Hello all, I have just installed OpenWRT on laptop. Internet comes from an LTE dongle. I have plugged in an old router into the laptop NIC and all my devices connect to the old routers WiFi. All seems to be working but I don’t think I have configured the interface for the NIC correctly because if I restart I have to unplug the router and back in for it to work again. Can anyone please advise or point me to documentation that will help me configure the NIC interface.
Hello again,
Here is the part of the kernel log relating to the NIC. Am I right in assuming the OpenWrt originally expects internet to come in via the NIC? Can I set it so it acts as an Internet out port in the interface settings? Everything works ok for PCs on the network but iPhones seem to have a really bad connection .
8.700358] br-lan: port 1(eth0) entered blocking state
[ 8.700783] br-lan: port 1(eth0) entered disabled state
[ 8.701269] device eth0 entered promiscuous mode
[ 8.702008] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): br-lan: link is not ready
[ 8.742032] usb 2-1.2: USB disconnect, device number 6
[ 9.550027] usb 2-1.2: new high-speed USB device number 7 using ehci-pci
[ 9.707154] cdc_ether 2-1.2:1.0 eth1: register 'cdc_ether' at usb-0000:00:1d.0-1.2, CDC Ethernet Device, 0c:5b:8f:27:9a:64
[ 9.707587] cdc_ether 2-1.2:1.0 eth1: kevent 12 may have been dropped
[ 9.708888] usb-storage 2-1.2:1.2: USB Mass Storage device detected
[ 9.709532] scsi host7: usb-storage 2-1.2:1.2
[ 9.732649] cdc_ether 2-1.2:1.0 eth1: kevent 12 may have been dropped
[ 9.733121] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth1: link is not ready
[ 10.720936] scsi 7:0:0:0: Direct-Access HUAWEI TF CARD Storage 2.31 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2
[ 10.724563] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk
[ 13.510775] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth1: link becomes ready
[ 13.511263] cdc_ether 2-1.2:1.0 eth1: kevent 12 may have been dropped
[ 13.511740] cdc_ether 2-1.2:1.0 eth1: kevent 12 may have been dropped
[ 50.449027] e1000e: eth0 NIC Link is Up 100 Mbps Full Duplex, Flow Control: Rx
[ 50.449608] e1000e 0000:00:19.0 eth0: 10/100 speed: disabling TSO
[ 50.450157] br-lan: port 1(eth0) entered blocking state
[ 50.450594] br-lan: port 1(eth0) entered forwarding state
[ 50.451150] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): br-lan: link becomes ready
[ 50.576990] e1000e: eth0 NIC Link is Down
[ 51.485014] br-lan: port 1(eth0) entered disabled state
[ 79.691776] e1000e: eth0 NIC Link is Up 100 Mbps Full Duplex, Flow Control: Rx
[ 79.692359] e1000e 0000:00:19.0 eth0: 10/100 speed: disabling TSO
[ 79.692878] br-lan: port 1(eth0) entered blocking state
[ 79.693322] br-lan: port 1(eth0) entered forwarding state
[ 560.412126] br-lan: port 1(eth0) entered disabled state
[ 560.419113] device eth0 left promiscuous mode
[ 560.419558] br-lan: port 1(eth0) entered disabled state
[ 560.582143] e1000e: eth0 NIC Link is Down
[ 560.587577] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
[ 560.946182] br-lan: port 1(eth0) entered blocking state
[ 560.946599] br-lan: port 1(eth0) entered disabled state
[ 560.947094] device eth0 entered promiscuous mode
[ 560.947825] br-lan: port 1(eth0) entered blocking state
[ 560.948293] br-lan: port 1(eth0) entered forwarding state
[ 561.465908] br-lan: port 1(eth0) entered disabled state
[ 562.607903] e1000e: eth0 NIC Link is Up 100 Mbps Full Duplex, Flow Control: Rx
[ 562.608543] br-lan: port 1(eth0) entered blocking state
[ 562.608954] br-lan: port 1(eth0) entered forwarding state
[ 938.527093] br-lan: port 1(eth0) entered disabled state
[ 938.533890] device eth0 left promiscuous mode
[ 938.534321] br-lan: port 1(eth0) entered disabled state
[ 938.712227] e1000e: eth0 NIC Link is Down
[ 938.716794] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
[ 939.086419] br-lan: port 1(eth0) entered blocking state
[ 939.086847] br-lan: port 1(eth0) entered disabled state
[ 939.087341] device eth0 entered promiscuous mode
[ 939.088130] br-lan: port 1(eth0) entered blocking state
[ 939.088541] br-lan: port 1(eth0) entered forwarding state
[ 939.656354] br-lan: port 1(eth0) entered disabled state
[ 940.738721] e1000e: eth0 NIC Link is Up 100 Mbps Full Duplex, Flow Control: Rx
[ 940.739363] br-lan: port 1(eth0) entered blocking state
[ 940.739829] br-lan: port 1(eth0) entered forwarding state
I have tried to enable a wireless AP to with a separate interface. This would be a back up route for connecting to luci in case I messed anything up configuring LAN.
I was using a Centrino 6200 Minicard but it doesn't support AP mode. I had a spare Ralink card RT5390 and was able to enable it as an AP. This has its own issues. If i switch on any network encryption like WPA2,it wont let me connect to it with PC or mobile. Without security it works fine.
I would be grateful if anyone could help as I'm still having to use an old mobile as a hotspot.