for Voice Calls on Arcadyan AW1000 Router](https://forum.openwrt.org/t/cli-phone-port-rj11-support-for-voice-calls-on-arcadyan-aw1000-router/216780)
**Author:** [@Chmod](https://forum.openwrt.org/u/Chmod)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2026, 2:28am UTC](https://forum.openwrt.org/t/cli-phone-port-rj11-support-for-voice-calls-on-arcadyan-aw1000-router/216780 "2026-11-02T02:28:26Z")
I am currently using the Arcadyan AW1000 router, but I have noticed that the CLI phone port (RJ11) does not seem to function at all. I attempted to check the modem's compatibility and features using AT commands, and the … --- ## [Feature request: Luci status page list all APs in subnet](https://forum.openwrt.org/t/feature-request-luci-status-page-list-all-aps-in-subnet/254484)
**Author:** [@papdee](https://forum.openwrt.org/u/papdee)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2026, 9:31pm UTC](https://forum.openwrt.org/t/feature-request-luci-status-page-list-all-aps-in-subnet/254484 "2026-10-28T21:31:21Z")
This is a feature request that OW developers might want to consider. I have a bunch of OW routers/APs on my network and it would be nice if the devices would announce their presence on the network to LUCI and when I log… --- ## [Table filtering is case sensitive, I don't think it should be](https://forum.openwrt.org/t/table-filtering-is-case-sensitive-i-dont-think-it-should-be/254919)
**Author:** [@V0LDY](https://forum.openwrt.org/u/V0LDY)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2026, 11:30pm UTC](https://forum.openwrt.org/t/table-filtering-is-case-sensitive-i-dont-think-it-should-be/254919 "2026-10-27T23:30:47Z")
The new tab filtering is pretty neat, especially for firewall rules which get get cluttered fast, but I don't think it should be case sensitive. Here for example searching "ipv4" doesn't return a single result despite m… --- ## [Include timestamp and zone for every line of ddns logs](https://forum.openwrt.org/t/include-timestamp-and-zone-for-every-line-of-ddns-logs/254835)
**Author:** [@openwide](https://forum.openwrt.org/u/openwide)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2026, 10:45am UTC](https://forum.openwrt.org/t/include-timestamp-and-zone-for-every-line-of-ddns-logs/254835 "2026-10-25T10:45:53Z")
It's not clear when what happens when reading the logs, would be good if every line started with something like this \[25/Oct/2026:10:15:30 +0800\] --- ## [Luci-app-adguardhome - Schedule to update blocklist](https://forum.openwrt.org/t/luci-app-adguardhome-schedule-to-update-blocklist/252851)
**Author:** [@Renato](https://forum.openwrt.org/u/Renato)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2026, 9:18pm UTC](https://forum.openwrt.org/t/luci-app-adguardhome-schedule-to-update-blocklist/252851 "2026-10-23T21:18:47Z")
AdGuard Home has a feature to update blocklists at set intervals, but not at an specific time. List updates and deduplication require processing power, so it would be great to have this happen when the router is idle… --- ## [Restrict extremely repetitive odhcpd error logging related to RA SLAAC](https://forum.openwrt.org/t/restrict-extremely-repetitive-odhcpd-error-logging-related-to-ra-slaac/254775)
**Author:** [@harpia](https://forum.openwrt.org/u/harpia)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2026, 7:51pm UTC](https://forum.openwrt.org/t/restrict-extremely-repetitive-odhcpd-error-logging-related-to-ra-slaac/254775 "2026-10-23T19:51:10Z")
The problem was initially described here in the user support category. "lithium" and "copper" are wireguard peers corresponding to two of my mobile devices that I use to connect to the home router (wireguard server) wh… --- ## [Add CPU Freq, Fan RPM and CPU Temp slot in LuCI overview](https://forum.openwrt.org/t/add-cpu-freq-fan-rpm-and-cpu-temp-slot-in-luci-overview/253648)
**Author:** [@alexceltare2](https://forum.openwrt.org/u/alexceltare2)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2026, 3:09pm UTC](https://forum.openwrt.org/t/add-cpu-freq-fan-rpm-and-cpu-temp-slot-in-luci-overview/253648 "2026-10-14T15:09:58Z")
Where supported by hwmon drivers, it would be nice to have CPU Temperature, Fan Speed RPM and CPU Frequency speed in real time in the LuCI home page. --- ## [Custom Labels or Aliases in LuCi \> Status \> Overview \> Port status](https://forum.openwrt.org/t/custom-labels-or-aliases-in-luci-status-overview-port-status/254385)
**Author:** [@sl33nyc](https://forum.openwrt.org/u/sl33nyc)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2026, 6:10pm UTC](https://forum.openwrt.org/t/custom-labels-or-aliases-in-luci-status-overview-port-status/254385 "2026-10-13T18:10:32Z")
I have multiple (device) ports identified as eth0, eth1, and eth2. It'd be great if I could assign labels/tags/aliases to these ports and display the label/tag/alias instead of the device ID. --- ## [New package for RIPE Atlas](https://forum.openwrt.org/t/new-package-for-ripe-atlas/253808)
**Author:** [@RichardAmes](https://forum.openwrt.org/u/RichardAmes)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2026, 4:58am UTC](https://forum.openwrt.org/t/new-package-for-ripe-atlas/253808 "2026-10-08T04:58:25Z")
I received and email from RIPE: Currently, the latest version is 5130 and we noticed one of your RIPE Atlas software probes is older than this. \ **Author:** [@lmc](https://forum.openwrt.org/u/lmc)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2026, 12:51pm UTC](https://forum.openwrt.org/t/unbound-axfr-with-tls-support-related-to-rfc8066/254215 "2026-10-06T12:51:43Z") somehow/maybe associated to #23473 Reason: The ISP provider (1Global) intercepts all the DNS traffic or blocks AXFR petitions to 3rd party dns servers (as ICANN) Unbound setup, by default, does AXFR to iad.xfr.dns.ica… --- ## [Please change default LAN ip address](https://forum.openwrt.org/t/please-change-default-lan-ip-address/249790)
**Author:** [@elder\_tinkerer](https://forum.openwrt.org/u/elder_tinkerer)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2026, 2:48am UTC](https://forum.openwrt.org/t/please-change-default-lan-ip-address/249790 "2026-09-23T02:48:29Z")
Hello, i'd like to propose a change of the default LAN network address from the traditional 192.168.1.1/24 to something more uncommon (for example: 192.168.123.234/24). The reason for this is, that apparently not so fe… --- ## [Change default local domain from lan to internal or home.arpa](https://forum.openwrt.org/t/change-default-local-domain-from-lan-to-internal-or-home-arpa/253631)
**Author:** [@howl](https://forum.openwrt.org/u/howl)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2026, 4:48pm UTC](https://forum.openwrt.org/t/change-default-local-domain-from-lan-to-internal-or-home-arpa/253631 "2026-09-14T16:48:21Z")
Is something similar as Please change default LAN ip address but with some interesting background. Actually the usage of lan was a choice when no domains for this purpose existed. Nowadays some choices are there standar… --- ## [Add "description" to port/device](https://forum.openwrt.org/t/add-description-to-port-device/253517)
**Author:** [@ralfbergs](https://forum.openwrt.org/u/ralfbergs)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2026, 8:49pm UTC](https://forum.openwrt.org/t/add-description-to-port-device/253517 "2026-09-11T20:49:14Z")
Hi there, it would be great if I could "label" physical ports and "VLAN virtual devices" (br-lan.10) so that it becomes obvious in LuCI what's connected to a specific physical port (like lan1) or what the purpose of a s… --- ## [HDD Idle - Unmount Feature](https://forum.openwrt.org/t/hdd-idle-unmount-feature/252794)
**Author:** [@openwrtuserspl](https://forum.openwrt.org/u/openwrtuserspl)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2026, 11:51am UTC](https://forum.openwrt.org/t/hdd-idle-unmount-feature/252794 "2026-09-02T11:51:10Z")
I have an external USB drive that includes an NTFS partition. I have it setup to mount at boot, and I have the idle set at 10 minutes. The problem is, if I pull the plug on the OpenWRT router, it corrupts the NTFS parti… --- ## [Add groups to firewall rules to improve readability](https://forum.openwrt.org/t/add-groups-to-firewall-rules-to-improve-readability/253033)
**Author:** [@V0LDY](https://forum.openwrt.org/u/V0LDY)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2026, 5:41pm UTC](https://forum.openwrt.org/t/add-groups-to-firewall-rules-to-improve-readability/253033 "2026-08-26T17:41:15Z")
It would be cool to be able to group firewall rules to improve readability. This is just a quick mockup using my setup (that wouldn't really benefit a lot from this feature since I currently don't have too much going on… --- ## [Ddns-scripts: add route64.org](https://forum.openwrt.org/t/ddns-scripts-add-route64-org/252064)
**Author:** [@xize](https://forum.openwrt.org/u/xize)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2026, 11:50pm UTC](https://forum.openwrt.org/t/ddns-scripts-add-route64-org/252064 "2026-07-21T23:50:11Z")
Hello :slight\_smile: , So I'm using this tunnelbroker some time now, however I noticed everytime when my isp changes ip my tunnelbroker stops working with 6in4 (SIT). This is because my new ip has been never updated as… --- ## [Add localization files for the DAWN package](https://forum.openwrt.org/t/add-localization-files-for-the-dawn-package/246420)
**Author:** [@Lexeyko](https://forum.openwrt.org/u/Lexeyko)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2026, 10:34pm UTC](https://forum.openwrt.org/t/add-localization-files-for-the-dawn-package/246420 "2026-07-20T22:34:07Z")
This is actually the request. --- ## [Improve luci-proto-wireguard usability](https://forum.openwrt.org/t/improve-luci-proto-wireguard-usability/251707)
**Author:** [@BdN3504](https://forum.openwrt.org/u/BdN3504)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2026, 11:07am UTC](https://forum.openwrt.org/t/improve-luci-proto-wireguard-usability/251707 "2026-07-08T11:07:53Z")
I was using pivpn for peer management of wireguard vpn clients, because I was not able to get working configurations from my openwrt device. I can't really remember why I did not get it to work, but from looking at it no… --- ## [Kea Hot-Standby](https://forum.openwrt.org/t/kea-hot-standby/251434)
**Author:** [@randomism](https://forum.openwrt.org/u/randomism)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2026, 1:55am UTC](https://forum.openwrt.org/t/kea-hot-standby/251434 "2026-07-02T01:55:55Z")
Hello, the missing functionality in kea package is HA Hot-Standby. When you have your office network based on OpenWRT it's a must to have High Availability for DHCP, as one router can fail and it should not disable whol… --- ## [Use .home.arpa as default TLD for local network](https://forum.openwrt.org/t/use-home-arpa-as-default-tld-for-local-network/165056)
**Author:** [@keith24](https://forum.openwrt.org/u/keith24)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2026, 1:41pm UTC](https://forum.openwrt.org/t/use-home-arpa-as-default-tld-for-local-network/165056 "2026-07-01T13:41:57Z")
RFC 8375 designated .home.arpa as the standard TLD for home networks. It makes sense because, according to this article: Routers and Domain Name System (DNS) servers know, \[in theory\], not to forward ARPA requests the… --- ## [Wishlist for Application Package](https://forum.openwrt.org/t/wishlist-for-application-package/247352)
**Author:** [@reinerotto](https://forum.openwrt.org/u/reinerotto)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2026, 9:53pm UTC](https://forum.openwrt.org/t/wishlist-for-application-package/247352 "2026-06-25T21:53:58Z")
May be, some users have special requests regarding app packages to be implemented for owrt. To be an incentive for a bored coder :slight\_smile: --- ## [\[Request\] After migration from opkg to apk, missing feature: install packages to custom directory](https://forum.openwrt.org/t/request-after-migration-from-opkg-to-apk-missing-feature-install-packages-to-custom-directory/251160)
**Author:** [@osnosn](https://forum.openwrt.org/u/osnosn)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2026, 6:41pm UTC](https://forum.openwrt.org/t/request-after-migration-from-opkg-to-apk-missing-feature-install-packages-to-custom-directory/251160 "2026-06-18T18:41:55Z")
I've been using OpenWrt for years and really appreciate the project's progress. However, after the recent migration from opkg to apk (starting from 25.12), I've run into a significant limitation that I hope the communit… --- ## [Evil twin detection](https://forum.openwrt.org/t/evil-twin-detection/249737)
**Author:** [@Microlaser](https://forum.openwrt.org/u/Microlaser)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2026, 3:52pm UTC](https://forum.openwrt.org/t/evil-twin-detection/249737 "2026-06-17T15:52:33Z")
I made that script to detect evil twin basestations. I think that the logic would be a good supplement to OpenWRT since OpenWRT users are security conscious and baking in evil twin detection may be useful and wanted. … --- ## [Channel Analysis: Show hostname for BSSID](https://forum.openwrt.org/t/channel-analysis-show-hostname-for-bssid/250770)
**Author:** [@cweiske](https://forum.openwrt.org/u/cweiske)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2026, 8:54am UTC](https://forum.openwrt.org/t/channel-analysis-show-hostname-for-bssid/250770 "2026-06-05T08:54:00Z")
The "channel analysis" of the web interface shows other access points near the device. Is it possible to let it show names instead of (or in addition to) the BSSID MAC addresses? I have multiple access points and would… --- ## [Looking for OpenWrt Logo in ASCII for fastfetch](https://forum.openwrt.org/t/looking-for-openwrt-logo-in-ascii-for-fastfetch/250774)
**Author:** [@Betonmischer](https://forum.openwrt.org/u/Betonmischer)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 5, 2026, 6:53am UTC](https://forum.openwrt.org/t/looking-for-openwrt-logo-in-ascii-for-fastfetch/250774 "2026-06-05T06:53:32Z")
Currently, fastfetch includes a very basic OpenWrt logo in monochrome blue, which doesn't match the official one (see the top of the page). But, hopefully, someone has the artistic skill to replicate the nice radio-wavy … --- ## [Petition: TP-Link BE450 - add kmod-mtd-rw package to initramfs images by default](https://forum.openwrt.org/t/petition-tp-link-be450-add-kmod-mtd-rw-package-to-initramfs-images-by-default/250711)
**Author:** [@Emre\_Y](https://forum.openwrt.org/u/Emre_Y)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2026, 5:06am UTC](https://forum.openwrt.org/t/petition-tp-link-be450-add-kmod-mtd-rw-package-to-initramfs-images-by-default/250711 "2026-06-02T05:06:56Z")
Especially for UBI layout firmwares. Why? Because I've found a better way to return to stock firmware on UBI layout images. And this package is NEEDED! You can read restore to stock section of this: https://github.com/o… --- ## [Home assistant](https://forum.openwrt.org/t/home-assistant/220718)
**Author:** [@dandek01](https://forum.openwrt.org/u/dandek01)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2026, 8:40pm UTC](https://forum.openwrt.org/t/home-assistant/220718 "2026-05-29T20:40:44Z")
Hi, I know there was a topic with this subject. I know that there are some attemps on github to make integration for home assistant. I know that there is two official integration for openwrt in home assistant. But, don… [Next page](https://forum.openwrt.org/c/feature-requests/16.md?page=1)