This article will show you how to configure vsftpd as an anonymous FTP server which does not require authentication. vsftpd is an FTP file server which can run on Linux. FTP is is the file transfer protocol. It’s been around forever (since the 1970’s!), so it works with… Read More »How to Configure vsftpd an Anonymous FTP Server
This tutorial will show you how to configure a privacy Vpn using OpenVPN on OpenWrt through the LuCI web interface (no command line required!). Lots of screenshots are included so that you can follow along. What is OpenWrt OpenWrt is a popular Linux distribution for routers… Read More »Configuring a Privacy VPN with OpenVPN on OpenWrt With LuCI
This tutorial will document steps you need to take to add USB storage to your OpenWrt router. These steps are tested on OpenWrt 21.02 in 2022. These steps were tested on a BT HomeHub 5 which was modified to run OpenWrt. These devices come with 128MB… Read More »How to Add Extra External USB Storage to an OpenWrt Device
This tutorial will walk you through setting up DNS level Ad Blocking on your network by installing Adblock on an OpenWrt router. If you’re looking to set up an OpenWrt router of your own, check out our guide to setting up OpenWrt on a repurposed… Read More »How to Set up AdBlock DNS Ad Blocking in OpenWRT
This super quick tutorial will show you how to set up a Samba/SMB Windows network share on an OpenWrt device. This tutorial works best if you have some extra storage available for your file share – check out our article on adding extra USB storage to… Read More »How to Set up a Samba/SMB Windows Share in OpenWrt with LuCi
This article will show you how to install the OpenWRT operating system on a Raspberry Pi. I’ve previously covered this as part of our Installing OpenWrt on a BT HomeHub 5 article, but I thought I’d break it out on its own to make it… Read More »How to Install OpenWRT on a Raspberry Pi
This article will show you how to configure a basic network with WiFi Bridging, DHCP on a fresh install of OpenWrt – with explanations and screenshots. This guide follows on from LinuxScrew’s guide to setting up OpenWrt on a BT HomeHub 5 – but you can… Read More »OpenWrt: Set up a Basic Network Including WiFi Bridge, IP Address, DHCP
This article will show you a quick and clean way of getting secure DNS over TLS running on OpenWRT – without resorting to the command line. If follows on from our other OpenWrt Articles. We’ll be using stubby – a local DNS resolver that will encrypt local… Read More »OpenWRT: Secure DNS over TLS with LuCI [No Command Line]
This article will show you how to keep your devices separate on your OpenWRT managed network and follows the steps taken to set up a basic WiFi network covered here. Why would you want to keep your devices from talking to each other on a local… Read More »Segregating Devices and Networks in OpenWrt [Tutorial]
This article documents my success in getting the OpenWrt operating system up and running on a BT HomeHub 5A (also sold as the Plusnet Hub One). This was checked with the latest version of OpenWRT as of early 2021, so it’s up to date and ready… Read More »Installing OpenWrt on a BT HomeHub 5 (or Plusnet Hub One), Full Instructions
