Gargoyle Forum

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.

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.

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

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