Manual Basic Setup

Basic Setup

Location: Connection → Basic

This is the main page for configuring how your router connects to the internet (WAN), how it serves your local network (LAN), and your WiFi. It's the first page most people need after flashing.

Configure Device As

• Gateway (Default) — the normal mode: the router connects to your ISP and serves DHCP/routing to your LAN.
• Wireless Bridge/Repeater — turns the router into a WiFi extender/bridge for an existing network instead of a standalone gateway. Switching to or from this mode triggers a full router reboot on save, since it fundamentally changes how the device operates.

Wireless Bridge/Repeater fields (only shown in that mode)

Bridge IP (must be outside the AP's subnet) and the target AP/Gateway IP + subnet mask, a WAN Ethernet Port choice (Disable / Bridge to LAN), DNS server source, a connection mode (Client Bridge or WDS), Repeater enable/disable, operation mode/channel width/transmit power for the radio, the SSID to Join (with a Scan button), the SSID to Broadcast, encryption/password for the repeated network, and — for WDS mode specifically — the other device's WDS MAC address(es).

Internet / WAN

Connect Via selects your WAN connection type: DHCP (Wired), PPPoE (Wired), Static IP (Wired), DHCP (Wireless), Static IP (Wireless), USB Modem (several sub-types: ppp/QMI/NCM/MBIM/HiLink/iPhone), or Disabled. The fields shown below change based on this choice:

• DHCP — shows your Current IP and Current Lease Expires, with DHCP Renew / DHCP Release buttons.
• PPPoE — User Name, Password, Reconnect Mode (Connect On Demand / Keep Alive), Max Idle Time, Failed Pings Before Reconnect, Ping Interval.
• Static IP — Static IP, Subnet Mask, Gateway.
• USB Modem — Service type, Device (with a Scan button), Pincode, Mobile ISP, APN, and optional username/password.

Other WAN options on this panel: WAN Ethernet Port (Disable/Bridge to LAN), Custom MAC Address, Custom MTU, WAN Multi-VLAN tagging, and "Drop Ping From WAN Side" (blocks ICMP echo requests arriving from the internet). A separate IPv6 sub-panel offers the same DHCPv6/Static/Disabled choice for your IPv6 WAN connection.

Local Network / LAN

Router IP, Subnet Mask, and Gateway for your LAN. An IPv6 section lets you add/remove router addresses, set a Prefix Assignment Mask, an optional Sub-prefix, and an optional Router Host ID.

DNS Servers lets you choose what DNS your LAN clients are pointed at: your ISP's default servers, OpenDNS, Google DNS, OpenDNS FamilyShield (content filtering), Quad9, Cloudflare, or your own custom servers. Two related checkboxes: allow NameCoin/OpenNIC resolution, and force clients to use the router's DNS servers (prevents a device from configuring its own DNS and bypassing whatever you've set here).

Wireless

Wireless Mode is the overall radio mode: Access Point (AP), AP+WDS, Client, Client+AP, or Disabled.

Per-band (2.4GHz/5GHz) settings include Operation Mode (e.g. G+N+AX for 2.4GHz, A+N+AC+AX for 5GHz), Channel Width, Transmit Power, and Wireless Channel — channels in the DFS (Dynamic Frequency Selection) range come with a warning that the router must scan 60 seconds for radar signals before transmitting, and may switch channels or stay silent if any are detected.

A Wireless MAC Filter lets you allow-list or deny-list specific MAC addresses; note this applies even in client mode, where you must remember to allow the MAC of the AP you're connecting to.

For an Access Point: SSID (separate fields per band), Encryption (None, WPA3/WPA2 SAE/PSK mixed, WPA3 SAE, WPA2 PSK, WPA PSK, OWE, or WPA/WPA2 RADIUS for enterprise auth), Password, Fast Roaming (802.11r) with a Roaming Key you can auto-generate, Broadcast SSID toggle, and Wireless Client Isolation (stops connected devices from seeing each other). See Independent WiFi Encryption Per Band for running different encryption/passwords on 2.4GHz vs 5GHz.

Guest Network

A separate toggle enables a Guest Network with its own SSID (per band), encryption, password, Fast Roaming, broadcast, and client isolation settings — plus an Assign to VLAN option that ties the guest network to one of your LAN VLAN Manager VLANs instead of the Default LAN. This is also the network the Captive Portal feature gates.

Saving changes

Most saves on this page apply immediately via a background request. Two things trigger a full reboot-and-reconnect cycle instead: switching between Gateway and Bridge mode, and any change to your LAN IP address (since your browser has to follow the router to its new address either way). In both cases the page shows a "please wait" message and polls the router until it comes back, then reloads automatically.

See also

• WAN Multi-VLAN
• LAN VLAN Manager
• Captive Portal