Help on using the Raspberry Pi 3B+ as a normal router

[SYniC]

What I am trying to achieve is to have the RPi 3B+ connected to a wall LAN port via cable to it's own LAN port as a WAN(and set to DHCP Client), and the WiFi, as WLAN(set to Static IP), is how I would be connecting to the router(no surprises, unless I get a USB-Ethernet adapter). Having them separate gives me no internet connection on the devices connected via WiFi, but if I bridge the WLAN(or LAN, as it is called in what I have) to the WAN(which is the single LAN port the Pi has), then I get an internet connection, but I lose access to the router configuration page and am unable to SSH into the router unless I disconnect the Pi from the wall LAN port and connect it directly to my laptop with IP settings set to manual. Am I doing something wrong?

Image used is the snapshot, since the stable release does not work.

I used part of this video as a reference. Time it starts at is what the config page looks like. Of course, if needed I will post pics and text files.

[lleachii]

@SYniC

Am I doing something wrong?

• Place one PHY in WAN Firewall Zone
• Place other PHY in LAN firewall zone
• Make LAN a bridge with Wireless device
• Enable masquerade on WAN
• Permit forwarding from LAN to WAN

@SYniC

Of course, if needed I will post pics and text files.

As long as you can configure the above, not needed.

[SYniC]

Seem to have gotten stuck
Place one PHY in WAN/LAN Firewall Zone:
Or is it about putting eth in WAN and wlan in LAN?

Make LAN a bridge with Wireless Device: Should I be seeing two interfaces in the interfaces screen?

Enable masquerade on WAN and Permit forwarding from LAN to WAN: SSH required, or can be done on LUCI?

[lleachii]

@SYniC

Enable masquerade on WAN and Permit forwarding from LAN to WAN: SSH required, or can be done on LUCI?

You can do that under Network > Firewall in LuCI:

[SYniC]

I'd like to ask: I keep getting 'Unsaved Changes'. How do I get the changes to be really applied?
Or should I restart with a more up-to-date snapshot for a cleaner slate to work on?
I suppose the following is what the setup should look like(whether it is saved and applied is a different thing)
Interfaces:
I noticed that for some reason the eth0 is shown as offline, even if an Ethernet cable is plugged in.

Firewall zones:

[mbo2o]

Scroll to the bottom of the page and click "Save and Apply"

[SYniC]

Sometimes I get the 'Unsaved Changes' notification at the top, even after I have clicked on 'Save and Apply'.

[lleachii]

By any chance, do you receive a BIG WARNING that the settings break something (i.e. connectivity to the GUI), with and option to APPLY ANYWAY in a RED button?

[SYniC]

If I see the 'Applying changes' timer time out, then I do see that alert. Other than that, since I do not see the timer time out, 'Changes applied' pops up, but sometimes there are still unapplied changes.

[lleachii]

@SYniC

If I see the 'Applying changes' timer time out, then I do see that alert. Other than that, since I do not see the timer time out, 'Changes applied' pops up, but sometimes there are still unapplied changes.

@SYniC

Image used is the snapshot, since the stable release does not work.

• Had you ever used OpenWrt on this Pi before?
• Basically, is this a brand new installation and your first time attempting to make and save changes?

Maybe it's an issue saving to the partition.

[SYniC]

• Tried using the stable release, then read somewhere here that the snapshot should be used instead due to missing drivers for the 3B+.
• Not my first time making and saving changes to the Pi, but I did reflash a snapshot build from about 2 days ago.

Current setup is as shown:
Interfaces:
I noticed that for some reason the eth0 is shown as offline, even if an Ethernet cable is plugged in.

Firewall zones:
Saw somewhere where the input for the WAN zone was set to accept and forward was set to reject. Still does not seem to work.

[lleachii]

@SYniC

I noticed that for some reason the eth0 is shown as offline, even if an Ethernet cable is plugged in.

Correct...you don't have an IP address on WAN.

[SYniC]

How do I set up the WAN part of the router? Read this post where eth0 needs to be bridged to get an IP in DHCP client mode. Should I try that out? What else am I missing?

EDIT: Seems like what I was missing was bridging WAN, as shown below: Both WAN and LAN are now shown to be connected.

These are the settings I have for the firewall:
Deviated a bit from what @lleachii posted in here, would like guidance on what the differences would be if possible.

I suppose I can mark this thread solved (soon)?