I'm new to openwrt, so my question might be stupid.
I would like my openWRT ap to repeat my wireless signal but I can't get it to work.
the situation I would like to have is
Router -- WLAN -- openWRT --WLAN -- Laptop.
I would like to boost the signal so I can use the same SSID and password as for the router so I don't have to switch.
I tried a mesh setup. but I'm not sure if my router needs to be compatable for that.
and I tried some bridging. but I can't get it to work.
can someone point me in the correct direction? thank you.
thank you for your answhere.
I checked out the manual and took the steps as described using the GUI.
But when I try to connect to connect to my openWRT device, the dns seems to be working.
I can get IP addresses of websites.
but the traffic fails. Like the gateway isn't working or something.
Next to that I'm not sure if I can use the same SSID as my main network here, or will it conflict somehow.
Please copy the output of the following commands and post it here using the "Preformatted text </> " button:
Remember to redact passwords, MAC addresses and any public IP addresses you may have
ubus call system board; \
uci export network; uci export wireless; \
uci export dhcp; uci export firewall; \
head -n -0 /etc/firewall.user; \
ip -4 addr ; ip -4 ro li tab all ; ip -4 ru; \
ls -l /etc/resolv.* /tmp/resolv.*; head -n -0 /etc/resolv.* /tmp/resolv.*
It is up to you. Having a different SSID makes it easier to control where the client will connect.
thank you for you're response. The output is this:
{
"kernel": "4.14.195",
"hostname": "OpenWrt",
"system": "Qualcomm Atheros QCA9558 ver 1 rev 0",
"model": "TP-Link Archer C7 v2",
"board_name": "tplink,archer-c7-v2",
"release": {
"distribution": "OpenWrt",
"version": "19.07.4",
"revision": "r11208-ce6496d796",
"target": "ath79/generic",
"description": "OpenWrt 19.07.4 r11208-ce6496d796"
}
}
package network
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 'fde1:c3d2:0e9e::/48'
config interface 'lan'
option type 'bridge'
option ifname 'eth1.1'
option proto 'static'
option ipaddr '192.168.1.1'
option netmask '255.255.255.0'
option ip6assign '60'
option delegate '0'
config interface 'wan'
option ifname 'eth0.2'
option proto 'dhcp'
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 '2 3 4 5 0t'
config switch_vlan
option device 'switch0'
option vlan '2'
option ports '1 6t'
config interface 'wwan'
option proto 'dhcp'
config interface 'repeater_bridge'
option proto 'relay'
list network 'lan'
list network 'wwan'
option delegate '0'
package wireless
config wifi-device 'radio0'
option type 'mac80211'
option channel '36'
option hwmode '11a'
option path 'pci0000:00/0000:00:00.0'
option htmode 'VHT80'
option country 'NL'
config wifi-iface 'default_radio0'
option device 'radio0'
option network 'lan'
option mode 'ap'
option ssid 'OpenWrt'
option key '<password>'
option encryption 'psk2'
config wifi-device 'radio1'
option type 'mac80211'
option channel '11'
option hwmode '11g'
option path 'platform/ahb/18100000.wmac'
option htmode 'HT20'
option disabled '1'
config wifi-iface 'default_radio1'
option device 'radio1'
option network 'lan'
option mode 'ap'
option ssid 'OpenWrt'
option encryption 'none'
config wifi-iface 'wifinet2'
option ssid 'Ziggo<identifier>'
option device 'radio0'
option mode 'sta'
option key '<password>'
option network 'wwan'
option encryption 'psk2'
package dhcp
config dnsmasq
option domainneeded '1'
option boguspriv '1'
option filterwin2k '0'
option localise_queries '1'
option rebind_protection '1'
option rebind_localhost '1'
option local '/lan/'
option domain 'lan'
option expandhosts '1'
option nonegcache '0'
option authoritative '1'
option readethers '1'
option leasefile '/tmp/dhcp.leases'
option resolvfile '/tmp/resolv.conf.auto'
option nonwildcard '1'
option localservice '1'
config dhcp 'lan'
option interface 'lan'
option start '100'
option limit '150'
option leasetime '12h'
option dhcpv6 'server'
option ra 'server'
option ra_management '1'
config dhcp 'wan'
option interface 'wan'
option ignore '1'
config odhcpd 'odhcpd'
option maindhcp '0'
option leasefile '/tmp/hosts/odhcpd'
option leasetrigger '/usr/sbin/odhcpd-update'
option loglevel '4'
package firewall
config defaults
option syn_flood '1'
option input 'ACCEPT'
option output 'ACCEPT'
option forward 'REJECT'
config zone
option name 'lan'
option input 'ACCEPT'
option output 'ACCEPT'
option forward 'ACCEPT'
option network 'lan wwan repeater_bridge'
config zone
option name 'wan'
option input 'REJECT'
option output 'ACCEPT'
option forward 'REJECT'
option masq '1'
option mtu_fix '1'
option network 'wan wan6'
config forwarding
option src 'lan'
option dest 'wan'
config rule
option name 'Allow-DHCP-Renew'
option src 'wan'
option proto 'udp'
option dest_port '68'
option target 'ACCEPT'
option family 'ipv4'
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'
config rule
option name 'Allow-DHCPv6'
option src 'wan'
option proto 'udp'
option src_ip 'fc00::/6'
option dest_ip 'fc00::/6'
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'
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'
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'
config include
option path '/etc/firewall.user'
# This file is interpreted as shell script.
# Put your custom iptables rules here, they will
# be executed with each firewall (re-)start.
# Internal uci firewall chains are flushed and recreated on reload, so
# put custom rules into the root chains e.g. INPUT or FORWARD or into the
# special user chains, e.g. input_wan_rule or postrouting_lan_rule.
1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN qlen 1000
inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
7: br-lan: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state UP qlen 1000
inet 192.168.1.1/24 brd 192.168.1.255 scope global br-lan
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
10: wlan0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state UP qlen 1000
inet 192.168.178.12/24 brd 192.168.178.255 scope global wlan0
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
192.168.178.1 dev wlan0 table 16801 scope link
192.168.178.10 dev wlan0 table 16801 scope link
192.168.178.243 dev wlan0 table 16801 scope link
default via 192.168.178.1 dev wlan0 src 192.168.178.12
192.168.1.0/24 dev br-lan scope link src 192.168.1.1
192.168.178.0/24 dev wlan0 scope link src 192.168.178.12
broadcast 127.0.0.0 dev lo table local scope link src 127.0.0.1
local 127.0.0.0/8 dev lo table local scope host src 127.0.0.1
local 127.0.0.1 dev lo table local scope host src 127.0.0.1
broadcast 127.255.255.255 dev lo table local scope link src 127.0.0.1
broadcast 192.168.1.0 dev br-lan table local scope link src 192.168.1.1
local 192.168.1.1 dev br-lan table local scope host src 192.168.1.1
broadcast 192.168.1.255 dev br-lan table local scope link src 192.168.1.1
broadcast 192.168.178.0 dev wlan0 table local scope link src 192.168.178.12
local 192.168.178.12 dev wlan0 table local scope host src 192.168.178.12
broadcast 192.168.178.255 dev wlan0 table local scope link src 192.168.178.12
0: from all lookup local
2: from all iif lo lookup 1
2: from all iif wlan0 lookup 16800
2: from all iif br-lan lookup 16801
32766: from all lookup main
32767: from all lookup default
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 Sep 6 16:19 /etc/resolv.conf -> /tmp/resolv.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 32 Oct 28 22:33 /tmp/resolv.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 54 Oct 28 22:33 /tmp/resolv.conf.auto
==> /etc/resolv.conf <==
search lan
nameserver 127.0.0.1
==> /tmp/resolv.conf <==
search lan
nameserver 127.0.0.1
==> /tmp/resolv.conf.auto <==
# Interface wwan
nameserver 192.168.178.10
search lan
In my first attempt I will have a different SSID so I can be sure where to connect to and that there won't be any conflicts.
When I have this working I will try the SSID problem.
... you cannot go very far.
Better reset the router and follow again the configuration steps, as it seems that you have some leftovers from previous configurations.
