u/senpaiinduhsheets

Reset OpenWRT to use as router and not internet on devices

I'm trying to use a freshly installed OpenWRT on a Netgear r6900v2 on 25.12.2. It works when I use a pfsense box, but if I connect my WAN to the Netgear it doesn't give me internet access.

Working configuration: WAN -> PFsense WAN port -> PFsense LAN port -> Netgear WAN and LAN port

Non-working configuration: WAN -> Netgear WAN port

I have not made any changes not even updated the root password to the device. I definitely missed something reading through the wiki, but I'm trying to see what I missed here trying to get this to work. If I missed anything let me know and I'll look into it more.

Edit: Changing the MAC address to match the PFsense box fixed the issue. To edit the MAC address for OpenWrt I went to Network -> Interfaces -> Devices tab and from there I edited the MAC address. I got the MAC address for PFsense on the interfaces page.

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u/senpaiinduhsheets — 2 days ago