====== TP-Link TL-WR1043ND ======
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WARNING: This document may contain errors which may result in damage to your router. USE AT YOUR OWN RISK.
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===== Introduction =====



The TP-Link TL-WR1043ND is becoming a very popular Gargoyle router due price and hardware feature set. There are many ways of [[http://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/tp-link/tl-wr1043nd?s[]=tl&s[]=wr1043nd|flashing]] this device but the easiest method is using "Firmware upgrade" tool.

//Note: Firmware is still listed as experimental and not all features may work as expected.// 

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===== Download firmware =====
Select the correct firmware for this device. 

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Upgrading existing router (Gargoyle or OpenWRT) firmware

''gargoyle_1.3.14-ar71xx-tl-wr1043nd-v1-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin''

Installing new firmware

''gargoyle_1.3.14-ar71xx-tl-wr1043nd-v1-squashfs-factory.bin''

===== Install =====
Open the original TP-Link configuration. 

Select "System Tools" >> "Firmware Upgrade"

Select 

''gargoyle_1.3.14-ar71xx-tl-wr1043nd-v1-squashfs-factory.bin''

file then click "upgrade" 

If you get the error message ''please choose a file to upgrade'', it's because the firmware filename is too long. Rename the firemware filename to ''gargoyle.bin'' and upload it again.

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Wait about 5 minutes then you should be able to connect to 192.168.1.1

**Do not unplug the power supply during upgrade.**

 If after 5 minutes 192.168.1.1 is unresponsive first reboot your PC and try again. If after 20 minutes 192.168.1.1 is unresponsive you may reboot both PC and router.

===== Revert Back Original Firmware =====
The hardest part to reverting back to the original firmware is finding a suitable file. You can not use the firmware from TP-Link without a file modification.

Luckily somebody has done the work for us

 {{http://goo.gl/XRbuZ|wr1043nv1_en_3_9_17-sysupgrade.zip}} 

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