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

[Ben West]

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>
wrote:

> Aw dang. Mine worked. Must have been old. Nevermind.
> On Mar 15, 2016 8:40 PM, "Adam Longwill" <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> 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/
>>> http://battlemesh.org/
>>> https://wirelesspt.net/wiki/P%C3%A1gina_principal
>>> https://libreplanet.org/wiki/Main_Page
>>>
>>> Hope this helps.
>>>
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>>> ben at gowasabi.net
>>> 314-246-9434
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