Maxis-Fibre-Internet OpenWrt Custom Router TL-WR740N IPTV

First thing to do is need to reflash the TP-Link TL-WR740N with the third party OpenWrt firwmare, in my case I have downloaded the Attitude Adjustment 12.09, after the reflashing, it will automatically prompted you the Login page and you are ask and required make your password for Linux OpenWrt the wireless router.

Second thing to take note is that TP-LINK TL-WR740N physical ports or WAN/LAN ports will varies the name assignment ports on the OpenWrt logical (internal) ports.

As we can see from the screenshot below from left the WAN port is blue, then LAN ports 1-4 is yellow  respectively.

On the other hand, inside the OpenWrt Switch it would be labeled in different way as to that physical ports that we seen above picture.

The WR740N Switch once it is already brushed with the OpenWrt firmware its logical or  internal Switch, the WAN port now is equivalent to CPU ports as the above shows, then LAN port1 is Switch port2, LAN port2 is Switch port3, LAN port3 is Switch port4 and finally the LAN port4 is Switch port1.

Next thing to do is will configure the Switch ports to the desired VLAN tagging, we will assign VLAN621 and VLAN823 for the Internet and for the IPTV. You can add another VLAN later on if you wish to configure for the ATA VoIP the VLAN822 or VLAN821.

We set the VLAN1 to state "OFF" all the Switch ports from CPU to ports 1-4, then create VLAN621 for the Internet, CPU and Port1 to state "TAGGED" and the rest will be "OFF". Followed by creating  VLAN823 for the IPTV, Switch port CPU and Port1 to state "TAGGED" then "UNTAGGED" on Port2 the rest of the Ports will be remain in "OFF" state.

You can copy and paste my /etc/config/network below just edit it with your desired config settings.

root@OpenWrt:~# cat /etc/config/network

config interface 'loopback'
option ifname 'lo'
option proto 'static'
option ipaddr '127.0.0.1'
option netmask '255.0.0.0'

config interface 'lan'
option type 'bridge'
option proto 'static'
option ipaddr '192.168.254.1'
option _orig_ifname 'eth0 radio0.network1'
option _orig_bridge 'true'
option ifname 'eth0 eth1'
option netmask '255.255.255.240'
option macaddr 'E8:94:F6:01:02:03'

config interface 'wan'
option _orig_ifname 'eth1'
option _orig_bridge 'false'
option proto 'pppoe'
option username '123456@home.maxis.com.my'
option password '1234561'
option ifname 'eth0.621'

config switch
option name 'eth0'
option reset '1'
option enable_vlan '1'

config switch_vlan
option device 'eth0'
option vlan '1'
option vid '1'

config switch_vlan
option device 'eth0'
option vlan '3'
option vid '621'
option ports '0t 1t'

config switch_vlan
option device 'eth0'
option vlan '4'
option vid '823'
option ports '0t 1t 2'

config interface 'IPTV'
option ifname 'eth0.823'
option _orig_ifname 'eth0.823'
option _orig_bridge 'false'
option proto 'static'
option ipaddr '192.168.200.1'
option netmask '255.255.255.0'

As you have notice to my config setting, I have switch or interchange my physical WAN port to LAN port1 while my LAN port1 now is my WAN port. So internally, my logical Switch port now will be CPU=LAN, Port1=WAN, Port2=IPTV.

We need to make DHCP server for the IPTV.

My Firewall settings.

Finally, here's  the status screenshot of my TP-Link TL-WR740N brushed with OpenWrt third party firmware. I have replaced already my MAXIS Technicolor TG784n v3 and now using the TP-Link wireless router.

Enjoy! hope this article will help those fellow Maxis-Fiber-Internet users who are having trouble in setting up their TP-Link TL-WR740N OpenWrt firmware in configuring the VLAN tagging to make work their IPTV and likewise the additional ATA VoIP.

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