= HowTo Configurazione TpLink Step By Step =

''by Alepad e Clauz''

This howto explains how to configure an OpenWrt enabled tp-link wr1043nd device to support the connections to both a community network with private IP addresses such as ninux.org and to an Internet Service Provider which also makes use of the private IPv4 space (such as Fastweb in Italy). 

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== Requirements ==

Modalità Wi-Fi “n”: it’s not enabled

Model: TPLINK TL-WR1033ND

Firmware Flash updrage from: downloads.openwrt.org (DO NOT GO IN OTHER PLACES !!)

IP Default: 
192.168.1.1 (admin, admin)

Browsers Certified: Firefox and IE9

DEfintion: ISP Router

Internal Router

Device Phisiscal Configuration

WAN: to Connect to Public ISP
LAN1: VLAN for Direct to ISP Device Connectio (Eg. Peer to Peer out of Ninux !)
LAN2: Free for Pc inside Ninux
LAN3: Free for Pc Inside Ninux
LAN4: Ninux Ponte Radio Antenna/Router

INIZIALIZATION AND FIRMWARE UPGRADE

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openwrt-ar71xx-tl-wr1043nd-v1-squashfs-factory.bin

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BEFORE UPGRADE CHECK YOUR BATTERY AND POWER !!!!

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DO NOT UNPLUG CABLES OR POWERS !!!!!!

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Username: root

Pwd: no password

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Change your password in a group password “…….” (please share your password with NOC)

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Click “Save and Apply”

Networking: Attach Network Cable coming from “ISP Router” to the Internal Router “WAN” Port (e.g. TPLink)

If your ISP ha DHCP, your Internet connection must be enabled !!

Test: Ping 

www.repubblica.it

 or 

www.ansa.it

 or open your browser to “news.google.com” (If the web page doesn’t come out, please disable Browser Proxy settings)

INSTALL ADDITIONAL SOFTWARE (UPDATE PACKAGE LIST)

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Click “Update Package List”

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The word “Updated List…..” represents the complete download.

Find “OLSRD” 
(Use Find/Search in the browser !!)

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Click “Install”

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“
Configuring OLSRD” = Completed !

Check it:

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Good!

Install OSLD Grafic Interface “Luci-App-OLSRD”

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Clcik “Install”

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“
Configuring Luci-App-Olsrd” = Completed

Check if the Graphic Interface is enabled in the following tab:

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Good !

BE CAREFUL: DO NOT START THE OLSRD Daemon/Service WITHOUT COMPLETING THE CONFIGURATION DESCRIBED BELOW

Install &quot;olsrd-mod-httpinfo”

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Install “olsrd-mod-dyn-gw”

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Install “Mini-SNMPD”

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Install “IPTRAF”

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Check/Test:

Be careful: This command sometime disabled the Wi-Fi Service…..Reboot the device after this monitoring

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ESC for exit

Remember to reboot the device for enabling WI-Fi again !!

Install 
“IPERF”

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Install 
“TCPDUMP”

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CONFIGURATION

Network Configuration: WAN

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Check DHCP Is enabled: ok

Network Configuration: LAN-Ninux

Default configuration: to change

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New User Configuration:
IP: 
Ask for Ninux IP Address (DO NOT DO IT BY YOURSELF !!!!!!!!!!!!)

Usually IP-Ninux Address is:
10.zipcode.progressiveninuxcode.ipassignedfromninux

Gateway: 
NO Gateway (If OLSRD is enabled LEAVE IT OUT)

Example:
IP LAN-Ninux 10.139.3.50

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“
Save and Apply” and wait 1-2 minutes (Router is going to be rebooted ….)

Unplug your network cable or wi-fi for and assign a IP compatible with you LAN-Ninux Network.

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Check Internet connection on (e.g. ping, skype, browse, etc)

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DHCP Server Configuration for LAN-Ninux Computer in your Building/home/office/etc.

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DHCP Server: Unflag “Disable DHCP for…”

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“
Save and Apply”

Check DHCP Server in your Lan-Ninux:
Use your laptop computer in dhcp and test it if it works (Unplug and plug againg your cable after ip in dhcp)

Filter Useless

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Enable: 

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DNS TUNING FOR INTERNAL DNS RESOLUTION THROUGH GOOGLE

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CONFIGURATION: WI-FI

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Change in:

Enable Device:
yes
Channel: 
the empty channel (E.g. channel 4)
SSID: 

www.ninux.org

“
Save and Apply” and wait 10-20 secs

DNS FORWARDER CONFIGURATION

Add 8.8.8.8 in Dns Forwarder and “Save and Apply”

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OLSRD CONFIGURATION &amp; START

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Edit Interface

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Change the default in :

Enable: “LAN” and click only “Save” (DO NOT CLICK Save and Apply” !!!!)

HNA Announcement

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Add HNA4 (Host Network Announcement)

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“Save and Apply”

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Check OLSRD if it’s working:

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Note: Attach Network Cable for “Wi-Fi Network Ninux” in LAN4

Check if “Neighbors” is populated

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Other information in Nodes, HNA 143, Links Total are secondary checks.

CONFIGURATION: FIREWALL DISABLED

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Official Test

Open your browser to 
http://10.168.177.178/
 
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Open your browser to 
“ninuxoo.ninux.org”

Note: If it doesn’t work there is a NAT Missing problem

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(This rule enable just the Nat basic firewall rule)

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NOTE: DO NOT CLICK “Restart Firewall”

Reboot

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VLAN CONFIGURATION: ONLY FOR DIRECT CONNECTION TO ISP WITH PRIVATE NETWORK (e.g. Fastweb)

Tipical Application: peer-to-peer

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Choose Port LAN1 for VLAN Configuration with ISP (network cable: unplugged)

VLAN1: LAN
VLAN2: WAN (ISP)
Port2 (LAN1 phisical on the device)

DO NOT USE THE GUI

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Final Configiration for VLAN on LAN1:

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Press “ESC” and digit

“
:wq” (enter)

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Check/Test:

 Plug a cable on LAN1 with a Pc/Laptop with DHCP and test if this device received a ISP/Fastweb IP…and try to navigate..(Please check you don’t have a Ninux IP Address !!!!)

Reboot the device and test again !!

PUTTY: Expert Users Only

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TROUBLESHOOTING (CHAPTER 7)

Problem:” Unsaved changes”

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Analisys

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Cause

Installing OLSRD, some changes were made to the network configuration and must be “applied”

Solutions

Click “Save and Apply”

Check: “Changes: 0” (right upper corner)=&gt; ok

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PROBLEM: LOOP LOCAL

Problem:
Official Test is not working…No Ninux Internal web server are reachable

Cause:

M5 WI-FI have a “default gateway filled”

Solution: 

Default gateway: empty (No filled!)
Wi-Fi: Reboot your Antenna