Questions tagged [openwrt]

OpenWrt is a Linux distribution primarily targeted at routing on embedded devices.

OpenWrt provides a fully writable filesystem with package management.

Some of the features:

  • Routing
  • QoS
  • Firewall
  • Traffic shaping
  • Load balancing
  • Network monitoring

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IPv6 is not working between two OpenWRT devices

I have 2 problems lately regarding IPv6: My ISP doesn't provide an IPv6 prefix (even with modem in bridge, and yes the ISP supports) so, I'm using SIXXS tunnel , it doesn't attribute IPv6 to another OpenWRT in my LAN despite all other devices are…
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OpenWRT reroute all router traffic through a Client

I have an OpenWRT router (192.168.1.1) with various wired and wireless clients (192.168.1.x). One of the clients is a Suricata Sensor (192.168.1.100) with only one, 1000MBbit NIC. I want to reroute all traffic of the OpenWRT router through this…
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Route WAN traffic to router which is placed behind switch first

Would be possible to do the following as it is at image? I would like to send all traffic coming from internet to Router with FW first and then to the LAN. I thought this could be achieved by using VLAN tagging, is this the way how to do that? The…
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Why does the CUPS OpenWRT admin page prompt for login and will not take user/password when adding printer?

I am using OpenWRT 14.07, with CUPS 1.5.4. When I try to add a printer, the UI leads me through the entire workflow, until I get to the end. At the end of the workflow, after I have found the printer, added descriptions, specified drivers, etc. I…
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Dynamic timezone change for OpenWrt (Chaos Calmer), NTP

I have this idea for my routers running OpenWrt, since for them there is no way of knowing in what time zone they are by default. What if there was a list of lets say three time servers each per one area (Europe/Rome, Asia/Seoul etc) already inside…
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Openwrt: vsftpd file upload

I am using vsftpd daemon for ftp server and configured the server for local users listed in /etc/vsftpd.users. Using filezilla for ftp client and I am getting "553: could not write file" error when I try to upload the file. vsftpd.conf file is as…
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Using SoftEther VPN on OpenWRT router with HTTP Proxy

I've successfully installed OpenWRT router to my TP-LINK MR-3020 (ar11xxx). I've made a extroot for this using my flashdrive, having swap 2GB, 2GB root, and 4GB shared samba. I also tried OpenVPN solution for OpenWRT and it doesn't work under http…
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VPN Client Routing

I'm having trouble getting my VPN client on open-wrt to work. The actual VPN connection works fine and I was able to access the remote network from the router but when my VPN is active it shuts down my internet connection. It appears that it tries…
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unable to setup point to point network between two openwrt boards

I am trying to setup point to point networks between two Avila boards (Processor : XScale-IXP42x Family) running Openwrt( KAMIKAZE 8.09.1) and Linux kernel 2.6.26.8. I am trying to setup two configurations : 1. AP-Client 2. Adhoc-Adhoc I tried…
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HowTo: OpenWRT routing/tunneling all traffic through an inline Snort sensor

I want all traffic that hits the OpenWRT router redirecting/tunneling through a dedicated Snort/Suricata machine before it leaves the local network. The Snort/Suricata machine should act as an inline passive (!) IDS, but does only have 1 eth0…
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OpenWRT: Redirect traffic from LAN port #4 to specific IP address

I am working with a TP-WR1043ND OpenWRT router which allows port mirroring, as described in the dedicated wikipage. I'm mirroring the WAN port (#0) to LAN port #4. There is no cable in the LAN port #4. Now, since this device only has 4 LAN ports…
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OpenWRT OpenVPN setup is slow, howto set CA on a remote system?

I want to run an OpenVPN-Server on a box but creating dh on it is really slow. I was searching the net, how to import a ca for the OpenVPN-Server on OpenWRT so I can run build-dh on a nother computer and won't have to wait half a day for the…
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set route on OpenWRT for PPPoE and LAN

I have a HUAWEI wireless router running OpenWRT. The router accesses the Internet with PPPoE. Meanwhile it has an Ethernet address with the following configuration in a LAN (Local Area Network): Address: 10.100.219.174 NetMask:…
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How to forward traffic to VPN device

I have set-up OpenWRT in a virtual machine which acts as a router. It has two network interfaces: br-lan: connected to vm internal network eth1: connected to internet through host via NAT I have also set-up a DamnSmallLinux (DSL) VM which has…
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Deny all access to router from LAN devices except for services

I have a OpenWRT installation which I'm currently hardening. I'd like to prevent all network access from LAN devices to the router, except for TCP 22, TCP 80, and TCP 443. I'm using LuCI, and here are the general settings: Here are the traffic…
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