Help With Tagging from Router to Dumb AP

[eduperez]

@Random

Okay, I changed the Iot IP Address on the AP to 192.168.40.2 and the Guest is now 192.168.50.2 (which literally fixed EVERYTHING, so thank you again ).

Glad to know it works!!!

@Random

For Iot and Guest Interfaces on the router, their DHCP "Start" is set to 10. For OpenWRT that means the "Lowest leased address [is] offset from the network address [by 10]" so 192.168.40.2 has no ability to be assigned to a client because the interface on the router is at 192.168.40.1 and it will only start assigning IP addresses at 192.168.40.11. (Hopefully that much is correct). Is that why I don't need to assign a Static Lease to the AP's Interface in the router's DHCP similar to how I assigned a static address of 192.168.1.2 to the DumbAP overall? Or is it because I can only really assign static leases to physical clients?

What!? You can (should) assign IP addresses outside the range of the DHCP pool. There is no reason why the AP can have all it's interfaces configured by the DHCP server on the router, using the same 192.168.x.2 address you are using now. On the other hand, on the AP only the LAN interface needs an IP address (and just for maintenance tasks), the IOP and GUEST could be configured as "option proto 'none'", and everything will work.

@Random

So if OpenWRT didn't automatically set the Gateway for each Interface to 192.168.1.1 I would need to manually do this correct? I just want to make sure that the only reason I don't do this is because it is done for me.

Yes, the DHCP server on the router announces the router as the gateway; otherwise, clients could only reach other devices on the same network segment.

@Random

To clarify something, I have to keep the AP's LAN Interface having a Gateway address of the router at 192.168.1.1 right? That Gateway is needed even if the other Interfaces don't need one.

Yes, but that information is only needed for the AP itself to reach the internet, no other device (even wireless clients connected to the AP) requires that info.

@Random

Thanks for answering all of these (endless ) questions, I'm learning a ton!

My pleasure!

[Random]

@eduperez

" option proto 'none' "

Is that the same as setting the Iot or Guest Interface's Protocol to "Unmanaged" in Luci?

[eduperez]

@Random

Is that the same as setting the Iot or Guest Interface's Protocol to "Unmanaged" in Luci?

Not sure, sorry.