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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Captive portal with chillispot without DNS

I'm trying to set up a captive portal in openWRT using chillispot. My goal is to have an open network and display a static html with information without internet connection at all and without any login. I've got it working at home, when the WRT…
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Correct OpenWRT configuration for iptables PREROUTING rule

I've recently switch my router firmware from Tomato to OpenWRT. I had the iptable commands below which would intercept http requests to an internal ip (192.168.1.254) on port 80 and redirect to a different internal ip (192.168.1.133) on port 8082.…
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OpenVPN server and client configuration for openwrt

I have an OpenWRT router with WAN(eth1) and LAN(eth0) interface. I wanted to install an openVPN server on this router, so I could access from the WAN side into the LAN side. My LAN(eth0) has a DHCP server configured over, and has a static IP of…
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How to monitor network activity in openwrt

I'm having what feels like slow internet from time to time, with ping to google.com at 3000ms and up or even timeouts, and I'd like to check if the problem comes from the ISP or if it's from my network (there are several computers and devices that…
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Network behind OpenVPN client

Good day, i have a problem with OpenVPN networking. Main idea is as illustrated, remote OpenVPN server, 2 clients, MyPC and OpenWRT client with its own network with Client_1 and Client_2. I need to be able to reach Client_1 from MyPC and vice versa.…
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How to set network configuration for openflow on openwrt?

I made a custom build Openwrt (barrier breaker) with Openflow 1.3 and I could connect it to ryo simple_switch_13 controller in outofband mode. Ehternet port number 3 and 4 are set as openflow ports but when I connect a device to these ports and set…
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(net)SNMP can GET but not SET

I am running OpenWRT (tried all 3 latest versions) in a TP-LINK WDR3600, with snmpd and snmp utils installed. I can get (although MIBs seem missing) but not set OIDs. SNMPGET root@OpenWrt:/# snmpget -v 1 -c public 10.0.0.2 iso.3.6.1.2.1.1.5.0 MIB…
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FreeRadius Accounting not working, bad passwords not cheked

I'm trying to configure a captive portal using a router with OpenWRT+ChilliSpot and an external server with Freeradius and a Web Server. ChilliSpot 1.3.0 My issue right now is that the freeradius server answer OK if the username exists on…
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OpenWRT router as a switch with DNS

We have a router (8 ports) that serves our church (it also is our modem with ADSL2 etc) and handles our DHCP services. I've needed to extend our network to accomodate another 2 ports, so an extra router was bought (8 ports), installed with OpenWRT.…
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External ip address being treated as local (ARP asking for external IP's address)

I am using a virtual machine with OpenWRT for routing, on a Linux machine (Slackware). I am trying to configure a host only interface (eth0) as the wan interface. eth1 is Ethernet attached as a bridge interface. I tried to test the configuration…
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BIRD iBGP - Route not reachable

i have two machines participating in the DN42 network, a darknet driven by the Chaos Computer Club and others to play around with advanced routing techniques like BGP and stuff. The machines are connected via an OpenVPN connection and can ping each…
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How to get an unprivileged public status page showing in OpenWrt 12.09 or newer?

For the use case where the WAN connection goes down, but employees can still access wifi, I'd like them to be able to check on some sort of a public router status page in their problem reports. This may have been available on DD-WRT at one point (or…
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How can I create routes between two separate LANs on the internet over an OpenVPN tunnel?

Diagram I have separate router/OpenVPN appliances at two different sites. The appliances are actually TP Link routers running OpenWRT 12.09, r36088. I would like clients behind these two routers to be able to connect to one another. One router is…
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Exclude an IP address from an openwrt firewall rule

I am using a wrt54gl with openwrt to try and redirect all traffic on my LAN to a specific server, which will run scapy and other network analysis tools and act as a gateway/firewall to the Internet. So far, I have managed to redirect all LAN traffic…
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Enable external SSH traffic on selected workstations within my network

I have already enabled an external SSH connection (with public and private keys) to my router, however... I would also like to enable an ssh connection to one of my internal workstations (permanently @ 192.168.1.3) How would I enable remote access…
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