From ea34bc757c3dcf0a2e3f4804067c30a512fe2c94 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: David Bauer Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2019 19:19:39 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] docs: clarify WAN port on LAN-only devices At the December 2019 review day, the behavior for LAN only devices was defined. Such devices will use each LAN port as WAN. --- docs/dev/wan.rst | 5 +++++ docs/user/supported_devices.rst | 7 +++++-- 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/dev/wan.rst b/docs/dev/wan.rst index 86455e91..b992146a 100644 --- a/docs/dev/wan.rst +++ b/docs/dev/wan.rst @@ -11,6 +11,11 @@ There are two cases in which the WAN port is used: After the VPN connection has been established, the node should be able to reach the mesh's DNS servers and use these for all other name resolution. +If the device does not feature a WAN port, the LAN port is configured as WAN port. +In case such a device has multiple LAN ports, all these can be used as WAN. +Devices, which feature a "hybrid" port (labled as WAN/LAN), this port is used as WAN. + +This behavior can be reversed using the ``single_as_lan`` site.conf option. Routing tables ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ diff --git a/docs/user/supported_devices.rst b/docs/user/supported_devices.rst index 7d3727df..91dddbeb 100644 --- a/docs/user/supported_devices.rst +++ b/docs/user/supported_devices.rst @@ -185,10 +185,10 @@ ath79-generic * devolo - - WiFi pro 1200e + - WiFi pro 1200e [#lan_as_wan]_ - WiFi pro 1200i - WiFi pro 1750c - - WiFi pro 1750e + - WiFi pro 1750e [#lan_as_wan]_ - WiFi pro 1750i - WiFi pro 1750x @@ -396,3 +396,6 @@ Footnotes .. [#eva_ramboot] For instructions on how to flash AVM NAND devices, see the respective commit which added support in OpenWrt. + +.. [#lan_as_wan] + All LAN ports on this device are used as WAN.