TP-LINK TL-WR1043ND V2 WAN port problem
Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2018 1:12 am
I have a TP-LINK TL-WR1043ND V2 router on hand which exhibit strange behaviour that I cannot fix or figure out why. This is the first time I have seen this.
I have multiple TP-LINK TL-WR1043ND V2 router on hand and I have only found one which exhibit this behaviour.
The problem is the WAN port does not work. The WAN port indicator light works and LAN port on the router it is connected to via WAN port also lights up. This should means the WAN port works but it is unable to get IP address via DHCP from the upstream router. Note: doing exactly the same connection using another unit of this router model works just fine.
I have tried reverting back to factory firmware and surprisingly, WAN port works fine on factory firmware but it is not working on Gargoyle 1.8.1 or 1.10.0. Obviously, I can't sent this back for warranty when WAN port is working perfectly fine when using factory firmware.
I found some old discussion about the TL-WR1043ND V1 having bootloader that disable WAN port
viewtopic.php?f=8&t=2584&p=12070#p12070
So, I also tried flashing factory firmware TL-WR1043ND_V2_140613 and TL-WR1043ND_V2_130925 from http://www.tp-link.com/us/download/TL-W ... l#Firmware which contains the boot loader portion after I revert back to factory firmware. However, nothing I do makes WAN port works when I am running Gargoyle.
logread does not show anything unusual or any indication of WAN port activity.
LAN Port 1-4 are working fine when connected to computer.
May I know if anyone knows what I could do to find the cause of the problem or is there a fix around? If you think this is a hardware fault, what can I do to prove it using factory firmware when WAN port is working fine there....
I have multiple TP-LINK TL-WR1043ND V2 router on hand and I have only found one which exhibit this behaviour.
The problem is the WAN port does not work. The WAN port indicator light works and LAN port on the router it is connected to via WAN port also lights up. This should means the WAN port works but it is unable to get IP address via DHCP from the upstream router. Note: doing exactly the same connection using another unit of this router model works just fine.
I have tried reverting back to factory firmware and surprisingly, WAN port works fine on factory firmware but it is not working on Gargoyle 1.8.1 or 1.10.0. Obviously, I can't sent this back for warranty when WAN port is working perfectly fine when using factory firmware.
I found some old discussion about the TL-WR1043ND V1 having bootloader that disable WAN port
viewtopic.php?f=8&t=2584&p=12070#p12070
So, I also tried flashing factory firmware TL-WR1043ND_V2_140613 and TL-WR1043ND_V2_130925 from http://www.tp-link.com/us/download/TL-W ... l#Firmware which contains the boot loader portion after I revert back to factory firmware. However, nothing I do makes WAN port works when I am running Gargoyle.
logread does not show anything unusual or any indication of WAN port activity.
LAN Port 1-4 are working fine when connected to computer.
May I know if anyone knows what I could do to find the cause of the problem or is there a fix around? If you think this is a hardware fault, what can I do to prove it using factory firmware when WAN port is working fine there....