FANTASTIC video on configuring Openwrt VLANs (www.youtube.com)
from Imaginary_Stand4909@lemmy.blahaj.zone to selfhosted@lemmy.world on 01 Aug 06:11
https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/46116302

Just wanted to share this Youtube video (Invidious link here) that explains how to configure Openwrt VLANs for your Wifi network! I was struggling for hours today trying to configure VLANs on my Openwrt AP when I found an old Reddit thread linking to this guy’s channel!

He seems to have a whole series on Openwrt, so if you need a complete beginner guide he sounds great!

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aeronmelon@lemmy.world on 01 Aug 09:06 next collapse

That thumbnail looks like those routers are making helicopter motions with their antennas to entertain a child.

tiz@lemmy.ml on 01 Aug 10:13 next collapse

Absolutely! I would have never been able to setup VLAN if it were not for this video!

djdarren@piefed.social on 01 Aug 13:10 next collapse

You’ve posted this right as I’m about to begin setting up an OpenWrt router. Thanks!

quick_snail@feddit.nl on 01 Aug 15:16 next collapse

What hardware do you recommend?

Are there any that are smart enough for a SMB setting where the APs all scan other networks and then talk to each other and set their own channels and power levels to optimize WiFi traffic with minimal channel or power overlap?

Imaginary_Stand4909@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 01 Aug 17:41 collapse

What hardware do you recommend?

Tbh I just picked something that was in their list of supported hardware that also operated with the Wifi bands I needed and had a good amount of Flash and RAM. Try to take the time to research what wifi drivers suck, such as Broadcomm. Mine is a Qualcomm, I got the Linksys MX5300 Velop Mesh, and now that I got my 3 wifi VLANs set it seems pretty nice. Haven’t gotten to use it much though so we’ll see, but I’m excited.

I do recommend checking how many radios it has because I was maybe considering having my Smart TV on it’s own VLAN but I don’t have enough radios for that. Maybe I’ll put it on the IoT VLAN.

Are there any that are smart enough for a SMB setting where the APs all scan other networks and then talk to each other and set their own channels and power levels to optimize WiFi traffic with minimal channel or power overlap?

Sorry, I don’t know anything about this 😅 You’d have to research this.

Ederhex@piefed.social on 01 Aug 15:44 next collapse

He’s great (the pace is awesome for new openwrt users) and the information is still correct.

possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip on 01 Aug 16:14 next collapse

It is also quite a bit dated

NerdsGonnaNerd@sh.itjust.works on 01 Aug 16:42 next collapse

I might get flamed for that, but I just let an llm create me the config files and changed the passwords. That got me already into an working state.

But I think I have to add, that I use the openwrt machine just as dumb access point behind a opnsense box.

SusanoStyle@lemmy.ml on 01 Aug 17:16 collapse

Thanks for sharing, i haven’t been able to find a good guide, will check it out. Or more accurately a guide that i can follow with ease.