Gargoyle Forum

I have a factory TP Link WR1043ND-V4 that I bought about a year ago, intending to install Gargoyle before I realised it wasn't supported on this newer model.

Does the latest Gargoyle 1.10.0 support this model yet? The list of supported routers still only mentions V2 and V3 with caveats, but surely V4 must be widely in circulation by now?

Sorry if this question has been asked before, but the forum won't let me search on the model number because it is "too common".

Cheers

cwswpl wrote:Does the latest Gargoyle 1.10.0 support this model yet? The list of supported routers still only mentions V2 and V3 with caveats, but surely V4 must be widely in circulation by now?

Unfortunately, not yet. Not until Gargoyle moves to LEDE, which may take a while. LEDE offers full support, though.

Same here. Desperately waiting for a support.
TBH I have lost hope.
Is there a step by step guide to compile source code for this router?

You can start here
https://www.gargoyle-router.com/wiki/do ... umentation

But if you’ve never done this stuff before you won’t get Gargoyle working for the v4.
It is not trivial.

OK, thanks I'll keep an eye on progress. In the meantime, I'd better get another router that will work with Gargoyle.

I gathered from the forums that the WR1043ND was a recommended model last year, but the V2 and V3 are very hard to find now, which is how I ended up with a V4.

What other brand/model routers are commonly used and known as reliable by the Gargoyle community - preferably available in Australia?

Linksys

https://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/linksys/wrt_ac_series

expensive but I think it the only way forward.....

Try ebay

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Linksys-AC3200 ... SwiVhZ07ML

Thanks ispy, I've had a look and it's good to see they are being promoted as open source ready. But they are not on the Gargoyle list, is that out of date?

https://www.gargoyle-router.com/wiki/do ... ed_routers

Looks like the 1200AC models are cheap enough on ebay, I'm not particularly concerned with top wifi speed as the house is most cabled ethernet. Any other reason why I should consider a higher model?

I notice Linksys have download page and that OpenWRT have a section called "Official Linksys OEM Firmware"

https://www.linksys.com/us/support-arti ... Num=114663

I'm confused about what these are, is that the factory firmware, or does linksys also contribute to the OpenWRT project?

My understanding is that OpenWRT is the router engine, and Gargoyle is built on top of that as the web management interface, have I got that right?

The linksys looks good, but will I be able to go to the Gargoyle download page and follow the process and get it to work? Those models don't seem to be mentioned in the docs.

Thanks again.

Wiki is out of date

Openwrt/Gargoyle at a basic level are the same

Use openwrt instructions

You’re correct about Openwrt and Gargoyle.
Linksys do not contribute to either one.

The 1200 is a nice bit of gear but I would recommend the 1900AC V1. It is the oldest and most stable (in my opinion) and has a cooling fan which helps stability.
Should find one of them pretty cheap.


I personally make sure the wrt series are supported as I own a lot of them. Download are available from the site.
No that list is not necessarily up to date.