This is what often is called Guest Zone however I really dont like this term and what it implies because GZ on my old router was dogcrap, it would just allow ANYONE to connect to AP regardless if password was set for Wireless security.
What I want is for WiFi to operate as it usually does by default setup (you set up a password and SSID and now anyone can connect by password) however, I want all these clients to be completely separate from my LAN machine that is connected via Ethernet cable and just have access to Internet (WAN via PPoE)
As I understand I need to create new Network interface and assign wireless SSID to that network?
Okay, I'm a bit slow in the head, which interfaces should I choose to avoid it being able to access to the clients that connect to default LAN interface and deny them access to router (Luci/SSH)? This is how default LAN looks like:
Okay, so I created interface WIFI_LAN and, set it to be static address, changed the subnet to different from default LAN (192.168.0.1/255.255.255.0), enabled DCHP server for Wifi client, added Wlan01 to the list of interfaces and set up Firewall Zone.
However in my system log I get this:
Thu Jan 14 01:29:10 2021 daemon.notice hostapd: wlan1: AP-STA-DISCONNECTED 51:20:19:17:1e:c2
Thu Jan 14 01:29:11 2021 daemon.info hostapd: wlan1: STA 51:20:19:17:1e:c2 IEEE 802.11: authenticated
Thu Jan 14 01:29:11 2021 daemon.info hostapd: wlan1: STA 51:20:19:17:1e:c2 IEEE 802.11: associated (aid 1)
Thu Jan 14 01:29:11 2021 daemon.notice hostapd: wlan1: AP-STA-CONNECTED 51:20:19:17:1e:c2
Thu Jan 14 01:29:11 2021 daemon.info hostapd: wlan1: STA 51:20:19:17:1e:c2 RADIUS: starting accounting session 67B4CBE23E0CAC6E
Thu Jan 14 01:29:11 2021 daemon.info hostapd: wlan1: STA 51:20:19:17:1e:c2 WPA: pairwise key handshake completed (RSN)
Thu Jan 14 01:29:11 2021 daemon.warn dnsmasq-dhcp[4493]: DHCP packet received on wlan1 which has no address
Thu Jan 14 01:29:11 2021 daemon.warn dnsmasq-dhcp[4493]: DHCP packet received on wlan1 which has no address
Thu Jan 14 01:29:12 2021 daemon.warn dnsmasq-dhcp[4493]: DHCP packet received on wlan1 which has no address
Thu Jan 14 01:29:13 2021 daemon.warn dnsmasq-dhcp[4493]: DHCP packet received on wlan1 which has no address
Thu Jan 14 01:29:14 2021 daemon.warn dnsmasq-dhcp[4493]: DHCP packet received on wlan1 which has no address
Thu Jan 14 01:29:17 2021 daemon.warn dnsmasq-dhcp[4493]: DHCP packet received on wlan1 which has no address
It's config from network:
config interface 'WIFI_LAN'
option ifname 'wlan1'
option proto 'static'
option netmask '255.255.255.0'
option ipaddr '192.168.0.1'
list dns '8.8.8.8'
list dns '1.1.1.1'
It looks like you haven't given the wifi a proper ESSID... At least it says Wireless Network Master " " (WIFI_LAN) note the blank name in quotes... That should say whatever the name you want... The one that shows up when you wifi scan.
I think Indicates that the wlan device did not get created because of whatever is wrong in your wifi config. Can you show the complete wireless and network config files (without passwords etc)
That """""""""guide""""" completely broke my Wifi, it no longer works. Why in the everloving fck outdated and no longer relevant stuff is even allowed to stay there?
I think it's going to be easier if you upload the /etc/config/wireless and /etc/config/network, put them into a preformatted text block using the </> button or by using a code fence, three backticks like (```) avoid uploading passwords.
It's not broken, it is for a different scenario. You are using the wan interface for uplink, so the guest-wlan guide is the appropriate. The guestwifi_dumbAP is for the scenario where only the lan is used and it is also uplink.