Zyxel T-56 with OpenWRT 24.10: configuration as dumb AP

Installing and Using OpenWrt
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Hi guys!

I've bought this router for few Euros and I was going to configurate it as I did with my AC57U, using the same configuration (not the file, I was copying the configuration thru LuCi).

I've found that the Zyxel works fine as AP, but it can't ping packages links update if I don't use the "Ignore interface" in DHCP settings (the AC57U has the ignore interface uncheked and it can ping the packages update links).
Now I still have some signature checking errors and I don't know if it's a server problem or my configuration problem:

Downloading https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/24.10.0/targets/mediatek/filogic/packages/Packages.gz
Updated list of available packages in /var/opkg-lists/openwrt_core
Downloading https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/24.10.0/targets/mediatek/filogic/packages/Packages.sig
Signature check passed.
Downloading https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/24.10.0/packages/aarch64_cortex-a53/base/Packages.gz
Updated list of available packages in /var/opkg-lists/openwrt_base
Downloading https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/24.10.0/packages/aarch64_cortex-a53/base/Packages.sig
Signature check failed.
Remove wrong Signature file.
Downloading https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/24.10.0/targets/mediatek/filogic/kmods/6.6.73-1-d649d775435da5a8637f7a955a80d331/Packages.gz
Updated list of available packages in /var/opkg-lists/openwrt_kmods
Downloading https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/24.10.0/targets/mediatek/filogic/kmods/6.6.73-1-d649d775435da5a8637f7a955a80d331/Packages.sig
Signature check passed.
Downloading https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/24.10.0/packages/aarch64_cortex-a53/luci/Packages.gz
Updated list of available packages in /var/opkg-lists/openwrt_luci
Downloading https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/24.10.0/packages/aarch64_cortex-a53/luci/Packages.sig
Signature check failed.
Remove wrong Signature file.
Downloading https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/24.10.0/packages/aarch64_cortex-a53/packages/Packages.gz
Updated list of available packages in /var/opkg-lists/openwrt_packages
Downloading https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/24.10.0/packages/aarch64_cortex-a53/packages/Packages.sig
Signature check passed.
Downloading https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/24.10.0/packages/aarch64_cortex-a53/routing/Packages.gz
Updated list of available packages in /var/opkg-lists/openwrt_routing
Downloading https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/24.10.0/packages/aarch64_cortex-a53/routing/Packages.sig
Signature check passed.
Downloading https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/24.10.0/packages/aarch64_cortex-a53/telephony/Packages.gz
Updated list of available packages in /var/opkg-lists/openwrt_telephony
Downloading https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/24.10.0/packages/aarch64_cortex-a53/telephony/Packages.sig
Signature check passed.

Also, I've discovered that I can't find some packages like kmod-wireguard, luci-app-wireguard and luci-proto-wireguard on the new router.

Can anyone please help me to make order in this new adventure?

Thanks in advance for the reply!

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If you're using your T-56 as a bridged AP, you usually don't need to be able to install other packages... everything you need is there by default, and there is typically no need or reason to install anything else on the AP (although if you have a need, please let us know what you want to do).

That said, usually it is a matter of setting the DNS and gateway addresses on the lan interface (pointing to your main router) -- this will resolve the errors you're likely seeing.

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Thanks for the reply.

I need Wireguard because I need to connect from my smartphone to a NAS that I have at home and I was using Wireguard package on the old AC57U that was also configured as dumb AP. Now I want to replicate the same configuration on the T-56, but I can't download some packages. Not all the packages (I was able, for example, to download kmod-wireguard).

Also, I'm using the same exact network configuration that is working on the AC57U (except for the IP).

AC57U 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 packet_steering '1'
	option ula_prefix 'fd2e:58ab:7804::/48'

config device
	option name 'br-lan'
	option type 'bridge'
	list ports 'lan1'
	list ports 'lan2'
	list ports 'lan3'
	list ports 'lan4'
	list ports 'wan'
	option ipv6 '0'

config interface 'lan'
	option device 'br-lan'
	option proto 'static'
	option netmask '255.255.255.0'
	option ip6assign '60'
	option ipaddr '192.168.1.99'
	list dns '192.168.1.1'
	option gateway '192.168.1.1'

T-56 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 'fde4:3762:647a::/48'
	option packet_steering '1'

config device
	option name 'br-lan'
	option type 'bridge'
	list ports 'eth1'
	list ports 'lan1'
	list ports 'lan2'
	list ports 'lan3'
	list ports 'lan4'
	option ipv6 '0'

config interface 'lan'
	option device 'br-lan'
	option proto 'static'
	option ipaddr '192.168.1.101'
	option netmask '255.255.255.0'
	option ip6assign '60'
	list dns '192.168.1.1'
	option gateway '192.168.1.1'
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Ok, after around 10 minutes the signature errors went away and I was able to download all the Wireguard packages. I've done no modification to my configuration, so maybe it was a signature file issue?

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Or the clock on the device was out of sync.

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The clock was fine. I don't know why some signature file were downloaded succesfully and other not. Now everything is working good.