OpenWRT for beginners - Full basic configuration video tutorial

[ENG sub available] In this video, we are going to walkthrough the basic of OpenWRT, how to install OpenWRT on your router and some of the basic configuration, such as PPPoE connection, AP client and how to revert back to the original firmware.

Video timestamp:
00:00 - Introduction to OpenWRT
00:50 - Reason to use OpenWRT
02:00 - Device selection guide for OpenWRT
03:10 - Download firmware and install OpenWRT
08:33 - Access OpenWRT GUI (LuCI)
11:58 - Wireless configuration - OpenWRT AP set up
15:32 - Set up a PPPoE connection with OpenWRT
20:12 - Port forwarding and Static IP on OpenWRT
23:45 - Change OpenWRT's LAN IP address
27:49 - OpenWRT as AP client
31:29 - Rollback OpenWRT to the original firmware
36:17 - Update OpenWRT via the web interface
40:28 - Install LuCI App Statistics - Network Graph Monitoring
52:50 - Final words
53:20 - Next tutorial preview - Build your own OpenWRT

Due to English is not my native language, there may be grammar or pronunciation problems. If there is anything not clear or there is any question, feel free to leave it in the comment section and we can discuss.

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[manc]

Really well done in creating your on-going OpenWRT video's!
As my router is slowly dying, I am dusting off an old PC and getting hold of a 2nd NIC, all to have a go at creating a desktop PC as a router :)
Thanks for the inspiration!

[semakof]

Amazing Infomation. It took me a long time to learn some of all these (which you provided here easily) and I still found new ones here. I wish I found this earlier. It would have save me a lot of stress. Kindly do more advance stuff for us like installation of luci-app-nft-qos, Sierra Wireless MC7455, moving the menu around, like to the left hand side, blacklist/Whitelist of MACs, etc etc. Thumbs up man.

[aguswidi]

I'm curious about OpenWRT, and this video explain it very well. Thank you

[GiuseppeTorres]

This is an excellent tutorial. I am attempting to connect "again" my BTHomeHub5, running OpenWRT 21.0.2, to my VDSL IP (Plusnet - UK), using the vdsl input into the modem/router coming from the exchange. I had managed to do it a couple of days ago, but it s quite fiddly at connecting to the net (I can sync with the exchange, but, despite following these instructions, I need to create a new dsl0.101 interface - needed by Plusnet, and I am not clear of what else it is needed in the OpenWRT settings).

[lilith]

Giọng accent Vietnoy nghe phát nhận ra ngay. Thanks bro, video rất bổ ích

[kopasz]

Great video. Helped me solve my issues in which the wiki wasn't useful.

[tecprimer]

Nice Videos, Thanks for sharing and still very relevant! You are helping me a lot as I begin my OpenWRT / OpenVPN journey!

[nathanshanmuganathan]

The explanation was very clear and easy to follow.

[vivekkashyap]

Sir can you please make a video on openwrt WISP mode Mac address change actually I'm using openwrt firmware and I was connected via wisp mode to another wifi but unfortunately my Mac address had been blocked by the another wifi router and I want to change my wisp mode Mac address (wwan) . The thing is I can able to change LAN Mac address but when I override (wwan) Mac address it will automatically set default Mac address which was blocked by another router please help me
Thank you

[DvCkStaff]

Thanks for the great video. Full of useful information about OpenWRT!!

[checkoutu]

Hello, i see you are using linux cmd, is there a way to do that same from windows10? (Through a program or cmd). The following question is how to get a certificate on the router which has to be used for connection to the internet (a hotspot which asks for certificate .pem) (there is no ethernet connection possible to the internet, no line)
Thanx in advance and nice video.

[wznzgq]

hey man, thanks a lot for this. can I leave default openwrt firewall settings? are they solid enough? thanks

[garyprice]

Hi thank you for the wonderful tutorial, I currently have a Netgear r7800 and a Archer C7 I want to set up the r7800 as my primary router then have the Archer c7 connected as an AP is this where you showed how to set up wireless AP? Sorry I am very new to this

[jbgrenouille]

Hello, I have the belkin f9k1103 router, I've wanted to install Openwrt for a long time but I can't find the way, I tried fw f9k1109 but the wifi doesn't work ... any ideas to install 3rd party firmware?

[zionsgame]

Hi sir @Van Tech Corner. Will you please make videos how to install daloradius in glinet flint 2? Would that be possible?

[PlayJewel]

17:00 i have fibre broadband and modem, but my ‘network’ in status shows ipv4 and ipv6 upstreams. And when i try to configure pppoe it says connection failed and internet dies. Without configuring pppoe default is dhcp and it works fine with it. Can u tell me in what cases should i try to configure pppoe? I want my new openwrt wifi router to handle everything and isp modem to do the least. Pls reply someone?

[mazterz]

How to change led configuration for ath71xxx i have all the following gpio to make the led on and off.

[commonlawsouthafrica]

greetings, great video, thank you, i've just finally gotten onto openwrt and noticed the latest build or release (21.02.2) has quite a few changes on its UI, i.e. setup of static IP (is that essentially the same as static routes ?), the port forwarding section, etc... also, should i enable IPv6 or not, running old generation adsl copper line at 6 Mbps (download) and 600 Kbps (upload)

[slim]

Hi. Can you show how you flashed your DIR-842 with OpenWRT? Because there is just snapshot version and no official release. So getting Luci packages to install in the DIR-842 in offline mode is a hassle for people with only 1 router. Thanks.

[leebuckley]

Hi your video is good but 1 my hub is ADSL 2 what username and password is this one that you get on the hub provided by your ISP ?