Hi,
after many years I recovered my TP-Link 1043nd (1st generation). It was bricked. Now it is alive on version 12.09-beta2. It is possible and appropriate to upgrade these old version to a newer one?
Thanks for all hints
Kay
32MB devices (V1) are no longer supported ;-( You can get something useful out of dd-wrt hopefully.
3 Likes
maybe this will be of use for your 1043v1 Only 32MB of RAM, still works for simple tasks - Community Builds, Projects & Packages - OpenWrt Forum
1 Like
Thanks for your hints. I know, this old device is not supported anymore. I had hoped to upgrade to the last supported version (22.03.5).
I just want to use this device to extend my wifi to the basement. This works with the old firmware. But because of security concerns I wanted to upgrade ...
It is still a good gigabi% switch with old version...
1 Like
You may have to higly tweak a customized build in order to make it run. Even so It's not sure that you can include wifi drivers. It's possible but time consuming. Another solution (@brada4) is to recycle it as a switch. I have a couple of these.
I was able to update until 23.3.5. That is ok. 
It was nice to see the changes from one firmware to another.
2 Likes
Just in case somebody with an old device reads this thread: 23.3.5 was not a good idea. The system run not stable.
Switch to version 19.x, seams to be stable.
1 Like
That's why I posted above about that specific build
2 Likes