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--- devices:netgear_r6260_openwrt [2020/11/11 07:30] – Sean Rhone
+++ devices:netgear_r6260_openwrt [2022/12/12 02:25] (current) – Sean Rhone
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 ====== Information ======
-  * NETGEAR R6260 ((https://www.netgear.com/home/products/networking/wifi-routers/R6260.aspx))
+  * [[https://www.netgear.com/home/products/networking/wifi-routers/R6260.aspx|NETGEAR R6260]]
-  * OpenWrt ((https://openwrt.org)) ((https://openwrt.org/toh/netgear/netgear_r6260))
+  * [[https://openwrt.org|OpenWrt]]
+  * [[https://openwrt.org/toh/netgear/r6260|OpenWrt Device Page]]
+  * [[https://openwrt.org/releases/snapshot|Snapshot]]
-====== Snapshot ======
+===== Notes =====
-==== sysupgrade ====
+  * 2021/04/28: Dropping invalid packets (firewall) causes an Oculus Quest 2 to not load it's own store/home page
+  * 2021/06/14: Enabling ''Use broadcast flag'' causes WAN not to work (Comcast/Xfinity)
+  * 2021/06/29: Enabling ''802.11w Management Frame Protection'' on 2.4GHz caused a NC200 to not be able to connect
+  * Stock firmware reports ''d(149)+p(153)+d(157)+d(161)'' for 5GHz channels with ''153'' selected and ''11(P)+7(S)'' for 2.4GHz with ''11'' selected
-  * This downloads the latest ''sysupgrade.bin'' directly and installs it
+====== Snapshot ======
-  rm -f '/tmp/sysupgrade.img' && sync && sysupgrade --force -n -v 'https://downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/targets/ramips/mt7621/openwrt-ramips-mt7621-netgear_r6260-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin'
+==== Links ====
-===== Date Check =====
+  * ''ramips/mt7621''
-  * https://downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/targets/ramips/mt7621/
+  * [[https://downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/targets/ramips/mt7621/openwrt-ramips-mt7621-netgear_r6260-squashfs-factory.img|factory.bin]]
+  * [[https://downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/targets/ramips/mt7621/openwrt-ramips-mt7621-netgear_r6260-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin|sysupgrade.bin]]
-===== Download =====
+==== sysupgrade ====
-==== OpenWRT ====
+  * This downloads the latest ''sysupgrade.bin'' and installs it
-  * ''ramips/mt7621''
+  ssh root@192.168.1.1
-  rm -f '/tmp/netgear_r6260-sysupgrade-snapshot.bin' && wget -O '/tmp/netgear_r6260-sysupgrade-snapshot.bin' 'https://downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/targets/ramips/mt7621/openwrt-ramips-mt7621-netgear_r6260-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin'
+  rm -f '/tmp/sysupgrade.img' && sync && sysupgrade --force -n -v 'https://downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/targets/ramips/mt7621/openwrt-ramips-mt7621-netgear_r6260-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin'
-=== SSL Support ===
+  rm -Rf ~/'.ssh' && ping '192.168.1.1'
-  * :!: If ''wget'' fails because of missing SSL support, run this
+  del %UserProfile%"\.ssh\known_hosts" && ping -t "192.168.1.1"
-  opkg update && opkg install 'libustream-mbedtls'
+===== Packages =====
-===== Install =====
+  * [[https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-user/luci/luci.essentials|LuCI]] ((snapshot images don't include LuCI, so it needs installed on **every** clean snapshot install))
-  * ''-n'' doesn't save old config
+  ssh root@192.168.1.1
-  * ''--force'' forces the flash
-  * ''-v'' more verbose
-  ssh 'root'@'192.168.1.1'
+  sync && passwd
-  sysupgrade --force -n -v '/tmp/netgear_r6260-sysupgrade-snapshot.bin'
+  opkg update && opkg install luci && sync
-===== LuCI =====
+====== LuCI ======
-  * https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-user/luci/luci.essentials
+  * http://192.168.1.1
-  * :!: Snapshot images don't include LuCI, so it needs installed on **every** clean snapshot install
-  ssh 'root'@'192.168.1.1'
+===== DHCP =====
-  opkg update && opkg install 'luci'
+  * Network -> Interfaces -> LAN -> DHCP Server -> Limit
-===== Configure =====
-  * https://192.168.1.1
+===== DNS =====
-==== Quad9 DNS ====
+==== Notes ====
-  * https://quad9.net
+  * This advertises an upstream DNS server directly to clients instead of the router
+  * https://1.1.1.1/dns/
   * See [[notes:dns_servers|DNS servers]] for other DNS servers
-<code>2620:fe::fe</code>
+==== IPv4 ====
-<code>2620:fe::9</code>
-<code>9.9.9.9</code>
-<code>149.112.112.112</code>
-==== Wireless ====
+  * Network -> Interfaces -> LAN -> DHCP Server -> Advanced Settings -> DHCP-Options
+  * :!: The ''6,'' is intentional (([[https://old.reddit.com/r/openwrt/comments/hr6xig/how_to_set_openwrt_to_use_1111_dns_for_example/fylsewz/?context=3|Reddit]], [[https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc2132#section-3.8|RFC 2132]]))
-<code>The Crossroads (2.4GHz)</code>
+<code>6,1.1.1.1,1.0.0.1</code>
-<code>Highgate (5GHz)</code>
-====== Recovery ======
+=== IPs ===
-===== nmrpflash =====
+<code>1.1.1.1</code>
-  * https://github.com/jclehner/nmrpflash
+<code>1.0.0.1</code>
-  * :!: The 2020/11/07 OpenWRT snapshot ''factory'' image for R6260 had filesystem-related errors
+==== IPv6 ====
-  * :!: Installing the ''factory'' image on-top of stock NETGEAR firmware, and then using the ''sysupgrade'' command works fine
-  * :!: If using this, use the ''factory'' OpenWRT images
-  sudo ln -sv libpcap.so.1 /usr/lib64/libpcap.so.0.8
+  * Network -> Interfaces -> LAN -> DHCP Server -> Advanced Settings -> IPv6 Settings -> Announced IPv6 DNS servers
-  sudo '/home/espionage724/Downloads/nmrpflash-0.9.14-linux/nmrpflash' -L
+<code>2606:4700:4700::1111</code>
+<code>2606:4700:4700::1001</code>
-  sudo '/home/espionage724/Downloads/nmrpflash-0.9.14-linux/nmrpflash' -i enp7s0f1 -f '/home/espionage724/Downloads/openwrt-19.07.4-ramips-mt7621-netgear_r6350-squashfs-factory.img'
+===== Wireless =====
-====== OpenWRT Compile ======
+==== 2.4GHz ====
-https://forum.openwrt.org/t/new-xiaomi-router-ac2100/48101/403
+  * Advanced Settings -> [x] Disable Inactivity Polling
+  * Advanced Settings -> [ ] Disassociate On Low Acknowledgement
-<code>dmesg | grep dma</code>
+  * Country Code: US
+  * Channel: 11
+  * Width: 20 MHz
+  * Encryption: WPA2-PSK CCMP AES
-https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/blob/master/target/linux/ramips/dts/mt7621_netgear_r6260.dts
+<code>The Crossroads (2.4GHz)</code>
-https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/blob/master/target/linux/ramips/dts/mt7621.dtsi
+==== 5GHz ====
-sudo dnf install gcc gcc-c++ git perl-FindBin make patch perl-Thread-Queue ncurses-devel
+  * :!: Advanced Settings -> [x] Disable Inactivity Polling
+  * :!: Advanced Settings -> [ ] Disassociate On Low Acknowledgement
+  * :!: These seem to fix 5GHz instability with a Chromecast
-  cd ~ && mkdir -p ~/'Projects' && rm -Rf ~/'Projects/openwrt/src' && git clone --branch 'master' --depth '1' --recurse-submodules 'https://git.openwrt.org/openwrt/openwrt.git' ~/'Projects/openwrt/src' && sync
+  * Country Code: US
+  * :!: Channel: 149
+  * Width: 80 MHz
+  * Encryption: WPA2-PSK CCMP AES
-  cd ~/'Projects/openwrt/src' && ~/'Projects/openwrt/src/scripts/feeds' update -a
+<code>Highgate (5GHz)</code>
-  cd ~/'Projects/openwrt/src' && ~/'Projects/openwrt/src/scripts/feeds' install -a
+===== Firewall =====
-  cd ~/'Projects/openwrt/src' && make menuconfig
+  * See [[notes:port_forwards]]
-  nano '/home/espionage724/Projects/openwrt/src/target/linux/ramips/dts/mt7621.dtsi'
+====== Recovery ======
-gdma = enaled
+===== nmrpflash =====
-dma = enabled
+  * https://github.com/jclehner/nmrpflash
-  nano '/home/espionage724/Projects/openwrt/src/target/linux/ramips/dts/mt7621_netgear_r6260.dts'
+  * Reason for the ''libpcap'' command: https://github.com/jclehner/nmrpflash/issues/27
+  * :!: If using an OpenWRT image, use the ''factory'' image
-<code>
-&gdma {
-    status = "okay";
-};
-&hsdma {
+  sudo ln -sv 'libpcap.so.1' '/usr/lib64/libpcap.so.0.8'
-    status = "okay";
-};</code>
-menconfig -> kernel modules -> Other modules -> kmod-dma-ralink & kmod-hsdma-mtk
+  sudo ~/'Downloads/nmrpflash-0.9.16-linux/nmrpflash' -L
-  nano '/home/espionage724/Projects/openwrt/src/target/linux/ramips/mt7621/config-5.4'
+  sudo ~/'Downloads/nmrpflash-0.9.16-linux/nmrpflash' -i 'enp6s0' -f ~/'Downloads/openwrt-ramips-mt7621-netgear_r6260-squashfs-factory.img'
-<code>CONFIG_MTK_HSDMA=y</code>
+  sudo ~/'Downloads/nmrpflash-0.9.16-linux/nmrpflash' -i 'enp6s0' -f ~/'Downloads/R6260-V1.1.0.84_1.0.1/R6260-V1.1.0.84_1.0.1.img'