OpenWRT: Advanced Router Configuration

This guide covers advanced OpenWRT configuration for power users. We’ll set up DNS-level traffic filtering, secure remote access via WireGuard, metrics monitoring, and automated notifications. 💡 All sensitive values are replaced with <...>. Substitute your own. 📦 Package installation opkg update # Monitoring: prometheus exporter + modules opkg install \ prometheus-node-exporter-lua \ prometheus-node-exporter-lua-nat_traffic \ prometheus-node-exporter-lua-netstat \ prometheus-node-exporter-lua-openwrt \ prometheus-node-exporter-lua-wifi \ prometheus-node-exporter-lua-wifi_stations # WireGuard: kernel module + tools + LuCI opkg install \ kmod-wireguard \ wireguard-tools \ luci-proto-wireguard # DNS over HTTPS opkg install https-dns-proxy # Debug utilities opkg install curl jq tmux htop Why these packages: ...

16 Mar 2026 · 7 min · 1348 words · Potato Energy Team, ponfertato