GL-MT6000 - How to set Gateway and DNS

Technical Support for Routers
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Hi,
yesterday I received my GL-MT6000 router and bought it because it also comes with openWRT. But so far I have really wired issues.
But at first I would like to descrive me home network. Nothing special. In the basement is my provider Router with the IP 192.168.1.1. In the first level I have a TP-Link with the IP 192.168.1.2 and DNS and Gateway 192.168.1.1.
In my level I want to use it with the IP 192.168.1.3 and there are my issues.

  1. After changing my routers IP to 192.168.1.3 at first I was not able to login to openWRT anymore. I just wouldn't accept my password, but failed on wrong ones. This, I don't solve, seems to have solved by waiting.

  2. My bigger issue is that I cannot connect the GL-MT6000 to access the internet. When I go to OpenWRT and change Gateway and DNS:

# /etc/config/dhcp

<del>uci del dhcp.lan.**ignore**</del>
<del>uci del dhcp.lan.**ra**</del>
<del>uci del dhcp.lan.**ra_slaac**</del>
<del>uci del dhcp.lan.**dhcpv6**</del>
<ins>uci add_list dhcp.lan.ra_flags=**'none'**</ins>
<del>uci del dhcp.lan.**ra_flags**</del>
<ins>uci add_list dhcp.lan.ra_flags=**'none'**</ins>

##### # /etc/config/network

<ins>uci add_list network.lan.dns=**'8.8.8.8'**</ins>
<ins>uci add_list network.lan.dns=**'192.168.1.1'**</ins>
<ins>uci set network.lan.gateway=**'192.168.1.1'**</ins>

I see at first that it is trying remove more settings that I thought I changed. Secondly, after saying applying, the new changes just disappear and the router still cannot ping 8.8.8.8.

I am on firmware 4.6.2.
Can aynone give me a hint what I am doing wrong?
Thanks
Stephan

2

Please keep in mind that it's a router, so it always needs 2 different networks. WAN and LAN can't be the same.

In your case it seems that you want to run the router in Extender mode instead?

3

The WAN connection is managed by the ISP router (192.168.1.1). So basically I want to route all traffic to that destination. On my old TP-Link with openWrt I could just add the Gateway on the LAN interface, but on that router the setting gets always revoked.

4

So how your network should look after installing the GL router? What IP networks will you have?

5

Basically I just want to use the MT6000 as a client, but also be able to its features like AdGuard.

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Everything is in the same subnet.

Maybe the easiest would be I just use the WAN port and put everything behind in its own subnet?

Edit:
Sorry, I forgot to mention that the switche/routers are connected by cable

6

Everything in the same subnet won't work with default mode. You might need to go Extender mode or even Drop-In gateway.

In my opinion best way would be to replace the ISPs device or use the Flint as your main router.

7

OK, Thank you. I was hoping I could just use it as a standard client. I will switch then to WAN

8

Based on your topology and application, please try the drop-in gateway mode, or as router with WAN port.