[OpenWrt-Users] help with getting openWRT on TL-WR1043ND v4

[Colm O'Neill]

Hi all, first mail to the list, greetings,

I just got a TL-WR1043ND with the plan of putting openwrt on it, but the
device that came to me is more up to date than I thought it would be,
it's v4 of the hardware, but the releases deal mainly with version 1
through 3. However the wiki page for the device
https://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/tp-link/tl-wr1043nd does mention v4 in the
suppored versions. Specifically with this note from wiki user tmomas
https://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/tp-link/tl-wr1043nd?do=diff&rev2%5B0%5D=1487752660&rev2%5B1%5D=1507909895&difftype=sidebyside
on l24.

I'm wondering if someone can tell me how to access 'v4 Snapshot from
2017-02-19' when I list the latest releases in
https://downloads.openwrt.org/latest/ar71xx/generic/ I can't see any
versions above v2.

Am I missing something here?

Thanks!

All the best,

Colm.

[Frank Weißer]

Hi Colm,

might be OT, but I use LEDE> https://lede-project.org

with the TL-WR1043ND v4.

Kind regards

readU
Frank

Post by Colm O'Neill
Hi all, first mail to the list, greetings,
I just got a TL-WR1043ND with the plan of putting openwrt on it, but the
device that came to me is more up to date than I thought it would be,
it's v4 of the hardware, but the releases deal mainly with version 1
through 3. However the wiki page for the device
https://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/tp-link/tl-wr1043nd does mention v4 in the
suppored versions. Specifically with this note from wiki user tmomas
https://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/tp-link/tl-wr1043nd?do=diff&rev2%5B0%5D=1487752660&rev2%5B1%5D=1507909895&difftype=sidebyside
on l24.
I'm wondering if someone can tell me how to access 'v4 Snapshot from
2017-02-19' when I list the latest releases in
https://downloads.openwrt.org/latest/ar71xx/generic/ I can't see any
versions above v2.
Am I missing something here?
Thanks!
All the best,
Colm.
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[Aaron Z]

Post by Frank Weißer
Hi Colm,
might be OT, but I use LEDE> https://lede-project.org
with the TL-WR1043ND v4.

The link for the current release is:
https://downloads.lede-project.org/releases/17.01.2/targets/ar71xx/generic/lede-17.01.2-ar71xx-generic-tl-wr1043nd-v4-squashfs-factory.bin
LEDE and OpenWrt are in the process of re-merging, but LEDE is where
most of the active development has been taking place.

Aaron Z
A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion,
butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance
accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders,
give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new
problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight
efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.
— Robert Heinlein, Time Enough for Love

[Colm O'Neill]

Thank you both Aaron, Frank, I will try to put LEDE instead. Do you know
if this release includes luci? I'm keen to learn more about network
configuration, but an interface would help me to see what kind of
possibilities are available.

Meanwhile, my router has a snapshot of OpenWrt from
https://downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/trunk/ar71xx/generic/ but I'm
unable to establish an internet connection, so no opkg or anything. I
want to transfer the the LEDE .bin as it looks more advanced, but I
can't sshfs for some reason. Any ideas as to how to get the new .bin
file on to it? I can flash an imagefrom within openWRT if I recall
properly? In failsafemode?

Thanks again,

Cheers,

C

Post by Aaron Z

Post by Frank Weißer
Hi Colm,
might be OT, but I use LEDE> https://lede-project.org
with the TL-WR1043ND v4.

https://downloads.lede-project.org/releases/17.01.2/targets/ar71xx/generic/lede-17.01.2-ar71xx-generic-tl-wr1043nd-v4-squashfs-factory.bin
LEDE and OpenWrt are in the process of re-merging, but LEDE is where
most of the active development has been taking place.
Aaron Z
A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion,
butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance
accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders,
give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new
problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight
efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.
— Robert Heinlein, Time Enough for Love
_______________________________________________
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[Frank Weißer]

Yes, it's got luci

Kind regards

readU
Frank

Post by Colm O'Neill
Thank you both Aaron, Frank, I will try to put LEDE instead. Do you know
if this release includes luci? I'm keen to learn more about network
configuration, but an interface would help me to see what kind of
possibilities are available.
Meanwhile, my router has a snapshot of OpenWrt from
https://downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/trunk/ar71xx/generic/ but I'm
unable to establish an internet connection, so no opkg or anything. I
want to transfer the the LEDE .bin as it looks more advanced, but I
can't sshfs for some reason. Any ideas as to how to get the new .bin
file on to it? I can flash an imagefrom within openWRT if I recall
properly? In failsafemode?
Thanks again,
Cheers,
C

Post by Aaron Z

Post by Frank Weißer
Hi Colm,
might be OT, but I use LEDE>https://lede-project.org
with the TL-WR1043ND v4.

https://downloads.lede-project.org/releases/17.01.2/targets/ar71xx/generic/lede-17.01.2-ar71xx-generic-tl-wr1043nd-v4-squashfs-factory.bin
LEDE and OpenWrt are in the process of re-merging, but LEDE is where
most of the active development has been taking place.
Aaron Z
A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion,
butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance
accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders,
give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new
problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight
efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.
— Robert Heinlein, Time Enough for Love
_______________________________________________
openwrt-users mailing list
https://lists.openwrt.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openwrt-users

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[Aaron Z]

Thank you both Aaron, Frank, I will try to put LEDE instead. Do you know if
this release includes luci? I'm keen to learn more about network
configuration, but an interface would help me to see what kind of
possibilities are available.
Meanwhile, my router has a snapshot of OpenWrt from
https://downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/trunk/ar71xx/generic/ but I'm unable
to establish an internet connection, so no opkg or anything. I want to
transfer the the LEDE .bin as it looks more advanced, but I can't sshfs for
some reason. Any ideas as to how to get the new .bin file on to it? I can
flash an imagefrom within openWRT if I recall properly? In failsafemode?

Correction, there was a new release to fix the Krack wifi bug. It is
at: https://downloads.lede-project.org/releases/17.01.4/targets/ar71xx/generic/lede-17.01.4-ar71xx-generic-tl-wr1043nd-v4-squashfs-factory.bin
I am not sure what you mean by sshfs. From Windows, I usually use
WinSCP to copy the .bin file to /tmp/, then run sysupgrade (ie:
sysupgrade /tmp/lede-17.01.4-ar71xx-generic-tl-wr1043nd-v4-squashfs-factory.bin
)
The release version linked above includes Luci, the nightly snapshots do not.

There are some directions on recovering from a bad flash at:
https://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/tp-link/tl-wr1043nd#firmware_flashing

Aaron Z
A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion,
butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance
accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders,
give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new
problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight
efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.
— Robert Heinlein, Time Enough for Love

[Colm O'Neill]

Amazing, I am able to scp to the /tmp/ folder, for some probably logical
reason I wasn't allowed to scp to the / or sshfs the / to my laptop.

I've tried running the sysupgrade with the latest LEDE you pointed me to
Aaron, but I get a response of `invalid image type` then \n `Image check
'platform_check_image' failed`

I reamed the long filename to firmware.bin because I thought that maybe
the error was similar to this thing marked in
https://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/tp-link/tl-wr1043nd#installation but it's
still causing trouble.

Aaron, were you able to sysupgrade that .bin directly?

Thanks a million,

C

Post by Aaron Z

Thank you both Aaron, Frank, I will try to put LEDE instead. Do you know if
this release includes luci? I'm keen to learn more about network
configuration, but an interface would help me to see what kind of
possibilities are available.
Meanwhile, my router has a snapshot of OpenWrt from
https://downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/trunk/ar71xx/generic/ but I'm unable
to establish an internet connection, so no opkg or anything. I want to
transfer the the LEDE .bin as it looks more advanced, but I can't sshfs for
some reason. Any ideas as to how to get the new .bin file on to it? I can
flash an imagefrom within openWRT if I recall properly? In failsafemode?

Correction, there was a new release to fix the Krack wifi bug. It is
at: https://downloads.lede-project.org/releases/17.01.4/targets/ar71xx/generic/lede-17.01.4-ar71xx-generic-tl-wr1043nd-v4-squashfs-factory.bin
I am not sure what you mean by sshfs. From Windows, I usually use
sysupgrade /tmp/lede-17.01.4-ar71xx-generic-tl-wr1043nd-v4-squashfs-factory.bin
)
The release version linked above includes Luci, the nightly snapshots do not.
https://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/tp-link/tl-wr1043nd#firmware_flashing
Aaron Z
A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion,
butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance
accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders,
give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new
problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight
efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.
— Robert Heinlein, Time Enough for Love
_______________________________________________
openwrt-users mailing list
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[Nils Kassube]

Post by Colm O'Neill
Amazing, I am able to scp to the /tmp/ folder, for some probably
logical reason I wasn't allowed to scp to the / or sshfs the / to my
laptop.
I've tried running the sysupgrade with the latest LEDE you pointed me
to Aaron, but I get a response of `invalid image type` then \n `Image
check 'platform_check_image' failed`

You need the *sysupgrade.bin file, not the *factory.bin if you have
already openwrt or lede installed - that would be this one:
<https://downloads.lede-project.org/releases/17.01.4/targets/ar71xx/generic/lede-17.01.4-ar71xx-generic-tl-wr1043nd-v4-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin>


Nils

[Aaron Z]

Post by Nils Kassube

Post by Colm O'Neill
Amazing, I am able to scp to the /tmp/ folder, for some probably
logical reason I wasn't allowed to scp to the / or sshfs the / to my
laptop.
I've tried running the sysupgrade with the latest LEDE you pointed me
to Aaron, but I get a response of `invalid image type` then \n `Image
check 'platform_check_image' failed`

My bet is that the system doesn't think that its a V4. Login via LUCI
and look at "Model" on the main landing page at
http://192.168.1.1/cgi-bin/luci/ or run "less /etc/board.json" from
the command line (without the quotes) and see what it listed under
"model" and "id"
I got that same error yesterday when I tried to flash a 1043 V3 bin
onto a 1043 V2 WAP yesterday (was upgrading remotely and I forgot
which model it was).

Post by Nils Kassube
You need the *sysupgrade.bin file, not the *factory.bin if you have
<https://downloads.lede-project.org/releases/17.01.4/targets/ar71xx/generic/lede-17.01.4-ar71xx-generic-tl-wr1043nd-v4-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin>

On my test V2, sysupgrade takes either without a fuss.

Aaron Z
A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion,
butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance
accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders,
give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new
problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight
efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.
— Robert Heinlein, Time Enough for Love

[Colm O'Neill]

Right, seems like I should have waited for your response and maybe Nils
Kassube's one too (suggesting that

Post by Nils Kassube
You need the *sysupgrade.bin file, not the *factory.bin if you have
<https://downloads.lede-project.org/releases/17.01.4/targets/ar71xx/generic/lede-17.01.4-ar71xx-generic-tl-wr1043nd-v4-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin>

)

Meanwhile I ran this: mtd -r write /tmp/openwrt-wrtsl54gs-squashfs.bin
firmware

and now my router is in a blink loop with no way to ssh in.

Does this mean the router is in failsafe mode or ready to be caught into
failsafe mode?

Thanks again all, really appreciating the responses here!

cheers,

C

Post by Nils Kassube

Post by Nils Kassube

Post by Colm O'Neill
Amazing, I am able to scp to the /tmp/ folder, for some probably
logical reason I wasn't allowed to scp to the / or sshfs the / to my
laptop.
I've tried running the sysupgrade with the latest LEDE you pointed me
to Aaron, but I get a response of `invalid image type` then \n `Image
check 'platform_check_image' failed`

My bet is that the system doesn't think that its a V4. Login via LUCI
and look at "Model" on the main landing page at
http://192.168.1.1/cgi-bin/luci/ or run "less /etc/board.json" from
the command line (without the quotes) and see what it listed under
"model" and "id"
I got that same error yesterday when I tried to flash a 1043 V3 bin
onto a 1043 V2 WAP yesterday (was upgrading remotely and I forgot
which model it was).

Post by Nils Kassube
You need the *sysupgrade.bin file, not the *factory.bin if you have
<https://downloads.lede-project.org/releases/17.01.4/targets/ar71xx/generic/lede-17.01.4-ar71xx-generic-tl-wr1043nd-v4-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin>

On my test V2, sysupgrade takes either without a fuss.
Aaron Z
A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion,
butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance
accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders,
give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new
problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight
efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.
— Robert Heinlein, Time Enough for Love
_______________________________________________
openwrt-users mailing list
https://lists.openwrt.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openwrt-users

[Aaron Z]

Post by Colm O'Neill
Meanwhile I ran this: mtd -r write /tmp/openwrt-wrtsl54gs-squashfs.bin
firmware
and now my router is in a blink loop with no way to ssh in.
Does this mean the router is in failsafe mode or ready to be caught into
failsafe mode?
Thanks again all, really appreciating the responses here!

I would follow the TFTP directions here:
https://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/tp-link/tl-wr1043nd#firmware_flashing
after double checking that it is indeed a V4 (to make sure that you
send over the right file).

Aaron Z
A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion,
butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance
accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders,
give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new
problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight
efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.
— Robert Heinlein, Time Enough for Love