Any idea how I can enable access to the two USB ports?

I believe a hallelujah and an Amen are in order. Finally after how many days and posts all is working; Thanks to R1D2. Many thanks.

R1D2 wrote Yes. You need inter-zone forwarding, just three lines in the firewall config: [CODE]config forwarding option src 'guest' option dest 'wan' [/CODE] or using the web UI ( "Zone =>...

R1D2 wrote You need to install inter-zone forwarding explicitly, because default policy is REJECT. You always have to grant rights for access to other resources except to the router itself. Just so I...

R1D2 wrote Did you set up the firewall already? Installed a zone forwarding? See https://wiki.openwrt.org/doc/recipes/guest-wlan-webinterface#configure_the_firewall "pinging" means to use the ping...

cayvman wrote That's it. Tested it offline and all seems to work. Port 2 is dedicated to the guest lan, checked using arp -a. will go online later. Thanks R1D2 for all of your help and patience...