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Conceptually, it's fairly easy to understand - nftables, relayd, likely some firewall application.

However, is it as simple as configuring the WAN port as the WiFi interface and leaving it at that? Note that I'm not bothered about double NAT since I won't be opening any ports, and the main router cannot be touched.

I do want my own SSIDs, my VLANs, control over the firewall etc. Basically, my own network space. If anyone has done this/has an idea of the problems I might run into, please do comment!

Appreciate the help!

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (5 children)

Do you even need relayd? I think relayd is for extending the existing NAT, i.e. a wireless bridge operation. At least that's how I utilized it in a previous setup. If you want to have your own NAT, I think it's enough to just connect to the upstream wireless network as a client. Not sure if you have to designate the wireless interface as WAN or not.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (2 children)

How would you do this? What would be the steps you take to create a double NAT + Firewall + DHCP server with the OpenWRT router behind the main router?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I think you basically need to do this. I see it mentions the wifi interface becoming WAN too.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago
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