[Battlemesh] TP-Link TL-WR1043ND v3 flashed to OpenWRT trunk via TFTP

Musti musti at wlan-si.net
Wed Mar 16 12:29:04 UTC 2016


Hi,

I have just tried: wr-1043nd v3 (default firmware 3.16.9 Build 150514
Rel.72381n)

There is no lock, only renaming to wr1043v3_tp_recovery.bin is required
to upgrade to openwrt.

Kind regards,
Musti

On 16.3.2016 3:52, Ben West wrote:
> Actually, w/r/t to previous requests to start collecting reports of the
> locked encountered on devices, I fould this OpenWRT forum thread asking
> for precisely that.  So I appended to that thread, too.
> https://forum.openwrt.org/viewtopic.php?pid=315048
> 
> Also added a note the OpenWRT wiki for this device:
> https://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/tp-link/tl-wr1043nd#installation
> 
> 
> On Tue, Mar 15, 2016 at 8:07 PM, Ben West <ben at gowasabi.net
> <mailto:ben at gowasabi.net>> wrote:
> 
>     I can imagine the firmware locks are not implemented uniformly
>     across all devices.  The WR1043ND doesn't have a 5.8GHz radio, so it
>     shouldn't even be relevant to the new FCC rules.
> 
>     If you (and others on this list) find a way to flash a locked
>     WDR3600, would you mind posting to this list under a unique subject,
>     e.g. "TP-Link TL-WDR3600 v1.5 flashed to patched OpenWRT trunk via
>     TFTP", along with the exact hardware and firmware revisions?  Having
>     such details under unique subject headings improves search
>     accessibility.
> 
>     Likewise for replying to this thread if a TL-WR1043ND v3 appears
>     with stronger firmware locks.
> 
> 
>     On Tue, Mar 15, 2016 at 8:01 PM, Adam Longwill
>     <adam.longwill at gmail.com <mailto:adam.longwill at gmail.com>> wrote:
> 
>         Aw dang. Mine worked. Must have been old. Nevermind.
> 
>         On Mar 15, 2016 8:40 PM, "Adam Longwill"
>         <adam.longwill at metamesh.org <mailto:adam.longwill at metamesh.org>>
>         wrote:
> 
>             You must have an older version of this hardware or
>             something. I have personal experience with the 3600 the
>             image is requested from that address, a response is sent
>             from .66 but the the request packet comes across the wire
>             again and again.
> 
>             I actually have a brand new in box 3600,in my car. Perhaps I
>             could test this tonight.
> 
>             On Mar 15, 2016 8:29 PM, "Ben West" <ben at gowasabi.net
>             <mailto:ben at gowasabi.net>> wrote:
> 
>                 Following up from a couple requests made here on the
>                 list about a suitable venue/wiki to start recording
>                 verified techniques for flashing devices with
>                 countermeasures.
> 
>                 TP-Link TL-WR1043ND v3.0 (purchased from Newegg this month)
>                 Stock firmware: 3.16.9 Build 151021 Rel.74655n
> 
>                 The web UI refused OpenWRT factory image on "version of
>                 the upgraded file was incorrect."
> 
>                 However, a TFTP server at 192.168.0.66, with the OpenWRT
>                 trunk factory image for this device under the name
>                 "wr1043v3_tp_recovery.bin" in TFTP server root, did
>                 work.  Specifically, I held down the reset button,
>                 powered on, and then released the reset button after ~20sec.
> 
>                 No modification to the OpenWRT trunk factory image was done.
> 
>                 Again, good venue for recording these details
>                 (candidates listed below)? These details are scattered
>                 everywhere on the Internets, but having attention
>                 focused here could help consolidate things.
> 
>                 https://wiki.openwrt.org/ <https://wiki.openwrt.org/>
>                 http://battlemesh.org/
>                 https://wirelesspt.net/wiki/P%C3%A1gina_principal
>                 <https://wirelesspt.net/wiki/P%C3%A1gina_principal>
>                 https://libreplanet.org/wiki/Main_Page
>                 <https://libreplanet.org/wiki/Main_Page>
> 
>                 Hope this helps.
> 
>                 -- 
>                 Ben West
>                 http://gowasabi.net
>                 ben at gowasabi.net <mailto:ben at gowasabi.net>
>                 314-246-9434 <tel:314-246-9434>
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