Hi All,
I'm a complete beginner with no technical knowledge. Been struggling for the past 6 hours with this / been unsuccessful with what I can find.
I have a Netgear X4S (R7800) and a TalkTalk Router/Modem combo. I was using the X4S (Wan Port) connected to TalkTalk Router (Lan Port). I was having lots of issues with AirPlay for the past 4+ years, so wanted to explore custom firmware. I read that Open WRT might get around this issue.
I installed Open WRT on the R7800 (openwrt-22.03.3-ipq806x-generic-netgear_r7800-squashfs-factory) using the routerlogin.net GUI.
I was able to get the WiFi / local network set up by connecting my Mac to the R7800 with LAN cable and going to 192.168.1.1. I set the SSIDs (2.4 and 5ghz) & passwords to be same as before; LAN seems to work - i can do things like AirPlay music from my Mac to my speakers.
However, I cannot get any internet connection and nor have I been able to work it out. R7800 WAN <-> TalkTalk Router Lan.
I did try R7800 LAN <-> TalkTalk Router LAN. This gave an intermittent internet connection to devices connected to the R7800 and meant 192.168.1.1 would flip between Open WRT interface and the TalkTalk interface. Totally unusable.
I changed IP of 'LAN' on Open WRT from 192.168.1.1 to 192.168.111.1 (having read this as a suggestion somewhere). Now I can't access the Open WRT GUI at all and I'm clueless here.
Requesting help / what do I do?
I'm a complete beginner with no technical knowledge. Been struggling for the past 6 hours with this / been unsuccessful with what I can find.
I have a Netgear X4S (R7800) and a TalkTalk Router/Modem combo. I was using the X4S (Wan Port) connected to TalkTalk Router (Lan Port). I was having lots of issues with AirPlay for the past 4+ years, so wanted to explore custom firmware. I read that Open WRT might get around this issue.
I installed Open WRT on the R7800 (openwrt-22.03.3-ipq806x-generic-netgear_r7800-squashfs-factory) using the routerlogin.net GUI.
I was able to get the WiFi / local network set up by connecting my Mac to the R7800 with LAN cable and going to 192.168.1.1. I set the SSIDs (2.4 and 5ghz) & passwords to be same as before; LAN seems to work - i can do things like AirPlay music from my Mac to my speakers.
However, I cannot get any internet connection and nor have I been able to work it out. R7800 WAN <-> TalkTalk Router Lan.
I did try R7800 LAN <-> TalkTalk Router LAN. This gave an intermittent internet connection to devices connected to the R7800 and meant 192.168.1.1 would flip between Open WRT interface and the TalkTalk interface. Totally unusable.
I changed IP of 'LAN' on Open WRT from 192.168.1.1 to 192.168.111.1 (having read this as a suggestion somewhere). Now I can't access the Open WRT GUI at all and I'm clueless here.
Requesting help / what do I do?