i read that there is a problem with this version
WDR4300 v1.7
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WDR4300 v1.7
I have tp-link WDR4300 with hw v 1.7. Is it posible to flash it with gargoyle firmware?
i read that there is a problem with this version
i read that there is a problem with this version
Re: WDR4300 v1.7
Hi Earthdown,
I have a WDR4300 V1.7 and I recently installed Gargoyle V1.6.0 on it.
All seems fine.
kip
I have a WDR4300 V1.7 and I recently installed Gargoyle V1.6.0 on it.
All seems fine.
kip
Router TP Link WDR4300 V1.7 Gargoyle 1.13.0 Ispy 20210723
Re: WDR4300 v1.7
I have the same problem. The WDR4300 v1.7 is not supported by any version of OpenWrt except the bleeding edge Barrier Breaker trunk, which is like the development version which hasn't come out yet as an official release. There are supposed to be fixes included in the code to fix up the problems with the WDR4300.
And AFAIK Gargoyle latest images and release 1.6 is built on the latest released OpenWrt which is Attitude Adjustment 12.09 final.
So it's' Catch22 for an "official" Gargoyle image.
As an optional method to install it, the Gargoyle documentation says that you can install OpenWrt and then install a set of packages, but the only URL I can find references what looks like a very old version of the packages:
src gargoyle http://gargoyle-router.com/packages/kam ... theros-2.6
I've posted a query in this forum but haven't received any replies.
It doesn't look like the packages have been re-built against the latest OpenWrt SDK and made available.
I've been able to install the latest OpenWrt trunk on my WDR4300, and it looks like it works fine, although I haven't been able to test many config changes yet. It certainly didn't brick my box, which is a positive.
My choices now are two. I am tossing up whether to just install the packages using the URL above. There is a risk that the packages built against an older version of the OpenWrt SDK might be buggy or not work. The other option is to re-build the Gargoyle sources against the trunk code that I have installed. I have installed the OpenWrt code base and built an SDK, but I haven't had time to look at the Gargoyle source yet.
I'll post to you if I get any further.
And AFAIK Gargoyle latest images and release 1.6 is built on the latest released OpenWrt which is Attitude Adjustment 12.09 final.
So it's' Catch22 for an "official" Gargoyle image.
As an optional method to install it, the Gargoyle documentation says that you can install OpenWrt and then install a set of packages, but the only URL I can find references what looks like a very old version of the packages:
src gargoyle http://gargoyle-router.com/packages/kam ... theros-2.6
I've posted a query in this forum but haven't received any replies.
It doesn't look like the packages have been re-built against the latest OpenWrt SDK and made available.
I've been able to install the latest OpenWrt trunk on my WDR4300, and it looks like it works fine, although I haven't been able to test many config changes yet. It certainly didn't brick my box, which is a positive.
My choices now are two. I am tossing up whether to just install the packages using the URL above. There is a risk that the packages built against an older version of the OpenWrt SDK might be buggy or not work. The other option is to re-build the Gargoyle sources against the trunk code that I have installed. I have installed the OpenWrt code base and built an SDK, but I haven't had time to look at the Gargoyle source yet.
I'll post to you if I get any further.
Re: WDR4300 v1.7
Hi,
As I stated in my previous post I have successfully installed V1.6.0 on my WDR4300 V1.7. I cannot install ispyisail's latest release though.
Regards
kip
As I stated in my previous post I have successfully installed V1.6.0 on my WDR4300 V1.7. I cannot install ispyisail's latest release though.
Regards
kip
Router TP Link WDR4300 V1.7 Gargoyle 1.13.0 Ispy 20210723
Re: WDR4300 v1.7
Thanks kip,
I'm not sure what to do now. I guess I should be able to flash gargoyle 1.6 over openwrt and give it a try. There are some definite posts that AA 12.09 wouldn't work for some people.
I might give the packages a try first. If there's a problem there, it's less likely to brick it.
I'm not sure what to do now. I guess I should be able to flash gargoyle 1.6 over openwrt and give it a try. There are some definite posts that AA 12.09 wouldn't work for some people.
I might give the packages a try first. If there's a problem there, it's less likely to brick it.
Re: WDR4300 v1.7
Hi Kahlcy
FYI I did a factory install from a stock TP Link firmware
kip
FYI I did a factory install from a stock TP Link firmware
kip
Router TP Link WDR4300 V1.7 Gargoyle 1.13.0 Ispy 20210723
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Re: WDR4300 v1.7
I have run both Gargoyle 1.5.11 and Ispyisail's 15-Mar-2014 1.6.0+ release on a TL-WDR4300 hardware version 1.6. The 1.5.11 release was stable but had limited 2.4Ghz range due to an OpenWRT bug. The 1.6.0+ release seems stable so far and fixes the 2.4Ghz range issue.
It's disappointing to hear that hardware version 1.7 seems to break later versions of Gargoyle
It's disappointing to hear that hardware version 1.7 seems to break later versions of Gargoyle
Re: WDR4300 v1.7
based on kipsta opinion, i followed his experiencie and flashed my tl-wdr4300 v1.7 router from stock web gui firmware update function, with gargoyle 1.6.0 (http://www.gargoyle-router.com/download ... actory.bin) and it was ok, succeed, but with a problem.
the first reboot after flash with gargoyle, connection configuration page seems to have bugs and i cannot save any of my modifications.
i didn't know what to do, i thought i was lost .. so my easy last chance was to reflash my router with the option that gargoyle has "upgrade firmware", so i choosed the same version 1.6.0 but this time the sysupgrade file (http://www.gargoyle-router.com/download ... pgrade.bin). Then after that, my router boots up OK again and now my configuraton it's OK! i have now everything ok. I was lucky.
So it works! i hope this helps. Sorry for me english.
the first reboot after flash with gargoyle, connection configuration page seems to have bugs and i cannot save any of my modifications.
i didn't know what to do, i thought i was lost .. so my easy last chance was to reflash my router with the option that gargoyle has "upgrade firmware", so i choosed the same version 1.6.0 but this time the sysupgrade file (http://www.gargoyle-router.com/download ... pgrade.bin). Then after that, my router boots up OK again and now my configuraton it's OK! i have now everything ok. I was lucky.
So it works! i hope this helps. Sorry for me english.
TP-Link TL-WDR4300 - Gargoyle 1.6.0 - 4GB flashdrive as extroot.
Re: WDR4300 v1.7
I ended up flashing back to vendor image, then flashed Gargoyle V1.6 image onto my wdr4300 V1.7 without any issue that I can notice so far (about a week).
So may be there are HW differences in the V1.7 wdr4300, or maybe there are other issues.
I got worried looking at various reports of issues, but now that it's on it seems to be OK.
So may be there are HW differences in the V1.7 wdr4300, or maybe there are other issues.
I got worried looking at various reports of issues, but now that it's on it seems to be OK.
Re: WDR4300 v1.7
To go back to the tp link firmware you only downloaded a firmware from tplink site (without "boot" on file name) and used the update firmware option from Gargoyle?kahlcy wrote:I ended up flashing back to vendor image, then flashed Gargoyle V1.6 image onto my wdr4300 V1.7 without any issue that I can notice so far (about a week).
So may be there are HW differences in the V1.7 wdr4300, or maybe there are other issues.
I got worried looking at various reports of issues, but now that it's on it seems to be OK.
Thats what I got from here http://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/tp-link/tl-wdr4300 , but Im not sure if that works. If its true, then firmware 130319 should work for me.