Partially bricked TL-WR1043ND v1.9 after flash

[brinstar117]

I have a TP-Link TL-WR1043ND v1.9 which originally had DD-WRT on it. I tried using this guide to revert back to the original OEM firmware but the router wouldn't accept the provided .bin file. I then went to DD-WRT's router database and successfully flashed the router to factory firmware with this file.

I then went back to the guide and tried flashing using the gargoyle_1.6.2-ar71xx-tl-wr1043nd-v1-squashfs-factory.bin file. I uploaded it through the router's webGUI and everything seemed to work normally. The webGUI said that the upgrade was successful. However, after it automatically rebooted I could not access the router through the webGUI.

I can ping the router at 192.168.1.1 and get into it using SSH with Putty on Windows but I can't seem to recover the router.

When I SSH the router says I'm on version Bleeding Edge, 49971.

I am currently using this Open-WRT recovery guide, but I can't seem to get the recovery .bin file to transfer to the router. I have 30-30-30 power cycled the router several times now.

I have been trying to use netcat to transfer the recovery .bin file but it says it can't connect to remote host when I try. I could really use some tips or suggestions as I'm not sure what to do now.

[Lantis]

Try TFTP
https://wiki.openwrt.org/doc/howto/gene ... shing.tftp


By the way, "30/30/30" does nothing in Openwrt world, so expect zero results from it.

[tapper]

Hi mate you installed the wrong file that's why it says that you are on Bleeding Edge, 49971.

What you need to do is ssh in and tipe:
opkg update
opkg install luci
/etc/init.d/uhttpd start
/etc/init.d/uhttpd enable

more info here
https://wiki.openwrt.org/doc/howto/luci.essentials

[Lantis]

If he's on a version that old he won't have uhttpd. He will have gargoyle_httpd