On Sat, Sep 2, 2023 at 7:57 AM tito via Dng <dng@???> wrote:
>
> On Sat, 2 Sep 2023 06:51:52 -0500
> o1bigtenor via Dng <dng@???> wrote:
>
> > Greetings
> >
> > Situation: have just moved to a new ISP - - - fiber optic direct to my
> > equipment so I'm finally done with the terrible speeds and worse
> > support on a fixed wired high speed (total misnomer) ISP.
> >
> > Router is an ASUS RTN12D1 running a variant of dd-wrt 3.0.0.4.380_8120
> > at lan ip 192.168.1.9 .
> > (Really want to relegate this m/c to working only as a wireless AP!!
> > Have been having DNS issues sporadically over the last couple weeks.
> > Usually taking a router power cycle AND me to reboot my main box so
> > that I could have web access again (wireless access would happen
> > without system reboot).)
> > Have an i5 m/c with OPNsense installed. Its telling me that its lan ip
> > is 192.168.1.208.
> > (I cannot ping this machine from my main box. Cannot get access using
> > a web portal either. Need to complete the configuration of this setup
> > and would like this to be my new router.)
> > Have a NanoPiR4S (4GB version) with OpenWRT installed but not
> > configured. Asus router says that its lap ip is 192.168.1.1 .
> > (I cannot ping this machine from my main box. Cannot get access using
> > Luci either because I cannot complete the configuration of the
> > machine.)
> > Wife's cell phone says its connected to the network but has not web access.
> > (Can see the m/c on the router - its ip address is 192.168.1.228. Can
> > ping this m/c from my main box but the times vary considerably.)
> > My cell phone is connected to the network and has web access.
> > (Can see the m/c on the router - its ip address is 192.168.1.30. Can
> > ping this m/c from my main box and the times vary considerably (not as
> > much as previous cell phone but her's is also further from the
> > router.)
> > I only have one option for internet access so when I shut down the
> > asus router - - - no web - - - so I can't troubleshoot or access
> > configuration recipes.
> >
> > So - - - - am I having all these issues because I have a number of
> > router class m/cs running all at the same time?
> > Is the asus router getting flakey?
> > (Is some software being stretched too far (dd-wrt)?)
> > These issues are about driving be crackers - - - - please anyone out
> > there with experience and ideas (besides cables not being plugged in -
> > - - tried that too).
> >
> > TIA
> >
> > (Almost thinking of writing TL;DR at the beginning!!)
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> Hi,
> An example of setup could be:
>

> fiber---> OPNSENSE router/gateway/dhcp server/firewall (192.168.1.1)
>                                      |
>                                      |_  connect to the WAN port of ->  ASUS wireless AP/ dhcp relay

>
> That way clients connected on the router and clients connected on the wireless AP will be on the same
> network 192.168.1.0 and can communicate between them. This is the simplest setup.
>
> Another example of setup could be:
>

> fiber---> OPNSENSE router/gateway/dhcp server/firewall (192.168.1.1)
>                                      |
>                                      |_  connect to the WAN port  of ->  ASUS wireless AP (192.168.2.1)/dhcp server

>
> That way clients connected to the router and clients connected to wireless AP will be on different networks
> 192.168.1.0 and 192.168.2.0 and could be separated if desired depending on firewall rules.
>
> I would go for example n° 1 KISS.
>
> So first connect your box to the OPNSENSE box and set it up to be 192.168.1.1.
> If you want your box to have always the same IP address reserve a range of
> ip addresses in the dhcp setup for static assigned ip addresses or use the
> bind ip to mac feature.
> When you can easily access the OPNSENSE box web interface connect
> the fiber to the OPENSENSE WAN port and setup and test connection.
> Then connect the ASUS wireless WAN PORT the a OPENSENSE LAN port.
> If you can access the ASUS web interface set ip up as DHCP relay,
> otherwise connect directly to a ASUS LAN port to set it up.
> WIFI settings could stay the same.
> Hope that I did not forget any essential step (but I probably have)
> and that it helps you somehow.
>
>
Thank you mr Tito

I am leaning toward your option #2 - - - yes more likelihood for headaches but
also much less chance for cross talk between the different devices.

My problem is this - - - - I cannot finish the configuration of the opnsense
device - - - can't reach it on my network at this time.

(That's why the desperation email - - - grin!
At present to get internet access I have unplugged connections to both of the
other possible routing boxen - - - argh - - - how do I configure them not having
complete configurations memorized?)

Any ideas on how to make the opnsense device available on the existing network
to complete configuration?

TIA