Relayd - works but the router itself can't reach the internet

Installing and Using OpenWrt
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Hello!
I have a router setup as a wifi repeater with relayd as described here and it works correctly, i.e. I can connect to the repeater AP and have internet.
The issue is that I can't do things like update the package list, or ping domains from the router's shell, as if it wasn't connected to the internet.
I'm guessing I have something to change in my interfaces, but to be honest I'm a little lost here. Please help :slight_smile:

/etc/config/network (hope it helps, I can provide more details)

config interface 'loopback'                                                                                                                                                                    
        option ifname 'lo'                                                                                                                                                                     
        option proto 'static'                                                                                                                                                                  
        option ipaddr '127.0.0.1'                                                                                                                                                              
        option netmask '255.0.0.0'                                                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                                                                               
config globals 'globals'                                                                                                                                                                       
        option ula_prefix 'fdbd:8db8:7bb5::/48'                                                
                                               
config interface 'lan'                         
        option type 'bridge'                                                                                                                                                                   
        option ifname 'eth0.1'                 
        option proto 'static'                  
        option ipaddr '192.168.1.1'            
        option netmask '255.255.255.0'         
        option ip6assign '60'                  
        option gateway '192.168.0.1'                                                           
        option dns '192.168.0.1'               
                                               
config device 'lan_eth0_1_dev'                 
        option name 'eth0.1'                   
        option macaddr 'b0:4e:26:4b:3e:31'     

config interface 'wan'                         
        option ifname 'eth0.2'                 
        option proto 'dhcp'                    
                                               
config device 'wan_eth0_2_dev'                                                                 
        option name 'eth0.2'                   
        option macaddr 'b0:4e:26:4b:3e:32'     
                                               
config interface 'wan6'                        
        option ifname 'eth0.2'                 
        option proto 'dhcpv6'                  
                                               
config switch                                  
        option name 'switch0'                  
        option reset '1'                       
        option enable_vlan '1'                 
                                               
config switch_vlan                             
        option device 'switch0'                
        option vlan '1'                        
        option ports '1 2 3 4 6t'

config switch_vlan                             
        option device 'switch0'                
        option vlan '2'
        option ports '0 6t'

config interface 'repeater_bridge'
        option proto 'relay'
        option ipaddr '192.168.0.2'
        list network 'lan'
        list network 'wwan'

config interface 'wwan'
        option proto 'static'
        option ipaddr '192.168.0.2'
        option netmask '255.255.255.0'

Thanks!

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why do you need relayd? just set up a second AP for LAN#2
eg my network is like this
modem - router1(AP#1;LAN#1) - router2(AP#2;LAN#2)
my AP#2 is a DMZ but this is what I wanted.
no issue connecting any of the LAN (accordingly) and using opkg

3

You have wrongly configured them under lan interface, they should be under wwan

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I tried changing the interfaces for the access poitns to wwan but it didn't help. I'm pretty sure I misinterpreted what you were suggesting though, as I understand little of what is going. I ended up going with @rpmoomin's solution, which is fine with me for the time being. I'll try again later, keeping that in mind, thank you.

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Thank you! I hadn't even considered that. Being new to openwrt, it didn't occur to me that the router could simply use AP#1 as its WAN of sorts, but it makes a lot of sense. Plus it allows me to do traffic shaping & all...
I had to reset the router because just making the change, the setup worked but the router still had no internet... I'll figure it out later.

6

I meant this: