I am a first time OpenWRT user (and this is my first post). So far, I really like it. I'm using it without any GUI and that suits the Linux geek in me just fine.
I was running a different 3rd-party firmware (DD-WRT v23 SP3 beta) on my Buffalo WHR-HP-G54 and running it as a "wireless access point", to just bridge the wireless onto my LAN. I wanted to switch to OpenWRT. This is what I did:
***I spent an afternoon reading the OpenWRT documentation.***
THEN:
The unit had an IP of 192.168.1.3, so I:
Configured my PC NIC with an IP of 192.168.1.15.
Connected a cable between a lan port on the Buffalo and my PC NIC.
Did a tftp install of the latest version of WhiteRussian.
Telnet'd into the unit and ran: mtd -r erase nvram
After it rebooted, the Buffalo came up on Buffalo's default IP of 192.168.11.1, so I:
Configured my PC NIC with an IP of 192.168.11.2.
I telnet'd in again and ran the following:
passwd
cd /etc/init.d
rm S35firewall S50httpd S50telnet S60cron S60dnsmasq
nvram set lan_ipaddr=192.168.1.3
nvram set lan_gateway=192.168.1.1
nvram set lan_dns=192.168.1.1
nvram set wan_proto=none
nvram set vlan0ports="0 1 2 3 4 5*"
nvram set vlan1ports=5
nvram set wl0_closed=0
nvram set wl0_channel=1
nvram set wl0_macmode=allow
nvram set wl0_maclist="<space separated list of allowed MAC addresses>"
nvram set wl0_akm=psk2
nvram set wl0_crypto=aes
nvram set wl0_wpa_psk="<my passphrase>"
nvram set wl0_auth=0
nvram commit
reboot
While it rebooted, I connected it, via it's WAN port (really a LAN port now) to my LAN, and reconfigured my PC for DHCP and put it back on my network. When the Buffalo was back up, I:
Ssh'd in to the unit and ran:
ipkg update
ipkg install nas
ipkg install ntpclient
ipkg install openntpd
Lastly, I used vi to create an /etc/TZ file, with contents of: EST5EDT,M3.2.0,M11.1.0
and I rebooted one last time.
Now I have a very nicely working, slim AP.
However, when I used KisMAC to view my network, I noticed something odd. My main router and my other three APs - which are still running DD-WRT (they'll get switched later) - show up as using WPA, as I would expect. My OpenWRT AP seems to show up as using both WEP & WPA, as it keeps changing back and forth between the two, in KisMAC.
This leads me to believe that I might be running in mixed mode, rather than in G-only mode (which is what I want).
I have two questions:
How do I set it to G-only mode?
Where can I find advanced documentation on all the wl0_* (and related) nvram variables? The documentation I looked at seemed to only cover the most basic needed to get the wireless up and running. Perhaps there's a section I missed? Feel free to point me at it.