Please visit my channel page: kzread.info Want to talk to me? Join my Discord Server: discord.com/invite/DXnfBUG

I am into security and privacy and I love this video 23mins worth it! More videos similar to these and probably home automation or home servers please! Clear and well explained 😎

@OneMarcFifty

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

Very informative and in-depth review with crystal clear explanations. You earned a sub my guy!

What an incredible video. Thanks for your hard work

Really well made and explained video. The quality is far beyond the average youtube channel and you really deserve more views/subscribers. Thanks.

@OneMarcFifty

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much ;-)

Marc your channel is purely amazing. Your explanations are crystal clear even for neophytes like myself while managing not to sacrifice too much in depth technical detail. Excellent video as usual. I am myself definitely reluctant to have my devices dependant on a cloud service, ad have been trying to get home assistant running at home. Cheers!

@OneMarcFifty

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much:-)

@RomanBaranovic

2 жыл бұрын

i just second that, your explanations are excelent, i am learning a lot just watching your videos

Wonderfully thorough and concise video on a budget/affordable solution, my favorite. I am really looking forward to that mesh video as I have already dipped my toe into OpenWRT when I bought the DIR-2640 earlier this year after your previous videos. Thank you for making this so much easier for the laymen like myself and exploring bank for buck territory.

@OneMarcFifty

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your feedback! Hope you are happy with the D-Link?

KZread algorithm recommended your channel and really love the high quality content, got lots to learn. Thank you !

@OneMarcFifty

Жыл бұрын

Hi, that's awesome! Welcome ;-)

Thanks I learned a lot from this video! It's packed with information, very useful.

@OneMarcFifty

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Marc - many thanks for your feedback ;-)

Last year, before your video I asked the same question about all my IoT devices. Your videos explain a lot of how to overcome this issue on the home network. Thanks.

@OneMarcFifty

Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much.

Been waiting a long time:-), thanks for the video..

@OneMarcFifty

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for waiting and watching ;-)

thanks Marc, simple and good explanation as always👍

@OneMarcFifty

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Your explanation is suberb… the highlighted details, awesome… 👌🏼 (lol watching this 2nd time, recommended video 😂, didn’t notice)

@OneMarcFifty

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it ;-) Many thanks for the feedback !

I love your posts! Great presentation in even better English, my compliments! As the videos are often on the edge of what I can comprehend, I sometimes end up watching them more than once... I always worry a bit about my privacy and security, so I try to stay away from using "cloud services" from various companies. I must admit that I'm not always successful though. Looking forward to a video about the mesh implementation you mentioned at the end of this video! Greetings from Holland. PS DM1,50 lol.

@OneMarcFifty

2 жыл бұрын

Dank jij wel Jaap 😉

Love all your videos

Quality, Concise, yet Comprehensive video. I'll give this all my likes if I could, liked and subscribed!

@OneMarcFifty

Жыл бұрын

Awesome - thank you so much for liking, subscribing and for the feedback!

Without you I might've never known my router's performance could be that smooth and stable. Thank you very much!

@OneMarcFifty

Жыл бұрын

Awesome - many thanks for the feedback !

Thank you for such a comprehensive and clear analysis and description of the device. As for your questions, I don't like my routers or firewalls open and accessible from the outside without something like Openvpn. I run openwrt or ddwrt on my wireless devices mostly as dumb access points and a pfsense box as my primary router with various vlans to isolate functions in my network. Great Channel!

@OneMarcFifty

2 жыл бұрын

Awesome- many thanks for the feedback!

I just found your channel by accident. You have excellent presentation skills.This is what youtube is/was about... keep up the good work.

@OneMarcFifty

Жыл бұрын

Hi, many thanks !

I like your presentation, and even more the way you think 😎I learnt lots. Keep going 👍

@OneMarcFifty

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Fernando - many thanks!

This is fantastic stuff! Keep making this kind of content please!

@OneMarcFifty

2 жыл бұрын

Many thanks Michael !

that is the video that I wanted, thanks sir, some cheap, useful and all in one vídeo, it's amazing 😍

@OneMarcFifty

2 жыл бұрын

Many thanks Luis, glad you like it!

Hello Marc. I have the hardware-wise similar Xiaomi Redmi AC2100 flashed with OpenWRT for a year now, having the same concerns with you. Nevertheless in my eyes a good choice for it's price, if flashed. I am impressed with your knowledge transfer capabilities, couldn't skip a second of your video. Keep up the good work! We will stay tuned :)

@OneMarcFifty

2 жыл бұрын

Awesome, many thanks Marios 😉

Thank you very much for sharing your experience and expertise on the home networking. I have been a system engineer for 10 years but i always felt away from the custom firmwares like openwrt. With your tutorial videos, a person can understand the logic behind the networking rather than just following your instructions. Thank you again

@OneMarcFifty

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much! I am happy if I can shed some light on networking- it’s fun if you get into it - but I felt exactly the same when I started ;-)

Also, I forgot to mention: Thank You! So much work and experience in this "review"! I want more! I would also mention a gigabit switch, attach to this router with OpenWrt, and bam, you can connect your cameras, and more APs, PCs, what the heck you want. :) Liked, subscribed, turned on the notifications!

@OneMarcFifty

2 жыл бұрын

Awesome many thanks!

This video has a lot of useful information, many techs facts that Worth finding, it is a pleasant time to hearing that master class.

@OneMarcFifty

2 жыл бұрын

Hey Mario, many thanks for the gentle feedback !

Nice video! I was stuggling with an asus openwrt and high cpu usage and gonna test the hw offload tip you gave. Thanks!!

@OneMarcFifty

2 жыл бұрын

Great - let us know how it goes ;-)

22:05 And I agree with you Marc. I'll buy this one, maybe this week to do the same you did here. As always, thanks you for sharing this great insight.

@OneMarcFifty

2 жыл бұрын

Awesome- many thanks for the feedback- glad you liked it - let us know how it goes ;-)

Great content, thank you once again!

@OneMarcFifty

Жыл бұрын

You're more than welcome. Thanks for watching and for the feedback.

Thank you! Your videos are very clear and beautiful. With the help of your video, I easily converted my MI Router 4A Gigabit Edition into an OpenWRT device.

@OneMarcFifty

Жыл бұрын

That's great to hear! thank you so much for the feedback. Glad it could help!

Really interesting video..Thanks..

@OneMarcFifty

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Khalid, many thanks !

Really like your explanation 👍

@OneMarcFifty

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Dhana!

I don't usually write comments, but I just wanted to tell you how great and educational your videos are, hope we see more DIY network ideas 💡.

@OneMarcFifty

Жыл бұрын

Hi Soran, that's very kind of you - thank you very much!

Loved this detailed guide, especially for performance and technical aspects of this video. Hope you do more such videos. I have a TP-Link Archer C20. It's terrible. Just one CPU and connecting 4 - 5 devices increases latency like crazy. This router seems to have a decent cpu that can handle a lot more it seems

@OneMarcFifty

Жыл бұрын

Hi Suraj, yes it has more juice than the Archer. However, Iam a bit reluctant to test equipment because vendors tend to issue new versions of the hardware and the tutorials simply stop to work or the characteristics change a lot.

@surajbhowal5846

Жыл бұрын

@@OneMarcFifty True but even if OpenWRT is not possible due to version change, the router is still decent and cheap.. Maybe it will support openWRT.. I may buy this.

Hey Marc, thanks again for your videos man you are really helping in making everything easier to understand! You mentioned the mesh network with xiaomi 4a router, can you please cover the 802.11s with openwrt?

@OneMarcFifty

2 жыл бұрын

That’s the plan ;-)

looking forward for that next video, mesh!

@OneMarcFifty

2 жыл бұрын

It's in the queue - after VLANs for OpenWrt 21 and presumably NoMachine

Hey, welcome back! Long time no see :)

@OneMarcFifty

2 жыл бұрын

Many thanks! And thanks for having waited so long ;-)

09:40 only learned of this phoning home via my Pi-Hole. bought a security cam that i setup only to work with my Synology Surveillance Station yet it kept pinging back to the manufacturer every second. camera still worked after i blocked that on the Pi-Hole so that's good at least. but its skewing the blocked stats on the pi-hole, so i setup a no-forward DNS server in my router and setup the cam to use it instead as a DNS and it worked. then i realised simpler solution - setup the cam to point to itself as a DNS server 😁. i bought 2 other cheap cameras that were totally useless blocking traffic on the pi-hole.

@OneMarcFifty

2 жыл бұрын

Oh - clever giving it the localhost as dns! Yes, I did discover how nasty my Samsung TV and DVD player are with DNS filtering as well - the modern devices are really chatty!

Good done. T:-) ( Luci is in the release image when the device got enough space or power. Yes for this device for sure)

@OneMarcFifty

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

No phone-home here in Eschede (NL) 5x archer-C7 with openwrt, the only problem is the limited 5GHz channels, but now i know which to choose :-) thanks for his channel, verry usefull

@OneMarcFifty

2 жыл бұрын

Many thanks for your feedback Robert!

Liked right after you started that you wouldn't like anyone else controlling your own hardware!!!

thx for super review and test,here in EU Croatia on BF costs about 20usd ,seem like good deal now price is about 30usd

@OneMarcFifty

2 жыл бұрын

Awesome - many thanks for your feedback!

Great work!

@OneMarcFifty

Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much.

Good to see you posting vids again, Marc. I bought one of these routers after your vid. Price was about $42 USD

@OneMarcFifty

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Vince, many thanks ;-)

Such a great content 😊.

@OneMarcFifty

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much;-)

I was in the network security field; worked for an outfit many years ago. I've always been against cloud control since the early days. I'm a network engineer now, so for me it's first/second-nature. I use locally controlled everything, with knockd to only open ports to specific /32 addresses as long as the knock sequence is complete (which prune every 24 hours). I follow this by a limit for the knock and dummy ports to lock the system (like honeypot). I also have some "cloud", that I've stuck behind another firewall and don't allow network connectivity out of my home network with strict -J DROP. This makes it a nuisance to try and use IoT apps, but that's fine for me.(TUYA has been replaced by tasmota) Home network is further secured from non-established connections to these devices to prevent any scanning or future devices being added to this "MZ" network.

@OneMarcFifty

2 жыл бұрын

Many thanks for your feedback!

22:00 "At least to the vast majority of you" Hahahaha incredible, literally rolling on the floor laughing!

@maciejmizgalski6112

2 жыл бұрын

Maybe he was a doner 😉

I will look forward to the video referring to this router's mesh network, I am grateful for your videos, Thank you!

@OneMarcFifty

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Emerson, many thanks for the feedback. I have just published it today ;-)

Cooooool! The pronunciation is quite good! There is only 16 MB flash of R4A Gigabit. So better choose Xiaomi or Redmi AC2100 which include the same CPU MTK7621 & much more flash with 128MB.

@OneMarcFifty

2 жыл бұрын

Xie xie Vincent ;-) I'll have a look at those !

thx, great video. please do the mesh over openwrt video

@OneMarcFifty

2 жыл бұрын

Will do 😉

I am using one of these as an AP. I get peaks of about 400Mbps download over 5GHz 802.11ac, and average between 100 and 300 Mbps, with -40dB RSSI (iperf3). The coverage is good, much improved over my two previous WiFi repeaters (a DLink and a Asus RP-N12), and supports over 16 devices all over my two floors.

@OneMarcFifty

2 жыл бұрын

Great feedback, many thanks Miguel!

TY for the excellent content you always provide. Ans.1 Yes use lots of IOT services 15+ since i use a smartphone!!! Can we control our phones phone home and at the same time use all services they provide? Yes i know we can do so... but then..? there is lot of hard work to be done to establish etc for GPS service as maps or fitness tracking. So many to talk about it. Ans.2 Privacy...so far at least 15+ people on the world know exactly whats happening in my house but mostly outside ;-) its fine to me that a Chinese guy know what time i switch on my lamp switch..and another know whats happening outdoors from my camera... but we talk for different people who can have access. Combining all these services under one authority..that makes me terrified and if this authority called Government we are doomed. Lots to talk about it. Ans3. IOT routers already established. Since there is no sniffing or other processes that also would blow CPU usage as some of the internet usage too... i am fine with that! for the same above reasons spoken above. (cheap devices.. i don't believe could be used to monitor peoples privacy that could pass unnoticed. Everything - traffic is encrypted nowadays. The only thing i hope is that these companies offer IOT take good care of protecting our Data first and privacy second.

I was looking for a router that works well with some open source FW because I don't like calling home or potential backdoors, and I want timely security updates. It so happened that this router was highly recommended on some list (was it even yours). For a small home network it seems to fit the bill perfectly. I got it for less than half the price you quoted in the video, but that must've been a special deal. I think I decided that OpenWRT is the FW I want to got with after watching your video. It was only after that that I started looking at suitable HW. Btw, I believe that the first 'i' in Xiaomi is supposed to be skipped over. Otherwise it sounds good to my ear.

@OneMarcFifty

2 жыл бұрын

Many thanks for sharing;-)

You’re the man, Marc!

@OneMarcFifty

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks mate!

Well explained , i really would like to have an easy explanation about the protection efficacity of routers , thank you

@OneMarcFifty

2 жыл бұрын

Many thanks Likaa - by protection efficacity you mean if it is actually possible to break into a device from the outside?

After a long time ... Great.

@OneMarcFifty

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah - I have been very busy… glad you like it!

I dont have a Xiaomi router and I wont buy it eityer. Yet I am watching this at 7.30 in the morning hoping to learn something new. Your videos are such informative. Keep up the good work, Marc

@OneMarcFifty

2 жыл бұрын

Many thanks for your feedback ;-)

what a comprehensive take down!!

@OneMarcFifty

2 жыл бұрын

Many thanks - I am happy that you like it ;-)

This is one of the best channels for openwrt and networking in general.

@OneMarcFifty

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much ;-)

A 24 min video for a 25 EUR router. Really worth the money, thank you!

@OneMarcFifty

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the feedback ;-)

thanks for your hard work it's clearly that xiaomi collect data 👍👍

@OneMarcFifty

Жыл бұрын

Oh yes - and they do tell you so. So from that perspective - they don't do anything wrong ;-)

@OneMarcFifty Thank you very much Marc. I have been actively following your channel and also Im part of your discord channel. This video was extremely useful and I love the way you take time and explain stuff. I have been using 3 of these at home and have set up a WDS and a MESH connection as the 2nd router doesn't have a backup power connection and if there is a power-cut the 3rd and the 1st connect using MESH temporarily. Waiting for your guide on setting up the MESH on this router. Cheers!!

@OneMarcFifty

2 жыл бұрын

Many thanks for your feedback!!

Thanks for the good video. I bought a Second hand one for even lower price and flashed openwrt. For whom facing Broken Pipe in idle connections with the used of this router, please disable Software Offloading.

@OneMarcFifty

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing !

Didn't watch this video, but thanks to you i flashed my router with openwrt a week or two ago and solved so much problem i had with original router's firmware. And after that you releasing video about my router's model. Holy cow.

@OneMarcFifty

2 жыл бұрын

Hey Alexey - I am glad that I could help you solve the challenges that you encountered!

thank you

@OneMarcFifty

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Abdull, you're welcome!

Hi Sir, I was looking for a video like this many thanks for the video. I'm not good at this networking. I'm also having a doubt here. Could you please tell me the that, if I connect 2 devices in to LAN port and tranfer data between them. I can get data transfer speed nearly 1000mbps? Or it will be shared between both devices? I could see the swtich test speed but didn't understood.

Hey there! Thanks for the video. It is really helpful and I appreciate the quality of the production. It is a delicacy to enjoy. I am considering getting a router with OpenWRT support. I have a 35/8 VDSL connection so bufferbloat is a great concern of mine. I will use SQM and ad blocking packages with the openwrt. However, I couldnt choose between Archer C7 and Xiaomi 4A. Is there a marginal difference between them to justify the price difference in a tight budget? Thanks a lot.

@OneMarcFifty

2 жыл бұрын

The Xiaomi has the stronger CPU. I would probably prefer it for that scenario if you can live with the limitations ( number of Ethernet ports, no wall mount etc.)

@sahismaylxtai8071

2 жыл бұрын

@@OneMarcFifty Many thanks.

I Had issues with my router r4ac crashed at least 2-3 times daily. After installing openWRT works perfectly

@OneMarcFifty

Жыл бұрын

Awesome, thanks for sharing!

HI MArk!!! I'm glad to wath your videos!!! cna you make a control parental filtering on openwrt. I would like to know the options. Firewall filters or DNS filters could be nice. Thanks!

@OneMarcFifty

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Sid, many thanks for the feedback. I have taken note of your suggestions.

Very good!

great content

@OneMarcFifty

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

Marc I saw the mesh video on this router, would you build a mesh network entirely made of 4a units? or it can't work as the main one and just as "dumb" APs?

I'm still waiting for you to do an openwrt install on a routerboard RBM11G which has one PCI port, two serial board connections, and one POE lan port. Shell setup of a server to hand out IP addresses and some testing! Love your video's.

@OneMarcFifty

2 жыл бұрын

The router is sleeping in a carton box together with a banana pi r64 and an aPU4d board - waiting for me to take it out and make that video ;-(

Hey Marc nice content as always. i have few of these devices flashed with WRT. The one currently i use is XIaomi R3p. Could you make a test with this?

@OneMarcFifty

2 жыл бұрын

I’ll give it a thought 😉

I know this is a bit late but I am working on a platform that controls devices from the cloud. However, I myself wouldn't want to operate in this fashion. We have a lot of users who wouldn't even understand logging into their router and making any changes. Either they are too nervous or just don't want that complication in their life. Most people are very comfortable using a mobile app that has very simple instructions and alerts. "Your Internet is not currently available, please do X, Y or Z." "There was a few requests for adult content today from this device..." I think you get my point. You, like many of those who watch your wonderful videos are very technical in nature and can grasp the finer points of network security and network configuration. Simplifying it for those who can't seems to be a good trade off for them. How many iPhones or Android phone are roaming around the planet, right?

@OneMarcFifty

2 жыл бұрын

I think that you are absolutely right. It is always a trade-off between privacy and control over your devices on one side and ease of use or comfort on the other side. I think the key differentiator is whether you trust a provider or not. Or alternatively - if you do understand the implications. Many thanks for your feedback!

Awesome one.

@OneMarcFifty

2 жыл бұрын

Many thanks !

Hi marc thanks for information you share. I have 2 question Did you find a way to enable QOS in hardware offload? And is wireless coverage difference between orginal and openwrt?

@OneMarcFifty

Жыл бұрын

Hi, I haven't followed up on this further for the moment - I would really need to have some spare time for that ;-(

Great video. Yesterday I was looking for a new router for my brother. I wonder between Netgaer r6220 and Xiaomi 4A GE. The price is very similar. Netgear is MEdiaTek with single core, Xiaomi MediaTek too, but with dual core. Like You've said without USB and only with too LAN ports. Netgear have USB and 4 LAN ports.

@OneMarcFifty

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, it’s a pitty that they did not put a dual core inside - it has more ports, usb and more RAM…

@marcinalagor9782

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, it's a pitty. But I was reading, the Netgear is a good choice to ISP bellow 0.5 Gb.

@OneMarcFifty 14:15 Personally I do not use any IoT devices, that I access outside of the home network. I do find that it is a double-edged sword, and there are some things you can do to make it more secure, as I am sure you are aware.

@OneMarcFifty

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the feedback! Double edged sword- that’s exactly how I feel - you get tremendous advantages but you potentially pay a price for the comfort you get - I guess it’s just a fact in life - there is no free lunch ;-)

Marc: What do you think about creating a video where you run x86 OpenWRT as a VM in Proxmox or KVM which itself is running on one of those nice, power-efficient MiniPCs you showed earlier. Proxmox/KVM connects to the WAN or modem and routes the traffic to the rest of the system/nodes

@OneMarcFifty

2 жыл бұрын

I kind of did that already in the MPTCP lab videos - the edge router is an OpenWrt VM ;-)

Great video. Learned some linux stuff. Have xiaomi redmi ac2100 and it has some issues with builtin openwrt drivers. Is there any tips how to get drivers from original firmware and install it to openwrt?

Hi Marc, very nice video! One general question: which software are you using for making your animations (eg. at minute 10:24)? Is that software free? If not, is there any free software that you could suggest? Thanks Massimo

@OneMarcFifty

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Massimo, I am using Sparkol Videoscribe. It is not free unfortunately.

@massimogiussani4493

2 жыл бұрын

@@OneMarcFifty Thank you Marc! I will have a look

Hey little tip: reduce the light shone on the greenscreen to minimize the amount of green light reflecting on the back of your head :)

@OneMarcFifty

2 жыл бұрын

Great advice- many thanks - I’ll give it a shot in the next video!

You pronounced Xiaomi better than 99% of the KZreadrs out there 👍🏻

@OneMarcFifty

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you ;-)

Yes, the One is back! :-)

@OneMarcFifty

2 жыл бұрын

I told you guys I’ll be back 😂

I actually have the same router nice!

@OneMarcFifty

2 жыл бұрын

Great - thanks for the feedback ;-)

Hi, Marc! I'm going to put an OpenWrt router after the ISP's fiber router (thanks for your videos, it really helps a lot). Unfortunately, the ISP doesn't allow Bridge mode on their modem router (I think a lot of people have the same restriction from the ISP side). So, the question is what is the best mode for the 2nd OpenWrt router: a) to use a "Router" mode (but to deal with the dual NAT). OR b) to use it in "dumb AP" mode (but as exception to enable/configure firewall on AP). P.S> I saw your previous comments that you're using option "a" in your home network (your home network starts after the ISP's NAT), but could you please share a feedback what the issues you faced with dual NAT? Thank you.

@OneMarcFifty

2 жыл бұрын

Actually I don’t have any issues with double NAT - I even do IGMP proxying on the second (OpenWrt) router in order to stream iptv

In general I don't want my iot devices to phone home. It is certainly a consideration when buying things. I avoid items which require cloud to function, and don't function when isolated. So unfortunately no echo/alexa/google assistants here in my house even though I would appreciate the functionality. For a wifi router I see no use to be able to config it from the internet ofr my personal situation, hence I switched it off (unifi). I do appreciate the feature is available and can be switched on/off as desired.

@OneMarcFifty

2 жыл бұрын

Great feedback, many thanks Marcel. I agree, if you can decide to switch it on or off that’s the best situation!

Yes, I too am concerned about IOT devices, 'smart' TVs that don't get updates and the sort. I don't want a cloud-connected refrigerator, dishwasher, coffee machine, etc.

@OneMarcFifty

Жыл бұрын

MAny thanks for your feedback !

Hi, 9:46 is there a way to prevent this router to "phone home" without flashing it? Maybe to kill those extra processes or block specific addresses/ports on the router config side, that are meant to "phone home"? or that is not guaranteed and some of the router processes may open another port again?

@OneMarcFifty

Жыл бұрын

Hi, why would you want to do that ? What's the benefit of keeping the original firmware ?

@AntKardano

Жыл бұрын

@@OneMarcFifty i think the original firmware has better wifi performance due to using better drivers. I was looking to try and use closed source drivers on openwrt but with no luck

@OneMarcFifty

Жыл бұрын

Yes - true - the proprietary driver has MU-MIMo and so on…

@OneMarcFifty

Жыл бұрын

I’d do a netstat and kill everything that has open network connections (like the mqtt process)

I have installed openwrt 21 on my xiomi 4a gigbit version. 5ghz band speed is not more 100mbps... are there any setting to change?

@OneMarcFifty

2 жыл бұрын

Hmmm... difficult to say from a distance without further information. Might be worth checking the Ethernt speed - maybe it goes to 100 MBps ? Where do you connect it to ? Does your switch do 1 GBps as well ?

Marc, would you know if the V3 currently being sold is still compatible with openwrt and easy to flash? There is a big warning on the device's openwrt page, that got me unsure if it's still a good buy even for an extender.

@OneMarcFifty

2 жыл бұрын

No sorry, I don’t have any of those - in general however - if there is a warning then chances are you will have to spend a lot more time or it will not work at all…

Thanks for your video. No, I do not use any cloud services!

@OneMarcFifty

Жыл бұрын

Hi, many thanks for the feedback ;-)

Thanks for great test. So as i understand it could be good router with QoS for small home network DSL > --- --- ---USER am i right?

@OneMarcFifty

2 жыл бұрын

Well - if you can live with the limitations then yes. Be aware that QoS under OpenWrt will need additionaal CPU. Also, the router does not have MU-MIMO, so if you have multiple Wifi clients, then there might be limitations

@maciejmizgalski6112

2 жыл бұрын

@@OneMarcFifty im just looking for some fast wired router for small network but my topology isn't good so wifi is only additional feature - mit the best one. You could prepare some tutorial Joe to design home network with nas with media server and smb. Looking forward to see more your great materiale 👍

Hi Mark. I followed your video and created a network with a pfSense firewall and 3 OpenWrt Dummy AP with these devices. Is there a way to configure VLANs without the luci menu option that is missing from the 22.03 OpenWrt. Thanks a lot for your educational videos.

@OneMarcFifty

Жыл бұрын

Hi, please see this video here for VLANs in OpenWrt 21 and above: kzread.info/dash/bejne/o5mpvNOLoauTpco.html

I've managed to get into the shell. I'm trying to back up the stock firmware, but it shows "nc: can't connect to remote host, no route to host"- Even though the IP is correct, and ping-able. What should I do?

@OneMarcFifty

Жыл бұрын

Hi, that's difficult to say from a distance. Maybe check firewall on the router and on the client ? Might be it's preventing connection ?

@rfz6234

Жыл бұрын

@@OneMarcFifty Nevermind, I've managed to get the firmware via FTP.. And OpenWRT is already installed 🤗.. Thanks anyway.. Need to explore more though, I still don't know much about networking

I’m a newbie to all this but, been reading about a security issue called the layer below attack. just because the firmware doesn’t connect to third parties, could the hardware? That is could the hardware have something built in that opens a connection to a third party at some time? Could openwrt be set to look for this and alarm the user if such activity was detected?

@OneMarcFifty

2 жыл бұрын

Well, the firmware (i.e. the layer below the drivers and the OS) could actually do that - and/or it could be vulnerable to a yet unknown attack. Probably difficult to detect and remediate without knowledge of the source code…

It seems that the new models have the EN25QX128 chip and until a few months ago openwrt could not be installed, this week I will buy a model and I think it is already possible according to what I see on github, do you know if this is possible?

@OneMarcFifty

Жыл бұрын

From what I see in the ToH openwrt.org/inbox/toh/xiaomi/xiaomi_mi_router_4a_gigabit_edition they say it’s not possible. But I haven’t checked the latest dev news on that

If you can, do more on other open source IOT stuff. Thanks!

@OneMarcFifty

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Vitalik, many thanks for the feedback! Anything special on your mind ? You mean the whole ESPHome / Tasmota like things or....

@vkltube

2 жыл бұрын

@@OneMarcFifty Yeah, I have not heard of Tashmota before. Anything that has to do with home assistant/automation, and how to securely connecting IOT devices to home network. Thanks!

Yeah, i like everything to be local. That is why i like openwrt, tasmota, home assistent, ... Why must there be cloud connection? For my next router, i will probably go for a virtual machine combined with local dedicated (mesh) wifi ... Or like youtuber Novaspirit Tech a raspberry pi. BTW i was just thinking on openwrt mesh when you proposed it yourself. Great minds do think alike :). Please do a video because this solution can be far cheaper (and performant with DPI) than UNIFI ... KUTGV!

@OneMarcFifty

2 жыл бұрын

Many thanks for your feedback! I have been so curious to try out mesh ever since I started this channel - I think I need to give it a go very soon ;-)