Struggling with OpenWrt One router

Installing and Using OpenWrt
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Real beginner here, sick of lack of firmware support from manufacturers.

I have just got a OpenWrt One router.

I connected up, did a network scan, found its IP address 192.168.50.172, but I can't get into it (This site can’t be reached).

Also tried LuCI app.

I have tried grapheneos and iOS devices, different browsers, both Ethernet ports, both settings (NAND, NOR), power off, reset.

I can't see this router connected to 1Ghz socket, only the 2.5Ghz socket.

How do I get in to configure this unit?

Many thanks

The more the simplistic the better.

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This is not the default address of OpenWrt, so it would seem that you're probably looking at this from an upstream network that has a connection to the OpenWrt One via its wan port. If that is correct, the inability to reach it is expected behavior -- the firewall prohibits access from the wan.

You need to connect a computer to the lan port the OpenWrt one. You should get an address on the 192.168.1.0/24 network, and the router address will be at 192.168.1.1.

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Keep in mind the PoE port is by default WAN.

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Thanks for the replies. I now have isp router 192.168.1.1. One router 192.168.1.33, but still unable to access via browser or LuCI app.

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Isolate One and your client, use Ethernet cable to connect.

It'll never have an .1.33 IP, unless it's the firewalled WAN port being a DHCP client.

Btw, the current WAN-LAN subnet overlap will cause internet access issues.

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I have 192.168.1.2 - 192.168.1.32 reserved for devices I have set with static IP addresses, so the first address available is 192.168.1.33

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What you wrote doesn't contradict my last post.

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  1. Disconnect the OpenWrt One from the upstream network.
  2. Connect a computer directly to the lan port of the OpenWrt One. (by default, that will be the non-PoE enabled port).
  3. Make sure your computer is set to get an address via DHCP.
  4. Open 192.168.1.1 (via ssh or a browser).

From there, you can configure the device... the changes you make are dependent on how you intend to use the router (i.e. main router, a router behind your existing router, or a bridged-AP -- each is different).

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Remember to upgrade it to latest OpenWRT release, too.

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Thanks, yes I did that and got in ok, I switched on and set wifi settings, set country code.

Is there a guest network for 2.4ghz and 5ghz?

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Current version on device is -

openwrt snapshot / luci master 24.295.23172~24bbea6

On the website it says - Prebuilt snapshot images do not come with any web interface or GUI . You will need to be comfortable using a command line and remote shell to install one yourself → See How to install LuCI and Use SSH to connect to the internet and install Luci Web interface

But the installed version has web interface or GUI. If i install a newer version will I lose this?

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Finally, for a newbie like me, is there a guide to show which settings I should be changing and the advised settings? There are plenty of settings?

I want this device connected into my ISP router, but I want this to be the main gateway, issuing ip addresses, firewall etc. The ISP router is only in use as it has the built in ONT.

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Simply connect WAN port to ONT.

Make sure One's LAN subnet isn't same as ONT's.

Use https://firmware-selector.openwrt.org/?version=25.12.2&target=mediatek%2Ffilogic&id=openwrt_one when upgrading.
It's latest stable release with webUI.

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Thanks. There a nine images for the latest version. How do I know which is the best version for me?

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Sorry, was looking on my phone, on computer i get the description. Sysupgrade

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My ISP router is 192.168.1.1 and OpenWRT is 192.168.1.33 should I change either or both, or just leave?

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Start with the OpenWrt router and get that working first, but it does make sense to move both (~=all) away from the usual default subnets (so if you do a reset of either, there still won't be an overlap at any point in time).

Guest networks can be added as desired, https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-user/network/wifi/guestwifi/configuration_webinterface, https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-user/network/wifi/guestwifi/guest-wlan, …

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I have set ISP router to 192.168.1.2, OpenWRT has reset itself to 192.168.1.1

I shall set up guest networks and update the firmware.

Thank you frollic, Peter Sherman & slh for your help. Very much appreciated.

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There is something really wrong if your ISP router is 192.168.1.2 and the OpenWRT One 192.168.1.1, unless you have reconfigured it to AP (instead of router-) mode. Nor will the OpenWrt One magically change its LAN side address.

The subnets (192.168.x.y) on WAN and LAN mustn't overlap, ever.

…but I don't know what you're doing, as you have obviously done quite a few -unmentioned- changes over the course of this thread, so I don't know where you stand now, nor where you want to go, but what I did hear feels very wrong/ misconfigured. (There is nothing specific to the OpenWrt One here, nor even to OpenWrt, this is just basic network design/ constraints).

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slh, you guys are the experts, I am the amateur. I just want to use the ISP Modem/Router as a device to convert the fibre optic to an Ethernet port that I can connect my One router to. I don't want it to do anything else (like DHCP). What ip address do you suggest I assign it?