On the main router i have a interface, wireless interface and firewall settings for a guest wifi network, as im about privacy and like to secure the guests here over a forced vpn. The firewall makes sure that all traffic can only pass over the vpn, and ensures that guests can not access other devices on my wifi.
But it's only enabled on the main router, which is placed in the basement of the house. I'd like guests to have better wifi reception, so how do i make sure this guest network also works on dumb ap's? while of course still taking the guest network settings of the main router. Is there perhaps a guide for this?
You need to pass guest network as vlan over network cables.
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Is your dumb AP only to provide clients with access to the public internet?
The main router is configured to route all traffic over wireguard. The normal wifi network i use at home, but also the guest wifi.
So for guest wlan on the main router, i can simply make a firewall rule with the guest network interface that also forces traffic to go over the wireguard interface.
But other routers (dump ap's) dont have these wireguard interfaces.
So you want the dumb AP traffic to also exit the overall network through the wireguard VPN?
Yes, both the ssid's. Main and guest. How would i set that up with what i described?
any guide how to do this?
AFAIK, there is no such universal guide.
If you need help, post the network configuration files of the main router and AP, redacting the sensitive info.
thanks! i posted my main config here two days ago.
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the dumb ap is a factory reset openwrt router, with disabled dhcp, static address given and wifi ssid's on and configured with a password. (but not guest wifi on) thats it. no firewall changes, no interfaces added, no advanced settings made, no packages installed. extremely basic.
Anyone? How to make this work perhaps over vlan?
The link you provided only contains the main router configuration.
Sensitive information is passwords/keys, SSIDs, public IPs and MAC addresses. When redacting interface names, someone has to solve puzzles to figure out which one is the guest network among all the ABCs...
Also tell us which ports are used to interconnect the two devices (main router and AP).
EDIT:
By "network configuration files" I mean only /etc/config/network and nothing else (so far).
You need to create a vlan for each network from the access point to the main router. Pleae share us the following files. /etc/config/network, /etc/config/wirreless at least, and maybe also the /etc/config/firewall from all the related devices. After that we can start the guesswork. You can also hide the passwords and macacddresses.
Thanks for wanting to help and sorry for the longer response, it's been super busy last days. this is the configuration of a openwrt dumb ap.
the second dumb ap will have the same configuration except for a other static ip.
root@Meshpoint-2-Terrace:~# cat /etc/config/network
config interface 'loopback'
option device 'lo'
option proto 'static'
option ipaddr '127.0.0.1'
option netmask '255.0.0.0'
config globals 'globals'
option ula_prefix 'fb45:4a9e:1576::/48'
config device
option name 'br-lan'
option type 'bridge'
list ports 'lan1'
list ports 'lan2'
list ports 'lan3'
list ports 'lan4'
config interface 'lan'
option device 'br-lan'
option proto 'static'
option ipaddr '192.168.1.106'
option netmask '255.255.255.0'
option ip6assign '60'
option gateway '192.168.1.1'
list dns '192.168.1.1'
config interface 'wan'
option device 'wan'
option proto 'dhcp'
config interface 'wan6'
option device 'wan'
option proto 'dhcpv6'
root@Meshpoint-2-Terrace:~# cat /etc/config/wireless
config wifi-device 'radio0'
option type 'mac80211'
option path 'platform/soc/c000000.wifi'
option channel '132'
option band '5g'
option htmode 'HE80'
option country 'US'
option cell_density '0'
config wifi-device 'radio1'
option type 'mac80211'
option path 'platform/soc/c000000.wifi+1'
option channel '11'
option band '2g'
option htmode 'HE40'
option cell_density '0'
option country 'US'
config wifi-iface 'wifinet0'
option device 'radio1'
option mode 'ap'
option ssid 'xxxxxxxxx'
option encryption 'psk2'
option key 'xxxxxxxxx'
option network 'lan'
config wifi-iface 'wifinet1'
option device 'radio0'
option mode 'ap'
option ssid 'xxxxxxxx'
option encryption 'psk2'
option key 'xxxxxxxx'
option network 'lan'
and finally the firewall, i made zero changes to it since the factory reset:
root@Meshpoint-2-Terrace:~# cat /etc/config/firewall
config defaults
option syn_flood 1
option input REJECT
option output ACCEPT
option forward REJECT
# Uncomment this line to disable ipv6 rules
# option disable_ipv6 1
config zone
option name lan
list network 'lan'
option input ACCEPT
option output ACCEPT
option forward ACCEPT
config zone
option name wan
list network 'wan'
list network 'wan6'
option input REJECT
option output ACCEPT
option forward REJECT
option masq 1
option mtu_fix 1
config forwarding
option src lan
option dest wan
# We need to accept udp packets on port 68,
# see https://dev.openwrt.org/ticket/4108
config rule
option name Allow-DHCP-Renew
option src wan
option proto udp
option dest_port 68
option target ACCEPT
option family ipv4
# Allow IPv4 ping
config rule
option name Allow-Ping
option src wan
option proto icmp
option icmp_type echo-request
option family ipv4
option target ACCEPT
config rule
option name Allow-IGMP
option src wan
option proto igmp
option family ipv4
option target ACCEPT
# Allow DHCPv6 replies
# see https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/issues/5066
config rule
option name Allow-DHCPv6
option src wan
option proto udp
option dest_port 546
option family ipv6
option target ACCEPT
config rule
option name Allow-MLD
option src wan
option proto icmp
option src_ip fe80::/10
list icmp_type '130/0'
list icmp_type '131/0'
list icmp_type '132/0'
list icmp_type '143/0'
option family ipv6
option target ACCEPT
# Allow essential incoming IPv6 ICMP traffic
config rule
option name Allow-ICMPv6-Input
option src wan
option proto icmp
list icmp_type echo-request
list icmp_type echo-reply
list icmp_type destination-unreachable
list icmp_type packet-too-big
list icmp_type time-exceeded
list icmp_type bad-header
list icmp_type unknown-header-type
list icmp_type router-solicitation
list icmp_type neighbour-solicitation
list icmp_type router-advertisement
list icmp_type neighbour-advertisement
option limit 1000/sec
option family ipv6
option target ACCEPT
# Allow essential forwarded IPv6 ICMP traffic
config rule
option name Allow-ICMPv6-Forward
option src wan
option dest *
option proto icmp
list icmp_type echo-request
list icmp_type echo-reply
list icmp_type destination-unreachable
list icmp_type packet-too-big
list icmp_type time-exceeded
list icmp_type bad-header
list icmp_type unknown-header-type
option limit 1000/sec
option family ipv6
option target ACCEPT
config rule
option name Allow-IPSec-ESP
option src wan
option dest lan
option proto esp
option target ACCEPT
config rule
option name Allow-ISAKMP
option src wan
option dest lan
option dest_port 500
option proto udp
option target ACCEPT
### EXAMPLE CONFIG SECTIONS
# do not allow a specific ip to access wan
#config rule
# option src lan
# option src_ip 192.168.45.2
# option dest wan
# option proto tcp
# option target REJECT
# block a specific mac on wan
#config rule
# option dest wan
# option src_mac 00:11:22:33:44:66
# option target REJECT
# block incoming ICMP traffic on a zone
#config rule
# option src lan
# option proto ICMP
# option target DROP
# port redirect port coming in on wan to lan
#config redirect
# option src wan
# option src_dport 80
# option dest lan
# option dest_ip 192.168.16.235
# option dest_port 80
# option proto tcp
# port redirect of remapped ssh port (22001) on wan
#config redirect
# option src wan
# option src_dport 22001
# option dest lan
# option dest_port 22
# option proto tcp
### FULL CONFIG SECTIONS
#config rule
# option src lan
# option src_ip 192.168.45.2
# option src_mac 00:11:22:33:44:55
# option src_port 80
# option dest wan
# option dest_ip 194.25.2.129
# option dest_port 120
# option proto tcp
# option target REJECT
#config redirect
# option src lan
# option src_ip 192.168.45.2
# option src_mac 00:11:22:33:44:55
# option src_port 1024
# option src_dport 80
# option dest_ip 194.25.2.129
# option dest_port 120
# option proto tcp