OpenWRT Tethering: Difference between revisions

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Why?  The original article was getting way too big.  40,000 plus words.  The limitations of the Visual Editor in terms of opening and saving were becoming a drag.  This isn't a criticism of the Visual Editor, just a fact.
Why?  The original article was getting way too big.  40,000 plus words.  The limitations of the Visual Editor in terms of opening and saving were becoming a drag.  This isn't a criticism of the Visual Editor, just a fact.


=== Rough Notes ===
Even though this article / section is titled in a somewhat open fashion, as if it applied to any OpenWRT device (which it sort of does), it was only tested and intended to be used on the Linksys AC Series of Routers.  If you've stumbled upon this page / article, it is also included on the main [[Linksys_AC_Series_Router_Configuration_Tips_for_OpenWRT]] article.
 
===Rough Notes===
https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-user/network/wan/smartphone.usb.tethering
https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-user/network/wan/smartphone.usb.tethering


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defaultroute in /etc/config/network has nothing to do with anything other than defining a default route in IPTABLES, and it is enabled by default, essentially it is equivalent to not configuring a default gateway for a WAN interface.
defaultroute in /etc/config/network has nothing to do with anything other than defining a default route in IPTABLES, and it is enabled by default, essentially it is equivalent to not configuring a default gateway for a WAN interface.
===DDNS (Dynamic DNS)===
opkg install ddns-scripts luci-app-ddns
GUI: LuCI GUI, Services, Dynamic DNS
https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-user/services/ddns/client