Openwrt on TP-Link TL-WR1043ND Router
Warning:
Version/Model |
Bootloader Date |
OpenWrt Version Supported |
Model Specific Notes |
(DE)v1.0 |
|
Backfire 10.03.1 |
Similar, German WebUI |
v1.1 |
|
Backfire 10.03.1 |
Similar to WR941ND. |
(DE)v1.1 |
|
Attitude Adjustment 12.09-beta2 |
German WebUI, V1.1 in S/N sticker |
v1.4 |
|
Backfire 10.03.1 |
Same v1 board as v1.1 |
v1.5 |
|
Backfire 10.03.1 |
Same v1 board as v1.1 |
v1.6 |
|
Backfire 10.03.1 |
|
v1.7 |
|
Backfire 10.03.1 |
|
v1.8 |
2010-08-04 |
Backfire 10.03.1 |
|
2012-02-02, 2012-03-31 and later |
Attitude Adjustment 12.09-rc1 |
Tested OK with Backfire 10.03.1 but require bootloader downgrade. Suspect of hardware bug that bring down WiFi after a while. |
|
v1.9 |
2012-03-31 |
|
Tested OK with Backfire 10.03.1 but require bootloader downgrade. |
v1.10 |
|
Attitude Adjustment 12.09-rc1 |
Similar v1.1 board. Backfire 10.03.1 = BRICK. |
v1.11 |
|
Attitude Adjustment 12.09 |
Backfire 10.03.1 = BRICK |
(DE)v1.2 |
|
Attitude Adjustment 12.09-rc1 |
Backfire 10.03.1 = BRICK |
TP-Link WR-1043ND hardware info.
Download
Openwrt Backfire 10.03.1 stable version: http://downloads.openwrt.org/backfire/10.03.1/ar71xx/openwrt-ar71xx-tl-wr1043nd-v1-squashfs-factory.bin
Uppgrade firmware to Openwrt
- Open up a browser and navigate to http://192.168.1.1 (this is the default router IP)
- Enter admin for both username & password


- Click on Browse button and select the Openwrt file that you downloaded
- Click on upgrade button in order to start upgrade firmware
- Restart router once the upgrade process finish
Configure Openwrt
- Open up the browser and navigate to http://192.168.1.1
- Click on Login button without password
- Click on Go to password configuration in order to change the password, SSH will enabled automatically.
- Your router is ready. You can add and remove packages based on your requirement.