WAN port not fully connecting

Installing and Using OpenWrt Network and Wireless Configuration
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I have a Linksys EA8300 running Openwrt 22.03.0

Initial setup has the LAN working but not the WAN. The WAN port is picking up an IP from an upstream router according to IPv4 Upstream on Status>>Overview.

But nothing is being passed to/from the LAN.

I've done the ten second reset, the 30-30-30 reset. I've restarted the WAN port but it stays red in Network>>Interfaces, as does WAN6

Bypassing the upstream router and connecting directly to the modem does not help.

I have the same problem on a Netgear R6350 with Openwrt 24.10.0

I'm very open to suggestions as to how I can move forward.

Thanks

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That means that the WAN port is assigned in the WAN zone firewall. This is the default and expected behavior.
You propably have a bad configuration setting. Please share your config files (redacted).

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From /etc/config - I hope these files are what you asked for, if not then let me know what you need
network and firewall

network:
config interface 'loopback'
option device 'lo'
option proto 'static'
option ipaddr '127.0.0.1'
option netmask '255.0.0.0'

config globals 'globals'
option ula_prefix 'fd53:1f5a:b8b2::/48'

config device
option name 'br-lan'
option type 'bridge'
list ports 'eth0'

config interface 'lan'
option device 'br-lan'
option proto 'static'
option netmask '255.255.255.0'
option ip6assign '60'
option ipaddr '192.168.22.1'

config interface 'wan'
option device 'eth1'
option proto 'dhcp'

config interface 'wan6'
option device 'eth1'
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 0'

firewall (minus the examples)
config defaults
option syn_flood 1
option input ACCEPT
option output ACCEPT
option forward REJECT

Uncomment this line to disable ipv6 rules

option disable_ipv6 1

config zone
option name lan
list network 'lan'
option input ACCEPT
option output ACCEPT
option forward ACCEPT

config zone
option name wan
list network 'wan'
list network 'wan6'
option input REJECT
option output ACCEPT
option forward REJECT
option masq 1
option mtu_fix 1

config forwarding
option src lan
option dest wan

We need to accept udp packets on port 68,

see https://dev.openwrt.org/ticket/4108

config rule
option name Allow-DHCP-Renew
option src wan
option proto udp
option dest_port 68
option target ACCEPT
option family ipv4

Allow IPv4 ping

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

Allow DHCPv6 replies

see https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/issues/5066

config rule
option name Allow-DHCPv6
option src wan
option proto udp
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

Allow essential incoming IPv6 ICMP traffic

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

Allow essential forwarded IPv6 ICMP traffic

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

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This looks like a default configuration of OpenWrt.
If the wan interface has already gotten an IP from the uplink, you are good to go.
You can connect some device to the lan port and start browsing.
Or could you describe the problem that you are facing?