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TL-WR1043N/ND v1.7 No Wireless N on 1.81
Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2016 12:37 am
by Gary.M
I've upgraded my router to 1.81 without a problem, but I note that in the repeater connection configuration page I cannot set the operation mode to N+G+B. No matter what I choose it always reverts to G+B.
It was running on 1.8 and this option could be selected without a problem. In fact it just used that as the default.
Does anyone have any thoughts?
I have a screenshot of the configuration but cannot upload it as I get a message saying "the board attachment quota has been reached"
Re: TL-WR1043N/ND v1.7 No Wireless N on 1.81
Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2016 8:36 am
by ericwong
I would suggest you try to do a reset on your router first if you didn't reset it when upgrading.
Re: TL-WR1043N/ND v1.7 No Wireless N on 1.81
Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2016 8:47 pm
by Gary.M
I assume you mean under backup/restore - "Restore default configuration now" Just tried that and it went through the motions but then came back up with the configuration all still the same.
Any developer tested this on the 1043ND? There are plenty of people using this router it seems...
Re: TL-WR1043N/ND v1.7 No Wireless N on 1.81
Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2016 9:33 pm
by ericwong
Gary.M wrote:I assume you mean under backup/restore - "Restore default configuration now" Just tried that and it went through the motions but then came back up with the configuration all still the same.
Yes, this is what I mean.
If that didn't work, also try clear browser cache/cookie or use incognito mode or similar. If this didn't work, you may want to try upgrading to the same firmware again.
I am using the same router here, 1043nd version 1, I don't think mine is version 1.7 though. Wireless N is there under repeater mode.
Re: TL-WR1043N/ND v1.7 No Wireless N on 1.81
Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2016 9:56 pm
by Gary.M
OK Eric, I decided to upgrade to 1.9x latest (Feb 19th). All went OK, and the settings page for the wireless repeater now works as expected...
We'll see how it goes...
Thanks
Re: TL-WR1043N/ND v1.7 No Wireless N on 1.81
Posted: Fri Feb 26, 2016 7:56 pm
by Gary.M
Well a lesson here maybe. 1.9x was great for an hour. Then it just started to fall apart. Restarting the router would help for a few minutes, but it was all bad. On a whim I put it into failsafe mode and then telneted in and did the firstboot recovery as here:
http://wiki.openwrt.org/doc/howto/generic.failsafe
Then after I reset it all it came back up working well. 24 hours later its still going strong.
So, perhaps the upgrade process doesn't get rid of all of the user data, or leaves some sort of mess behind?
Re: TL-WR1043N/ND v1.7 No Wireless N on 1.81
Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2016 5:58 pm
by Gary.M
One further addition. I used failsafe to recover a Buffalo WZR-HP-G300NH that had semi-bricked on an update a year or so back... then I installed 1.81. I had the same experience as first mentioned in this thread... Could only select B+G in the bridge / repeater wireless settings.
I updated to 1.9x and this was resolved and the router is running well.