I made a mistake flashing my new tl-wr1043ND with dd-wrt, and I want to fix that installing OpenWrt. I suppose the better choose for OpenWrt is BackFire 10.03, but there are two different precompiled images for my AP: *factory.bin and *sysupgrade.bin

http://downloads.openwrt.org/backfire/1 … actory.bin
http://downloads.openwrt.org/backfire/1 … pgrade.bin

What of this two images I need to use if I already have dd-wrt in my AP?

Thanks!!
Marc.

edit: I made a mistake writing the pots topic. The correct topic is "from dd-wrt to openwrt. What image?", sorry

(Last edited by glic3rinu on 28 May 2010, 18:14)

oryginal firmware only a litlle modified and flashed from within telnet not from webegine
http://bit.ly/cnVppI

Good move choosing openwrt mate! It's better to download the latest svn image because it has the latest fixes and improvements. Since it's the first time, you need the factory image.

Here's the link to the image:
http://downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/ … actory.bin

It's possible to go from ddwrt to openwrt. Here's how to do it.

1. Download the above image.
2. Transfer the image to the /tmp directory of your wr1043nd (ftp or otherwise)
3. Go to the tmp directory.
4. Use this command to flash the factory image of openwrt

mtd -r write openwrt-ar71xx-generic-tl-wr1043nd-v1-squashfs-factory.bin linux

5. Wait. If the flashing is successful your wr1043nd will reboot and you will have openwrt running on it.
6. telnet 192.168.1.1 will get you into openwrt. Since the svn version has no web interface, but you can install luci to have the web interface working. Check out the wr1043nd wiki for tips and tricks. Here's the link:
http://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/tp-link/tl-wr1043nd

If something goes wrong during the flashing, you have a brick and will need a 3.3 Volt serial cable to unbrick it since the wr1043nd has no recovery mode other than through the serial console. I guess that's why when I bought mine, the salesperson gave me the support number of tp-link .

(Last edited by playdude on 9 Jun 2010, 18:29)

oh... so it could be MTD OpenWRT from DD-WRT without oryginal FW in between...
Too bad I didn't know yesterday when I was dissapointed with DD-WRT and it's USB support

(Last edited by kitsune on 9 Jun 2010, 18:25)

Yes kitsune.  Don't try to upgrade using the ddwrt web interface though because I didn't test this. Here's what I've found out.

tp-link stock firmware to ddwrt works (web interface using ddwrt web image)
ddwrt to openwrt works (mtd tool with openwrt factory image)
openwrt to tp-link stock firmware works (mtd tool with tp-link stock firmware without the word "boot" in its name - wiki)

So theoretically it is possible to switch back and forth between the 3 firmwares without using the serial console at all unless something crazy happens during flashing time. I'll put this information on the wiki page later because I think it'll be useful for users who want to try openwrt but think once they flash their wr1043nd with one type of firmware, they're stuck with it. Not me though, openwrt is too much fun to switch .

I've tested DD-WRT webupgrade with oryginal truncated (200b cut off) FW  - no love (upgrade failed but router stil worked).
I've tested DD-WRT webupgrade with DD-WRT factory-to-dd FW - no love.
I've tested DD-WRT webupgrade with OpenWRT Backfire factory FW - no love.
I've tested DD-WRT webupgrade with OpenWRT Backfire sysupgrade - no love.
I've tested DD-WRT MTD with oryginal truncated FW - that's how I've ditched DD-WRT.

And now I've managed to connect Huawei E122 3G modem with Backfire - but still don't have net throught my TP-Link. I must read some docu about configuration first.