DD WRT Binding

Note: This Binding is available in 1.9.0 and later releases.

Documentation of the DD-WRT binding bundle

Introduction

For installation of the binding, please see Wiki page Bindings, or you can add this JAR to your addons folder.

Adapt your openhab.cfg to your configuration:

• IP address of DD-WRT to connect to
  ddwrt:ip=192.168.1.1
  ddwrt:port=23
  

• You need to configure the user and password of your DD-WRT
  ddwrt:username=root
  ddwrt:password=xxxxxxx
  

• Interface for the 2.4 GHz wifi
  ddwrt:interface_24=ath0
  

• Interface for the 5 GHz wifi
  ddwrt:interface_50=ath1
  

• Virtuall-Interface for the guest wifi
  ddwrt:interface_guest=ath0.1
  

Prepare your DD-WRT device

• You have to activate the telnet connection in the DD-WRT web interface.
• The changing of the telnet port in the DD-WRT web interface is not always working. Test it with a telnet command shell.

Generic Item Binding Configuration

In order to bind an item to the DD-WRT device, you need to provide configuration settings. The easiest way to do so is to add some binding information in your item file (in the folder configurations/items).

Switching WIFI

The following items switch WIFI, GUEST_WIFI, and the NAME of the device as string:

String DEVICE_NAME {ddwrt="routertype"}
Switch WIFI_24     {ddwrt="wlan24"}
Switch WIFI_50     {ddwrt="wlan50"}
Switch WIFI_GUEST  {ddwrt="wlanguest"}

The guest network is usually a virtual network device. There is a bug in the DD-WRT firmware. The activation of this interface needs a workaround so it takes some seconds more as the native devices.

Tested with Archer V2 and DD-WRT v3.0-r30880 std (11/14/16)