I bought the JINGDOU Cloud 2.0, which the seller had pre-flashed with Uboot, for a slightly higher price than the original firmware. Before flashing the OpenWRT firmware, I conducted a simple speed test using a Xiaomi 4C at points C and D to compare the results. The original firmware lacks features and wireless settings; it … Read more
While browsing through old items, I found a second-hand router I bought back in college. It can be seen that its condition is already quite worn, reminiscent of battle damage. After all, it was a second-hand item bought many years ago, and I couldn’t bear to throw it away despite moving multiple times, which has … Read more
NO.1 Docker Compose Recommended version of OpenWrt comes with Docker by default Docker version is 24.0.7 Click on System – Terminal Enter your username and password Command line to check Docker version docker –version Installing Docker Compose requires a terminal Reference Article 《OpenWrt Router (NanoPi For NAS All In One R4S): Setting up SSH and … Read more
NO.1 Content Correction First, the firmware recommended in the previous article needs to be corrected. Reference Article <<OpenWrt Router (NanoPi For NAS All In One R2S): Firmware Installation and Expansion (Squashfs)>> The author sirpdboy provides a free version of the firmware, which can install Docker and Docker Compose, but cannot install Dockerd. Therefore, you can … Read more
NO.1 Introduction to Portainer GitHub Address https://github.com/portainer/portainer NO.2 Installing Portainer Official Docker Documentation https://docs.portainer.io/start/install-ce/server/docker/linux Create a docker-compose.yml Configuration File Since we are not using the Baota panel here, we will use the command line to create it vi docker-compose.yml You can see the file editing page Press ‘i’ to enter editing mode Right-click to copy … Read more
NO.1 Pi Hole Note: This Pi Hole deployment on OpenWrt was successful, but it failed to work. DNS filtering only works within OpenWrt, and there is no data reflected on other clients. Therefore, after this deployment, the R5C will prioritize resolving the wireless card issue, and other plugins and Docker applications will be postponed. I … Read more
CHH ID: QYE Recently, I upgraded my soft router. I remember that the last time I posted a tutorial on building a soft router was back in 2019. At first, I thought there was no need to post anything since I was just tinkering with the hardware. However, the original post has been archived and … Read more
Introduction In OpenWRT development, we may encounter the requirement to convert some network devices from wireless to wired. We can achieve this by adding a network port driver inside the device. Here, we introduce a simple and straightforward method: remove the DHCP function from LAN, and bridge WiFi and LAN to realize the wireless to … Read more
Many people ask if there is a plugin for OpenWrt application filtering that can be installed. I have replied to many users, but later I couldn’t keep up with the replies and clearly stated in the project that it is not supported, because it is too troublesome to be compatible with various OpenWrt versions, and … Read more
What is OpenWrt? OpenWrt is commonly found in third-party firmware for wireless routers (soft routers). It is an efficient, reliable, and feature-rich router firmware. OpenWrt can be described as an embedded Linux distribution. (The mainstream router firmware includes dd-wrt, tomato, openwrt, and padavan.) Compared to a single, static system, OpenWrt’s package management provides a fully … Read more