tplink TL-WR1043ND access point is now ready (was Re: svn commit: r227926 - head/sys/mips/conf)

[Stefan Bethke]

Am 30.11.2011 um 10:42 schrieb Paul Schenkeveld:

> On Thu, Nov 24, 2011 at 03:47:56PM +0800, Adrian Chadd wrote:
>> And with this particular commit, all the bits needed to get
>> FreeBSD-HEAD running natively on this unit are now in the tree.
>> 
>> The process is documented here:
>> 
>> http://code.google.com/p/freebsd-wifi-build/wiki/TpLinkTLWR1043ND
> 
> Hi Adrian, this is great work it think!  I've been looking for something
> like this for a long time and I'm now about to buy a TL-WR1043ND to try
> it out, I've successfully built and image that's now sitting ans waiting
> for hardware in my /tftpboot!
> 
> One question, hopefully not too silly, is there any way of reverting
> a TL-WR1043ND back to it's original firmware after installing FreeBSD
> on it?  I.e., can I somehow upload the contents of flash to my tftp
> server before I download the FreeBSD image?

The OpenWrt wiki page explains how to revert back to the original firmware.
http://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/tp-link/tl-wr1043nd

TP-LINK make the firmware available for download on their site, so you don't need to save the one that's in the flash.
http://www.tp-link.com/en/support/download/?model=TL-WR1043ND&version=V1#tbl_j

At this time, it is highly recommended to have a serial console cable soldered to the router.  Again, the OpenWrt wiki has information on that.


Stefan

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