OpenWrt on VirtualBox - Create One or More Virtual Sub-Nets
This video aims to bring together all the pieces of the puzzle - Firewall, SSH, Internet and multiple sub-nets if desired. I will try to demonstrate in the simplest possible terms how things are connected and what makes them work.
Commands used in this video can be copy / pasted below in your project:
set PATH=%PATH%;"C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox"
Vboxmanage convertfromraw --format VDI openwrt-21.02.3-x86-64-generic-ext4-combined-efi.img openwrt.vdi
vboxmanage modifymedium openwrt.vdi --resize 512
uci set dropbear.@dropbear[0].Port=XXXXX uci commit dropbear
uci commit dropbear
/etc/init.d/dropbear reload
uci set network.lan.ipaddr=192.168.XX.1
uci commit && reboot
Table Of Contents
00:00 Introduction
00:43 Add A 2nd VirtualBox "Host Network" on .60 subnet
02:08 Create OpenWRT VM - Includes Creation of OpenWRT VDI
07:32 Setup OpenWRT VM Network Settings Tabs
10:33 Start Your New OpenWRT Router
12:35 Set OpenWRT network.lan.ipaddress to Above "Host Network" Subnet ie; .60+.1
13:20 Change the default port 22 of OpenWRT to another using OpenWRT's "dropbear" instead of Openssh
14:08 Edit the firewall to Allow-ssh on above decided port number
15:05 SSH Into OpenWRT
15:50 Review Network Adapters From SSH environment
16:16 Comment Out Wan6 (dhcpv6)
17:08 Open Browser UI of OpenWRT at 192.168.60.1
17:27 Add New Router Interface Eth2 (which corresponds with VirtualBox 3rd Network Tab)
18:34 Create The Subnet Your Router Will Be Providing
19:32 Enable DHCP Server Of Your New Router
20:17 Verify New Network Interface From Command Line
21:15 Enable Internet On New Router Via Firewall Creation
23:15 Completed! New Router Ready To Use
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