*IMPORTANT UPDATE* : If you don't see the 802.11r options in the luci Web interface then please go to system-software and *_install the package wpad-basic_* . Then you might need to reboot the device. By default OpenWrt has a light or mini version of wpad installed that doesn't have that option. Sorry I forgot to mention that step in the video.
@hir3npatel
3 жыл бұрын
I guess both APs must be openwrt ideally then, since most other firmware don't let you set 802.11r or such roaming settings?
@OneMarcFifty
3 жыл бұрын
Honestly- I don‘t know. It may be that modern APs have it on by default or maybe they call it differently...
@keylock32
3 жыл бұрын
Hi, I don't see wpad/or wpad-basic in software menu only wpad-mini, my old router is using 18.0.6.9 build and this is the latest and last update for it since it only have 4MB rom, how to install it?
@OneMarcFifty
3 жыл бұрын
@@keylock32 You will need wpad-basic or full wpad. Please check this article: forum.openwrt.org/t/cannot-install-package-wpad/49417/3 In 18.06 the option should then be visible in Luci. If it is not then you may add the directive in your /etc/config/wifi manually : option mobility_domain 'e612' #same for all APs option ieee80211r '1' option ft_psk_generate_local '1' see here: www.reddit.com/r/openwrt/comments/515oea/finally_got_80211r_roaming_working/
@keylock32
3 жыл бұрын
@@OneMarcFifty Unfortunately there's no free space left in software packages for wpad to be installed, even after removing lot's of opkg, it still doesn't do much, the left over space by default is only 64kB, Imanage to uninstall lot's of thing and get 250kB, and wpad requires 455kB, I gather the information the fast roaming mainly only for router which had 8MB Rom or bigger. I guess that's the main reason why they no longer supports 4/32 routers anymore. My old router is WR740N and I also had unused WA701ND I want to try this method unfortunately this is just hardware limitation, the option is showing up just fine for my main router Gl.Inet MT300Nv2
@TheBelcherMan
8 ай бұрын
3 year old video, and still worth every second to watch. All the best.
@jeffrice238
Ай бұрын
It says a lot when a tech-related video is still relevant 3+ years later. I still come back to your videos to set up VLANs, DSA, and so on. You are a natural teacher.
@himeshbhatia3445
2 жыл бұрын
From start to end.. amazing.. just amazing. Wow. I am a professional programmer and my majors is ethical hacking and network security. I really wish I had a college professor like you. Long live your KZitem channel. Thank you for all the knowledge. ❤️
@OneMarcFifty
2 жыл бұрын
Many thanks for the praise Himesh ;-)
@Mikesco3
Жыл бұрын
This video is really underrated!!! It has so much value packed into it.
@anilgargsfo
3 жыл бұрын
A very important video and made very well. OpenWRT is an amazing product but needs champions like you to make complex feature accessible to average Joe. Well done again.
@OneMarcFifty
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much !
@anilgargsfo
Жыл бұрын
@@jatre5938 Glad to meet you, and what made you upset?
@OneMarcFifty
Жыл бұрын
Hi Anil, the offending comment has been reported as spam - I value your feedback and I do not tolerate insults here.
@durgeshkshirsagar116
Жыл бұрын
Excellent video sir. I had done training on CCNA but now I am realising that it is just tip of the iceberg. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge. Lots of respect to you.
@OneMarcFifty
Жыл бұрын
Hi Durgesh, thank you very much. I am glad you like the videos ;-)
@hahahaharada
3 жыл бұрын
Hey Marc I live in São Paulo, Brazil and all houses are made of concrete (bunker hahaha). I found your tutorial and reused two cheap and old devices to do just that! It worked! Mesh networking is still expensive around here and your help was amazing!!! Tks sir!
@OneMarcFifty
2 жыл бұрын
Muito obrigado e saudações da Alemanha! Glad to hear that you could use it ;-)
@WoMaNA4
3 жыл бұрын
Hi Marc, well illustrated and explained! I want to clarifiy that using different ESSIDs for APs on each floor, e. g. WLAN-0, WLAN-1, WLAN-2 (which was my original intention) disables the roaming or FT feature. So all APs for roaming must have equal ESSID, pre-shared key and mobility domain. WLAN-EG (EG in Germany means "street level" floor ) made me think that your APs would use different ESSIDs for the floors they are located at. At 05:09 when you show the WIFI analyzer we can see that it is not the case. So friends from Germany do not think too much about what "EG" could mean ... just give all APs the same ESSID :-)
@OneMarcFifty
3 жыл бұрын
Awesome comment, many thanks - and... actually very well observed ;-) you are right that "EG" was intended to be the abbreviation for ground or street level. When I initially set up my Wi-Fi I had 3 of them: UG (basement), EG and OG (upstairs). But once I figured out that life is so much easier with just one of them I just arbitrarily kept EG. I was just too lazy to rename it because I would need to go to every single Wi-fi device in my home and change it....
@cor-janb8870
3 жыл бұрын
Amazing good, clear and helping video. Many thanks. I moved from 6 SSIDS to one SSID, used 40 Mhz channels enabled WMM and now its more easy, faster and roaming works perfect.
@OneMarcFifty
3 жыл бұрын
Many thanks for your feedback! I am sure glad this could help you simplify things ;-) 6 SSIDs sounds difficult to manage;-)
@leaolp
3 жыл бұрын
Great video, Marc. I am a student of Computer Engineering from Brazil and I'm loving your channel. Just subscribed!
@OneMarcFifty
3 жыл бұрын
Hi, many thanks for subscribing ;-)
@stevezphone
2 жыл бұрын
I followed your steps and IT WORKS! Thank you very much for this video.
@OneMarcFifty
2 жыл бұрын
Yee-Haw ;-) Perfect, I am glad it helped ;-) Thanks for the feedback!
@ALIENPL-fy6vj
3 жыл бұрын
Great video! I was looking for fast and cheap solution. Love it
@OneMarcFifty
3 жыл бұрын
Excellent! I am glad you like it!
@kerembildik9997
Жыл бұрын
4 years ago, I moved from a small house, WiFi worked well. Then I moved to another house with 2 floors and that house had adsl. I only had 1 modem which our ISP provided. Then I changed our ISP and this ISP didn't provide a modem. I bought a modem, that didn't give much performance, then a repeater, another repeater, Powerline adapters, swithces etc. I recently bought Zyxel multy U 3 pack (because it was the cheapest mesh wifi) . I sold it today because the only way to change settings was a phone app. Which doesn't work without internet. It's a garbage. Tomorrow I'm going to buy a Xiaomi 4a giga version. I'll build a mesh network with 3 of them in the future. By the way, I appreciate so much for this tutorial. It'll help me a lot. Like your other videos did. Thank you.
@alexxx4434
3 жыл бұрын
Hey, Mark, love your well made videos! Keep'em coming!
@OneMarcFifty
3 жыл бұрын
Glad you like them! More to come :-)
@futurecactus
2 жыл бұрын
I do home mesh Wi-Fi installs as a side business and I've found Deco to be the best bang for buck but I have a Unifi network in my own home. I'm also looking at providing rural internet solutions here in Australia where there's few options, I found a 4G router that runs Open-WRT that might be a good solution for some and that's why I'm here, I haven't configured WRT before so your channel is very helpful. Open-WRT looks very powerful but also much harder to configure than Unifi but that may just be because I'm used to it.
@OneMarcFifty
2 жыл бұрын
Hey, if you want a simple way to set up OpenWrt with 4 G then you might want to have a look at the Rooter project as well - it's an OpenWrt fork : www.ofmodemsandmen.com/
@heckyes
Жыл бұрын
What a fantastic channel. So glad I stumbled upon it.
@OneMarcFifty
Жыл бұрын
Hi, thank you very much - and I am glad that you found it ;-)
@MCOrigging
Жыл бұрын
Marc, you are the MAN! These are incredible resources. Thank you for putting the time in on creating these
@OneMarcFifty
Жыл бұрын
Hi Blake, many thanks for the kind feedback
@JosselinduPLESSIS
Жыл бұрын
Hey there, amazing course: very clear and well structured, and most importantly, to the point. Thanks Marc
@OneMarcFifty
Жыл бұрын
Hi Josselin, many thanks for your friendly feedback - much appreciated.
@animry
3 жыл бұрын
Saint Mark, I sold my soul to Google Mesh Wifi and it was so easy :) love your videos...
@OneMarcFifty
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much ;-) Always read the small print before you sign ;-)
@bhalejos
2 жыл бұрын
First of all, THANK YOU so much for your videos! Not only they’re instructional and precise, but also engaging, simple to follow, and the fact you include chapters is great for coming back to them for future reference and follow along. Now, to the topic at hand, yes, I’ve been using a mesh since I moved from a single all-in-one modem/router/switch/WiFiAP to a Google Nest set with two satellites. Then, as I was willing to upgrade from AC to AX speeds, I swapped to TP-link Deco set, with three X60 nodes. Their performance is OK (definitely an improvement over Google’s Nest’s) but I just HATE they can only be configured via a phone app, with just a flimsy, stripped-down web portal! I’ll see if OpenWRT or pfsense are compatible with the Decos and let you know how it goes. I do think I’ll try B.A.T.M.A.N. because I live in a rental property, where I simply can’t get wires in a proper fashion.
@futurecactus
2 жыл бұрын
Have you got any further with this?
@OneMarcFifty
2 жыл бұрын
Many thanks for the feedback Bernie - please let us know how things go!
@fiveangle
Жыл бұрын
Great content ! I've been frustrated by the lackluster speeds of iOS and Macintosh devices on most 3rd-party APs so have outfitted 3x of the long-discontinued TimeCapsule devices (which also allow dual-backup for all my Mac devices). The work you've done here likely provides a viable solution forward on more flexible APs. I just stumbled across your channel so look forward to enjoying your back catalog. auf Wiedersehen
@OneMarcFifty
Жыл бұрын
Hi Dave, many thanks for the feedback ;-)
@examen1996
2 жыл бұрын
This video was exactly what I needed. Vielen Dank fur deine Arbeit, top qualitat
@OneMarcFifty
2 жыл бұрын
Gerne 😉
@rangkara7201
3 жыл бұрын
This is probably the best video on home wifi expansion
@OneMarcFifty
2 жыл бұрын
Many thanks for your kind feedback ;-) kzitem.info/rock/G5Ph9Mm6UEQLJJ-kGIC2AQ
@JohnWhittle
Жыл бұрын
Great video! Used this to setup my 3 GL Inet B1300s which were previously setup with mesh using the original firmware (which is based on openwrt 15). They each have a hardwired ethernet cable so I figured that I actually didn't need the mesh and it bothered me that they were using such and old version of openwrt. They're working great so far. I still may tweak the signal strengths but I'm happy with how it's working. Also, I will add that originally I wasn't able to put my 5GHz wifi channels side by side... after trying to use channel 52 I found it just wouldn't work. After setting my country (Canada) I was able to use channel 52 and set them all up side by side.
@OneMarcFifty
Жыл бұрын
Hi John, you're pointing out one of the crucial settings here - the country code. This always needs to be set to the same value on all Wi-fi interfaces in order to have things like DFS work correctly.
@hrenes
2 жыл бұрын
YES! great video, just where I was looking for. Thx, keep it for reviewing in my favourites.
@OneMarcFifty
2 жыл бұрын
Perfect, many thanks and glad you liked it ;-)
@TheDarmach
Жыл бұрын
Solid and simple guide! Exactly what I needed! Thanks
@OneMarcFifty
Жыл бұрын
Many thanks for the feedback - I am gad it could help.
@hiyoshi177
2 жыл бұрын
thanks marc, i do it with an old aruba ap-105 running openwrt and my main router which is a linksys EA8500, that works fine for me, thanks, very helpful, good explanation.
@OneMarcFifty
2 жыл бұрын
Awesome- many thanks for sharing!!!
@lknhd
7 ай бұрын
I came accross your videos when learning about openwrt, thanks for the knowledge sharing, Really useful.
@sujithnair1403
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks a ton, mate! Worked like a charm. I used my existing WDR3600 and R6350 for the setup. Saved me from buying a mesh system. Keep up the great work!
@OneMarcFifty
2 жыл бұрын
Awesome, glad it worked ;-)
@pancakeflux
3 жыл бұрын
I was going to go with a 'proper' mesh network but considering my requirements I think I'll do something closer to what you're doing. Thanks for sharing!
@OneMarcFifty
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the feedback! Let me know how it goes ;-)
@pancakeflux
3 жыл бұрын
@@OneMarcFifty It works! I just needed a simple 'dumb AP' so no need for fast transition etc. The openwrt wiki was good reference.
@mytube007
3 жыл бұрын
🤩Awesome A day ago i thought of implementing this setup in my home the next day I am seeing your video. it's really cool to see your plans getting excused by a techi with in a day on KZitem. Thank you for your videos and contents keep going 👍.
@OneMarcFifty
3 жыл бұрын
Perfect timing 😉
@rediculousman
2 жыл бұрын
I am building a large wireless network for a large agricultural application. I'm using ubiquiti airmax gear, which works well but it is a terribly walled in ecosystem. I am toying with the idea to install OpenWRT on all the hardware to enable better integration with end devices and get rid of Airmax. You asked the question, so I thought I would give you an answer. Currently the longest distance to an end point I am sending data wirelessly is 68km!
@OneMarcFifty
2 жыл бұрын
Wow - 68 Km ? Is that without any relays in between ? What's the data rate over that distance ? Which frequency band ?
@rediculousman
2 жыл бұрын
@@OneMarcFifty I have one 35km P2P link that operates at approx 90Mb/s and then the final distance is from the access point to the station. That link is about 15Mb/s as I don't need that particular one to be very fast, I only used a mid range radio. It's in a remote area, so interference isn't an issue, but line of sight is. I am operating in the 5GHz band.
2 жыл бұрын
Probably, I could figure it out myself, but I made a little googling, and your video is just the perfect time-saver for me! Thanks for your hard work! Also it should be good to non IT-guys as well! I will test it in my home as soon as I will have time to do that! ;)
@OneMarcFifty
2 жыл бұрын
Hi Vince, many thanks! Glad it could help !
@harrysunarjo
3 жыл бұрын
i use eero, and the result is very nice, the local roaming is very fast also... seamlessly... BUT, you are doing good Job Bro... Like to see your content... cheers...
@OneMarcFifty
3 жыл бұрын
Many thanks Harry.
@bhalejos
2 жыл бұрын
Just became a patreon, as token of appreciation.
@OneMarcFifty
2 жыл бұрын
Many thanks Bernie - it means a lot to me!
@JaimeGonzalez-tt4kk
2 жыл бұрын
Great video! I will add a second OpenWRT router to my home network to create a small mesh.
@OneMarcFifty
2 жыл бұрын
Awesome ;-) that and Adguard should keep you occupied for a while ;-)
@tip1810
11 ай бұрын
Thank you for the video! I have managed to setup the 802.11r on 22.03 OpenWrt and it works. Also, I have found the DAWN service package and installed it. The service improved client connection and network speed. But I don't know how the DAWN works. It would be nice you can write a comment about the service or (maybe) create a video about it.
@bradkaral1188
10 ай бұрын
Between this and your video on choosing a suitable router, this tells us most of what we need to know. Now, if only the hardware info. on OpenWRT's site was easier to read/understand.
@Yutaro-Yoshii
2 жыл бұрын
I once tried re-purposing an old router as an access point in my home (tldr, didn't work). I kept the OEM firmware and just changed the password to match the main router/AP. But this didn't work because as mentioned in the video, devices hang onto the APs even when it gets faraway. Next we tried installing a mesh router with an attached repeated. This also did next to nothing to improve the connectivity. In the end, we ended up changing the provider and bought a big router/AP, and now everything works smoothly. The fight may have been long, but in the end, I got many spare network hardwares to play with (and do experiments installing openwrt etc), so I'm not complaining.
@OneMarcFifty
2 жыл бұрын
Many thanks for your feedback ;-)
@kal6392
3 жыл бұрын
Brilliant video sir. Very well explaination. Thank you.
@OneMarcFifty
3 жыл бұрын
Thank _you_ for watching, commenting and subscribing !!!!!
@federicosirica3696
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you! Good advices! I've also noticed that when I test the internet speed with iperf3 between 2 PCs on the LAN is important to specify the tcp window size (when using tcp for testing). If I don't set it to a larger value than the default one I can't reach full speed.
@OneMarcFifty
2 жыл бұрын
Oh - haven’t thought about that one. I wanted to make a video on MTU for a long time. I’ll keep that in mind when I finally get a chance to make it!
@25566
3 жыл бұрын
wow i had openwrt but didn't know this was possible at all, now we can have mesh like systems for a fraction of the cost and no closed source software or stupid apps needed to keep it running!
@OneMarcFifty
3 жыл бұрын
Absolutely ;-) Best things in life are free ;-)
@fernandopernasfreide557
Жыл бұрын
First of all, great videotutorial wi-fi roaming ! Just some things which i have found. First of all, latest cipher protocols, like wpa2-psk/wpa3-sae, doesn't support roaming. Also to improve the roaming there are to enable other protocols like 802.11k or 802.11v. you can found more information in the wiki section wireless of openwrt.
@OneMarcFifty
Жыл бұрын
Hi Fernando, many thanks - yes, band steering (k/v) would make it complete ;-)
@vercolit
3 ай бұрын
Thank you! Works flawlessly
@JB-tz9pi
3 жыл бұрын
WiFi works pretty good. Its not a very big house. I am not using a mesh. i just have one access point. Modem > pfSense DIY router > SG300-10 10-Port switch > Netgear 7500R2 with OpenWRT as dumb AP. I been trying to create multiple WiFi networks over the one AP without success. I would like to have a guest network and an IOT network. I'm just not grasping it. I was fine one network but with kids bringing school hardware home and friends, i want to keep them off the LAN.
@OneMarcFifty
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your feed-back J B. It's going to be a tough call in your config scenario as your AP is "AP only" ("dumb") - hence you can't do the firewall stuff on the AP but in your case it's presumably going to happen on the pfSense. Now in order to mirror LAN/Guest etc. config from pfSense to OpenWrt you will have to use VLANs or multiple wires, i.e. define the firewall zones in pfSense, assign interfaces with different VLAN IDs to each zone, tag them out to the AP and from there map them to SSIDs. I will deliver two videos (Firewall with OpenWrt, Guest Wifi) that will cover these, but presumably not with pfSense. If you want to talk this through, feel free to join my discord server - I am doing Video chats Sundays at 9AM and 6PM Berlin time and we can go through it.
@JB-tz9pi
3 жыл бұрын
@@OneMarcFifty I finally got my setup working a few days or maybe a week after this. It took me a couple nights ticking my family off every time the internet dropped. I was so focused on OpenWRT and port 6 of my switch that I forgot about the trunk(port 9) between the router and the switch. I had to set it to be a member of those VLANs too but not tag it. I tagged it once and everything went down but the guest network. I became an expert on it that week for a few days and have since forgot what I did haha I did manage to set up anther AP that i will throw on the network soon. thanks for your help!
@OneMarcFifty
3 жыл бұрын
@@JB-tz9pi I know exactly what you mean - sometimes I need to check back on my own videos in order to see how I did stuff :-)
@Autotrope
Жыл бұрын
I do believe from memory that WMM is a mandatory feature for wireless N and above and disabling it will force use of Wireless A or G.
@OneMarcFifty
Жыл бұрын
Great, many thanks for sharing.
@markmarcacci5489
3 жыл бұрын
Love the videos! I've got a main router Netgear R8000 running Shibby and 2 old WRT54G-TM's with Tomato-ND as APs for IoT devices. I let them do DHCP intentionally, double NAT, because the R8000 limits concurrent DHCP leases to 32 per radio (why do they do that??). Happy Holidays and thanks again for the great vids!
@OneMarcFifty
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing Mark! Yes, 32 addresses is a bit short isn't it ? Happy holidays to you as well !
@alexxx4434
3 жыл бұрын
Simple and effective, that's how I like it!
@OneMarcFifty
3 жыл бұрын
Glad you like it!
@samuel.heinrich
Жыл бұрын
WMM is a requirement of the 802.11n standard (and above), disabling WMM basically puts you back on base rates of 802.11a/g (54mbit max)
@OneMarcFifty
Жыл бұрын
Hi Samuel, many thanks for sharing.
@fabiosteve2
3 жыл бұрын
Hola Marc mil gracias, me funciono perfectamente sobre 2 tp-link archer a7 , excelente video
@OneMarcFifty
3 жыл бұрын
Hola Fabio, me alegro que te haya gustado el video. Gracias ;-)
@christianborss4850
7 ай бұрын
Excellent tutorial. Thank you for sharing!
@SwordGreen
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you man. Your video is really useful!
@OneMarcFifty
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much, glad you liked it ;-)
@James_Knott
Жыл бұрын
Using 2 routers means you're using double NAT, which can make some things more difficult. It also means you'll break IPv6, if your ISP provideds it. I put my cable modem into bridge mode and use pfSense for my firewall/router.
@OneMarcFifty
Жыл бұрын
Hi James - yes, very true. IPv6 was actually the reason for me to change this. My ISPs Router wouldn't do Prefix Delegation on the LAN side. Unfortunately I could not put it into bridge mode, so I had to buy a DSL modem. Since then I use a VIGOR 166 modem and it works like a charm.
@Mentaloow
Жыл бұрын
You don't need double NAT.. you just need to configure OSPF or BGP.. then no need for NAT until your internet gateway.
@James_Knott
Жыл бұрын
@@Mentaloow I doubt most users are capable of setting up OSPF or BGP, if they've even heard of them. I have my CCNA and never had a need to do that, though my router/firewall (pfSense) supports them and I also have a Cisco router here.
@michaelkopec.5814
Жыл бұрын
Great video, so basically on each AP , what i need to set is Same SSID Same Password Different channel (i am using same channel for all right now and its working somehow) for seamless transition over multiple APs. I have 4 btw.
@OneMarcFifty
Жыл бұрын
Correct. Just make sure that on top you tick the 802.11r box and assign a mobility domain to each SSID (all GUEST the same mobility domain, all LAN the same MD but different from the GUEST one)
@michaelkopec.5814
Жыл бұрын
@@OneMarcFifty Hi, i am not using OpenWrt, using 3 Netgear and 1 Linksys Wifi routers in AP mode and previously i had set wifi channels settings to auto, but then after watching your video, i set 1,6,11,8 channels for 2.4 ghz wireless network instead of auto. so far its working as expected, i am not looking for high speed switching, just automatically switching and no dead zones. Thank you, very informative.
@tuanha2000vn
2 жыл бұрын
Thank for the detailed guide that help a lot.
@OneMarcFifty
2 жыл бұрын
Awesome - glad it helped . Many thanks for the feedback!
@dirkh5088
3 ай бұрын
Nice feature AddOn for a guest network: establish a wireguard client to a VPN service like azire, mullvad etc, and route the guest traffic over the VPN service. this must be done failsafe, so if VPN service is down any reason, guest network does not have WAN access. and of course, no access to other zones or router services.
@linuxmake
7 ай бұрын
Great, made my day. I thougt, that roaming among different AP is a standard.
@BradleeEdmondson
3 жыл бұрын
Great video! Can you explain more about why you chose FT over the air, as opposed to FT over DS?
@OneMarcFifty
3 жыл бұрын
Hi Bradlee, short answer: I didn't see any roaming improvement with FT/DS and it worked with FT/OTA ;-) Long answer: Initially I set this up for FT/DS but I couldn't see any improvements in roaming time. Checking the logs on the router I got error messages saying the preauthentication did not work. When I switched to FT/OTA all of a sudden things worked. Digging a bit deeper I could not find the corresponding parts of the source code as the relevant commits on git were more related to passing the parameters to hostapd. git.openwrt.org/?p=openwrt%2Fopenwrt.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=802.11r for example. In a nutshell, with FT/DS the necessary FT information would pass over the cable from the old to the new Access point while with OTA it is negotiated between the client and the new AP. I might dig a bit deeper into this in the future but unfortunately many articles on the web are very Cisco-ish so I think I would need to have a look into the hostapd/wpad source code in order to fully understand how this is meant to work rather than just try and error. I have a couple of ideas though such as FT/DS might not work properly if the 1st AP is already out of sight plus I would need to maybe Wireshark the communication between AP1, STA and AP2. But as I said - once it was working I did not really dig deeper.
@BradleeEdmondson
3 жыл бұрын
@@OneMarcFifty Awesome answer, thank you! I also found lots of the easily searchable content on this to be Cisco-specific, so I'm glad it's not just me. In any event, I switched over to FT-OTA and it seems like roams have been going fine in my small two-AP OpenWRT environment. Thanks!
@Tgspartnership
Жыл бұрын
thank you for a clearly explained guide 🤓
@OneMarcFifty
Жыл бұрын
Hi, thank you very much !
@grahamredfern8969
3 жыл бұрын
Hello Mark. Great explanation. Could you explain how you positioned your APs especially the 70 / 8db and how you came by the information.
@OneMarcFifty
3 жыл бұрын
I positioned one of each on each floor of the house. I tried to position them in the middle of the house with all antennas upright in order to have a sphere covered parallel to the floor. The info is from reading whitepapers from Apple and Microsoft - I just googled for it 😉
@ManriqueMurillo
Жыл бұрын
Hey Marc, thanks you very much for your channel, love every single tutorial you've made, keep up the great work!!! ... I have one question, just out of curiosity, what app are you using to run iPerf tests on your phone? I swear I look everywhere on the posts but couldn't find any mention of it. :) thanks mate!!!
@OneMarcFifty
Жыл бұрын
Hi Manrique, it's iperf by Frederic Sagnes: apps.apple.com/us/app/iperf-3-wifi-speed-test/id1462260546
@ManriqueMurillo
Жыл бұрын
@@OneMarcFifty thanks a lot sir!
@AuroraPixel6
2 жыл бұрын
What a great tutorial! Thank you
@OneMarcFifty
2 жыл бұрын
Many thanks ;-)
@jibbdik8876
2 жыл бұрын
Appreciate how you make your videos and how much time you put into them
@OneMarcFifty
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much !
@itsmith32
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for your guide! I have bought Linksys EA7500V1 yesterday. And what I've noticed, that even this quite good router with ac and MU MIMO works almost the same as the cheap one from ISP. It's about just 55 Mbps even on 5 GHz on my xiaomi Mi 9 (it's sports ac) while I've got about 95 through the cable on the both routers. And what about the MESH - I've tried just Tenda shitboxes. They give about 30 Mbps from 300+ even when devices is very close to the shitbox, connected by the Ethernet.
@OneMarcFifty
2 жыл бұрын
Hey many thanks for the feedback and sharing your experience !
@itsmith32
2 жыл бұрын
By the way, OpenWRT firmware is much more better. Since installation I've increased wireless speed up to almost ISP maximum. Also it's allowing to use it with only 7 db signal power out of 100 which is much more better for the health.
@JosiahLuscher
2 жыл бұрын
For years I've been using a pair of raspberry Pi's with usb wifi dongles as access points. I would never be happy with a proprietary mesh... When I heard about batman-adv and 802.11s I knew I wanted it. - I spent a few years being confused by all the terminology and half baked and antiquated tutorials on the net. Unorginized, random, confusing, and poor documentation can really destroy even a persistant motivation. Finally I found someone who mentioned that a Pi will never be a good access point because it doesn't have built in networking hardware. Then I got an EspressoBIN but that was also challenging. One of he R,Pi's finally died. So I just recently got a couple Alfa WiFi access poits and after a few long days over two weekends I got OpenWrt loaded on them. I haven't setup 802.11s yet, I'm enjoying the improved WiFi so much. Also I don't want to experiment with the WiFi that I'm currently using. So I bought a pair of Ubiquity AP AC PRO Gen 2 access points and I'm working on getting OpenWrt loaded on them and I plan to test out 802.11s and batman-adv on them first.
@OneMarcFifty
2 жыл бұрын
Hi Josiah, many thanks for the feedback ! You might want to try the luci interface that I have submitted to the OpenWrt LuCI project: github.com/openwrt/luci/pull/5698
@micky1067
Жыл бұрын
Wie immer tolles Video Marc. Nicht gedacht das du in einem Bunker lebst... hahahahaha🤣
@OneMarcFifty
Жыл бұрын
Äch sätz in meinem Bonker ;-)
@micky1067
Жыл бұрын
@@OneMarcFifty Hahaha ..
@jpnaraujo
2 жыл бұрын
Got to say I became a huge fan of yours after this video. Finally learned about VLAN thanks to you, that made it really easy to understand. But I'd like your opinion on fast roaming on openwrt to change between 2.4 and 5 GHz networks. Do u think it is reliable enough so it is really not necessary to have different SSIDs and still be connected to 5 GHz whenever the signal is good enough?
@OneMarcFifty
2 жыл бұрын
Hi, many thanks for the nice words ;-) Yes, the 2.4 / 5 GHz roaming definitely needs band steering. I'll have a look into that.
@t0mz3n75
25 күн бұрын
A video about getting the hostnames on a dumb access Point for the clients would be great. The existing forum tips do no longer work.
@aakashmaroti1891
3 жыл бұрын
Correct me here if my understanding is wrong, 802.11r alone will only help me reconnect to an access point faster AFTER my signal has deteriorated significantly. Probably something like 802.11k or 802.11v or a controller or something else altogether is required for a seamless and timely handover.
@OneMarcFifty
3 жыл бұрын
The client will decide when to roam. 802.11r makes the roaming faster as it avoids key re-negotiations. 802.11k would accelerate further as it would maintain and publish a list of potential APs to roam to. Either way the device should start roaming before the signal gets really bad. But it depends on the client.
@aakashmaroti1891
3 жыл бұрын
@@OneMarcFifty Super! How hard will it be to get 802.11k also in the mix? additionally does it require some special hardware or are most wifi routers and clients compatible? Also, thanks a lot! This saved me a lot of unnecessary purchases!
@euxheniodragoj2806
3 жыл бұрын
The bell is ringing! Love your content and your "calls". Did you already do the bonding with Open WRT or Raspberry? Have I missed it? My home experience: I had used Power lines to connect the ISP Router and a second one of mine. Left the DHCP active only on the first router and tried to use the second one as an access point (Wifi was active on both). This allowed me to use the power supply circuit as LAN cable and saved some work to do BUT I realize that I was completely missing the Fast transition option. Actually the second router was not with OpenWRT but a closed one, which was pretty configurable though but never read that option anywhere. Thanks. LG
@OneMarcFifty
3 жыл бұрын
Awesome feedback, many many thanks ! No you have not missed it - I haven't done it yet, but I have taken two weeks off in December - maybe that will be the opportunity to get this done ;-)
@euxheniodragoj2806
3 жыл бұрын
@@OneMarcFifty I'm already trying the local speedtest. Just downloaded iPerf3 for Windows from here: iperf.fr/iperf-download.php#windows I'm using Android and can't find your same app, need to write a line of code on the phone too (but as a client side), I guess something like -c 192.168.1.x -p 5201
@flintthuang
2 жыл бұрын
Using a pair of linksys E9450, solid router but with limited configurebility. Both support mesh, but been configured as bridge mode.
@OneMarcFifty
2 жыл бұрын
Many thanks for the feedback! Are you using OpenWrt ?
@flintthuang
2 жыл бұрын
@@OneMarcFifty no, not supported, and seems will not
@BurkPrael
2 жыл бұрын
How do you find the time to reply to every comment!?!? This video is gold (as are all your videos)! Was about to shell out a fortune on mesh gear, but will try this instead.
@OneMarcFifty
2 жыл бұрын
Hi, I am happy that the video could help you ;-) w/r to time for replies: I have planned this in my schedule. I spend one hour per week to answer comments and three hours per week to answer questions on the discord server - I firmly believe that people prefer channels with a possibility to interact and communicate in the long run ;-) Thanks for the feedback !
@lanlonglian
3 жыл бұрын
Hello, I am a viewer from China and my English may not be very good. Your openwrt instructional video helped me a lot, I understand how to go about using kvr protocol to make the router roam fast. On another note, your method for testing internet speed is amazing, iPerf is a very cool testing tool! Thank you very much for the video, very nice! Lastly, I'd like to know about 802.11s. It seems that accessing mesh through wireless is using 802.11s, is that the case?
@OneMarcFifty
3 жыл бұрын
Yes, it's part of the stack. You need to add something for routing though.
@pisanchez94
2 ай бұрын
I have the following scenario, I have a router that manages the entire lan with Mikrotik's RouterOS, it does not have WiFi (R1) and two access points with Open WRT, they are connected with cable, roaming works, or R1 must also necessarily run OpenWRT
@joemajortech2657
2 жыл бұрын
Academy article, good job really👍👍👍
@OneMarcFifty
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much !
@karlfife
2 жыл бұрын
Worth mentioning: 1: You've capped your WiFi to be less than your WAN speed. If you have LAN applications they would likely be negatively impacted by that setting, including induced jitter/latency (e.g a local media server or Wi-Fi cameras) . 2. What you're describing should not be called a "DMZ". You're either describing a router in Bridge-mode, which is a GREAT setup... but it is NOT demilitarized), alternatively you're creating a Double-NAT situation which can cause problems with some applications (bad). 🙂
@OneMarcFifty
2 жыл бұрын
Hi Karl - the DMZ situation was indeed a double NAT which in my case was not an issue as I do not port forward or the like. The cap of bandwidth was a trade-off with other factors. Internet speed here is max. 100 Mbps down anyway ;-) In the meanwhile my config has changed a lot (the video is older). I am now on 80 MHz channels with Wifi 5 Wave 2 devices plus a PPPOE config because I could not use IPv6 with the ISP router.
@anilgarg57
5 ай бұрын
Hi Marc: Each of your lessons are super. I saw that the basic image comes with wpad-basic-mbedtls. WIll this support fast roaming? Or should these be upgraded to wpad or similar?
@ismailelayachi9337
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much. Very useful
@OneMarcFifty
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks Ismail, I am glad it helps ;-)
@stephenbutler3105
3 жыл бұрын
One more question. I noticed that you don't use the WAN port, and that the OpenWrt dump AP article seemed to indicate not to use it. Correct me if I am wrong, but this is simply because by default that port is not bridged with the LAN in the switch. I mean I believe there is nothing stopping us from using the WAN port in a dump AP configuration if we set it to untagged on VLAN 1. In my dumb APs I have deleted the WAN interfaces as I won't need them. The main router handles the WAN. So I assumed you can bring the port back into the LAN switch to provide another physical interface that could be used.
@OneMarcFifty
3 жыл бұрын
Your assumption is correct. It’s just a port on the switch like all others.
@arizonaniceguy376
Күн бұрын
Marc i always come back to your video on this issue. i have a 2 ap and 1 main router setup in my house. i cant seem to get the iphone to release from the first ap point to the main router. i have played with the transmit power settings on the ap/main router. ap 0 mw, and main router 13 mw, but the iphone wont connect back to the main router. just wondering if you have had any updates on this " sticky iphone client" issue since your video has come out. once again, much thanks.....
@Aviduduskar
3 жыл бұрын
Well done, it might be nice to speak a bit more about the protocols you are using in the video and the differences between it and more complex solutions like BATMAN/OSLR.
@OneMarcFifty
3 жыл бұрын
Many thanks for your feedback - you are absolutely right! What I might do is do a second episode because it would also make sense to extend to 802.11k and 802.11v - that might be a good opportunity to explain the stack. (And also to make the roaming even faster ;-) )
@is05140
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for your videos! nice an clear! Just one question: Does all the AP need to be wired to the router connected to the WAN? or can be in a mesh mode?
@OneMarcFifty
Жыл бұрын
Hi Miquel. It could be wired or Mesh. However, if you do mesh you would need to tunnel the VLANs if you want to have multiple networks / SSIDs
@multibatmam1
2 жыл бұрын
Hi! First, I would like to thank you for this amazing video, it is very well divided and explained! I just have one question, in the configuration of the dumb APs, could I use a static IP adress instead of DHCP client (using the main router IP on the DNS and gateway of the dumb AP)?
@OneMarcFifty
2 жыл бұрын
Yes you can. You do not _have to use_ DHCP
@sokolum
2 жыл бұрын
Nice explanation!
@OneMarcFifty
2 жыл бұрын
Many thanks!
@VVarun97
2 жыл бұрын
Great video👍🏻
@OneMarcFifty
2 жыл бұрын
Many thanks Varun
@glennperete
3 жыл бұрын
my network: modem->switch with vlan->raspberry pi running openwrt (radio off/dhcp server/adblock/sqm)->2 other openwrt routers as access points. setup is working fine, but then again i only have 9mbps internet :)
@OneMarcFifty
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for your feedback! Doh - sorry about the slow line ;-(
@archie591
2 жыл бұрын
@OneMarcFifty thanks for the tutorial again! I was wondering if there is a specific router feature I need to look for to ensure this setup will work with any openwrt router? thanks again!
@OneMarcFifty
2 жыл бұрын
It's not really a listed feature (like when you run iw list) - like the 802.11s or beamforming etc. From what I can say is that the "usual" well supported drivers such as Mediatek or Atheros would most probably support it, i.e. if you stick to MT7516, MT7915, ath10k and the like then you should be fine.
@qtng
Жыл бұрын
worked great, thx :)
@OneMarcFifty
Жыл бұрын
Awesome, glad to hear that.
@opaulonobrega
2 жыл бұрын
I see you've set your ISP router in DMZ mode. Your ISP doesn't allow bridge? Mine doesn't, I wonder if you could make a video teaching us on how to configure OpenWrt in DMZ and be able to use stuff like QoS, Adblock, is that possible? Thank you so much for these videos, as a dumb in technology, I'm learning a lot from you.
@OneMarcFifty
2 жыл бұрын
Hi Paulo, QoS is definitely on the list - in the lights of people working from home these days... I am using DMZ just because it makes things easier for me to test stuff from the "outside" (i.e. I use the DMZ for WAN testing)
@penne_best_noodles
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this excellent video, maybe this has already been asked but I didn't see it... Q: is it bad to have all 3 APs on the same channels? Do they interfere? You gave me hope that I can manage .11r with Openwrt because the wiki pages lack the information you gave - it's just two fields one needs to modify :D Plus the voice is very pleasant
@OneMarcFifty
2 жыл бұрын
Hi - many thanks for the feedback ;-) It is of course better to have the APs on different channels. If two APs are on the same channel then they do not really interfere in the sense that they disturb each other, they just share the bandwidth. So you get a smaller bandwidth in this scenario. When you introduce a third access point, then you might suffer the "hidden node" problem (AP1 sees AP2 but not AP3) and hence AP1 and AP3 will talk to AP2 in a non-coordinated fashion hence creating interference.
@albert-janscholtalbers3529
2 жыл бұрын
It works . It seems you only use LAN side of dumb ap. Do you have example to use WAN (Internet) as upstream, so on an R7800 you can use Internet, p1,p2,p3 and p4 and Wifi?
@OneMarcFifty
2 жыл бұрын
Hi, you can assign the wan port to any interface just like any other port. On some hardware in the switch menu, on some hardware with OpenWrt >=21 with DSA
@nanasackey2799
3 жыл бұрын
thanks guy i love this
@OneMarcFifty
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much
@rick_er2481
2 жыл бұрын
Thankyou great video! So this is doable with standard routers firmware? When do I need the fast transition or only the dumb AP option?
@OneMarcFifty
2 жыл бұрын
Hi, this could be doable with stock firmware but it depends on a lot of factors (brand, model, etc...) - fast transition just accelerates roaming - simple AP operation would work as well, just roaming would be slower or not occuring if you want it to.
@AngelSimeonov
2 жыл бұрын
Hallo Marc. Danke Dir fur die schone video! I am a professional installer and i use mainly Ubiquiti for access points and PfSense as a router(in some cases i use Mikrotik as a router when its not possible to put such a big machine like an old PC in the rack). Never had a problem with this combination. But i am looking for new cheap solution i tried Tp-link deco system but i am not satisfaied there is not a fine tuning of the devices so you also cannot choose how to connect them one to each other over WiFi or cabel.
@OneMarcFifty
2 жыл бұрын
Hi Angel, yes - the videos I make are mainy aimed at the home user or SOHO. But with the new Mediatek Hardware (MT7615, MT7915) I think that's a game Changer for OpenWrt as Felix Fietkau (OpenWrt member) is also the main developer for the drivers.
@syedishtiaqh
9 ай бұрын
Marc, excellent tutorial for a newbie. I do have some knowledge of computers and networking, but i have a very silly question. I have 1 main router and i want the second one to be configured as AP. Question is, on which device should i install the openwrt? I know its a obvious thing for you, but please reply with your insight.
@kwadratowyzajac
2 жыл бұрын
Great video! Thx :)
@OneMarcFifty
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you !
@sergsqr
18 күн бұрын
Thank you very much for such comprehensive material, I have never used the 802.11.r standard before. I currently have three simple access points (DHCP and DNS on another device) in the 2.4 GHz band on channel 1 (40 MHz wide), channel 8 (20 MHz wide) and channel 10 (20 MHz wide). I have a delay of more than 2 seconds when switching from the first access point to any of the other two. Can you tell me how to improve it?
@walterphua1192
3 жыл бұрын
Marc, that was excellent material and explanation that is easy for starters like us! I have subscribed ;) However I have a doubt in mind. Attempting to set up a multiple Access points home network, If we have bought a router that is more state-of-the-art (that is more expensive, with better wifi coverage & other capabilities etc) whilst still having the existing router (cheaper, probably less coverage), which would be a better choice for the DSL Router and which for the Access Points? If we are sectioning areas and providing wifi with your network arrangements, is it really all that important for a router to be technologically advanced'? Or perhaps basic routers with Access Point functions will suffice? Hope to here from you! =D
@OneMarcFifty
3 жыл бұрын
Hi Walter, just left a reply to your comment on the Wifi-Mesh video. Yes - if you want it to be wired then you can use any AP on the other side if you don't need the fast roaming features.
@walterphua1192
3 жыл бұрын
@@OneMarcFifty thanks for the reply Marc. I'm relived to hear that 😁
@YakovPopel
3 ай бұрын
Good Video! Thanks. 802.11r will work with foreign DHCP/firewall ? (i use pfSense as main router/fw with several cable connected "DUMB-AP" on openwrt)
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