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Topic: TP Link WR1043ND 11n gigabit router

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FiReSTaRT wrote:

So now that mlppp and vlan patches are in the trunk, all that we need are fresher binaries? By the way, will the v1.1 binaries work for the v1.4 hardware or will it have to be a fresh compilation job?

I just compile for 1.1 and it works on 1.4 HW.

Guys,
Can you kindly let me know what are you compiling, from where and how??!?! smile

I would like to install the very latest releases on my router possible with vlans already defined for me to log on via telnet/ssh not via console.
thanks

Hello Everybody

1) Can someone tell my if I install openwrt-ar71xx-tl-wr1043nd-v1-squashfs-universal.bin over the web interface from the original firmware, if i can use a web interface (something like dd-wrt, which i had on a wrt54g2)?

2) And if i can after the flash use WDS (its not possible to use WDS on the original firmware) to extend my WLAN with a Airport Express?

Thank you very much!

greetz from switzerland

@brifar You and me both buddy.. I'm just trying to follow these http://wiki.openwrt.org/doc/howto/buildroot instructions and hoping I'll come up with a binary that won't brick my router.

Edit: Corrected wrong username

(Last edited by FiReSTaRT on 24 Feb 2010, 22:58)

Thanks for the pics FiReSTaRT. It still has the v1.0 board layout so no major changes, just what p1vo pointed out. I thought they would reduce the flash size as the stock firmware could fit in 4MB chip.

Now the switch driver has been submitted we have a fully supported platform.  I was happy when I saw it got accepted so quickly.

I updated the wiki, I think its ready to go into finished documents.

Andrew

FiReSTaRT wrote:

@brifar You and me both buddy.. I'm just trying to follow these http://wiki.openwrt.org/doc/howto/buildroot instructions and hoping I'll come up with a binary that won't brick my router.

Edit: Corrected wrong username

Thanks
I'll wait for you to succeed for now tongue

Can someone put these instructions on the wiki??

Thanks KillaB.
Looks straight forward but i need a linux machine to compile on and need to understand what this trunk is.

Anyone can point me to a good dummy's guide? smile

brifar wrote:

Anyone can point me to a good dummy's guide? smile

Nothing current.
You can start by installing VirtualBox or VMWare Server (both are free), then Ubuntu 9.10 wink

Ok I compiled a binary image. I think it's supposed to have x-wrt running but I'm not sure (highly unfamiliar with this stuff)... Before you put it on your router, read the following facts..
1) I compiled the freshest source available when I started compiling, around 24/02/2010/18:00, so it should include vlan and mlppp patches
2) I selected the AR71xx/AT7240/AR913x platform and TP-Link WR1043ND v1 Profile. The only other thing I did was to make p910nd built in
3) This binary was made by a person whose compiling experience consists of configure and make, so there's a high risk of bricking

If anyone with serial set up would be willing to test it on a Ver. 1.4 box, I'd really appreciate it.

http://www.filefactory.com/file/b05672e … versal_bin

FiReSTaRT wrote:

Ok I compiled a binary image. I think it's supposed to have x-wrt running but I'm not sure (highly unfamiliar with this stuff)... Before you put it on your router, read the following facts..
1) I compiled the freshest source available when I started compiling, around 24/02/2010/18:00, so it should include vlan and mlppp patches
2) I selected the AR71xx/AT7240/AR913x platform and TP-Link WR1043ND v1 Profile. The only other thing I did was to make p910nd built in
3) This binary was made by a person whose compiling experience consists of configure and make, so there's a high risk of bricking

If anyone with serial set up would be willing to test it on a Ver. 1.4 box, I'd really appreciate it.

http://www.filefactory.com/file/b05672e … versal_bin

1.x are all so far compatible with each other. When TP-LINK posts separate firmware images for different versions, then you should start worrying.

My experience using http://openwrt.groov.pl/WR1043NDv1/r19581/ is posted here:
https://forum.openwrt.org/viewtopic.php … 87#p103287

kra2010 wrote:

Hello Everybody

1) Can someone tell my if I install openwrt-ar71xx-tl-wr1043nd-v1-squashfs-universal.bin over the web interface from the original firmware, if i can use a web interface (something like dd-wrt, which i had on a wrt54g2)?

2) And if i can after the flash use WDS (its not possible to use WDS on the original firmware) to extend my WLAN with a Airport Express?

Thank you very much!

greetz from switzerland

Can someone take a minute and give me an answer?

Thx you very much!

@sala Thanks for both the review and pointing me to it. I'm still worried that I might have screwed something up and ended up with a non-functional or bricking binary. Since I don't have a serial cable, I couldn't reflash the router. That's why I asked for a guinea pig with a serial cable so they can reflash their unit if it craps out on'em.
I can't really run any of the older binaries released by shibby/obsy because they don't contain a patch that was put into the trunk 3 days ago and that I'd REALLY want to have on my wr1043nd.

@obsy Thanks buddy. I'm assuming it's based on fresh source code released within the last 3 days?

@everyone For some reason clicking on the link gave me an error but pasting it into a fresh tab opened it right up. The link is not broken.

Yes, not sure what my earlier problems were all about, but r19857 I built last night works great!
I was even able to configure the WLAN LED via LuCI.

I'm a little confused by this changeset: https://dev.openwrt.org/changeset/19830
Should LED's be configured in '/etc/config/network' or '/etc/config/system'? LuCI set up the WLAN LED options in 'system'

@FiReSTaRT: yesterday evening

Thanks obsy. I ended up compiling my own today, with X-Wrt and USB2.0 print server support. I haven't really tested it, but X-WRT fires right up on reboot, so I'll start playing around with configuration tonight. If anyone wants to download it, here's the link.. http://www.filefactory.com/file/b059hdg … versal_bin The only promise I can make is that it shouldn't brick your router (at least the 1.4 but it should be ok for 1.1)

Well, who tells how to put the firmware? DD-WRT no but what is not in question. OpenWRT is the firmware but how to put on and then how to install a GUI. After OpenWRT can re flash back to the original

danu2000 wrote:

Well, who tells how to put the firmware? DD-WRT no but what is not in question. OpenWRT is the firmware but how to put on and then how to install a GUI. After OpenWRT can re flash back to the original

Not exactly sure what you're trying to say/ask, but here are the flashing instructions:
http://wiki.openwrt.org/inbox/tp-link.tl-wr1043nd

@danu2000 Look at my previous post. I compiled the firmware with the easier-to-manage GUI built right in along with print server support. Just download the BIN and do a Firmware update from the TP-Link factory web configuration. Takes about 5 minutes.

andrewt12 wrote:

I thought they would reduce the flash size as the stock firmware could fit in 4MB chip.

Are you sure? The download is 5.23MB but that's zipped. Unpacked it's larger than openwrt-ar71xx-tl-wr1043nd-v1-squashfs-universal.bin: 7.87MB.

(Don't mean to be a wise guy, just to avoid confusion.)

TheSpanishInq wrote:

Are you sure?

He's sure. TP-Link are using .bin files that cover the entire partition.
OpenWrt builds are around 3MB including LuCI, so it's quite possible for them to go to a 4MB flash if they wanted.....let's hope that doesn't happen though.

Wright, I definitely need to do keep reading about openwrt/this router. I was under the impression a 7.8M bin file wouldn't fit into a 4MB flash ROM. smile
I know a thing or 2 about linux on x86/AMD64. As my post count suggests I'm new to this matter.

TheSpanishInq wrote:

Wright, I definitely need to do keep reading about openwrt/this router. I was under the impression a 7.8M bin file wouldn't fit into a 4MB flash ROM. smile
I know a thing or 2 about linux on x86/AMD64. As my post count suggests I'm new to this matter.

I'm not saying that a 7.8M file will fit in a 4MB flash.

This talk was all prior to FiReSTaRT opening the case on his v1.4 hardware to see what was "inside".
The point that we're making is that it would be unfortunate for TP-Link to start producing new/future revisions (including new firmware) with 4MB flash and/or 16MB RAM like so many manufactures do to cut costs.

Just take a look at all the hardware revisions of the WRT54G to see what I'm talking about.

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