TP-Link TL-WR1043ND v2

These are running a recent OpenWrt 15.05+ 'Chaos Calmer' checkout. While TP-Link is marketing this model as a hardware revision of the TL-WR1043ND, it really is a new model:

  • new SoC
  • newer CPU (720 MHz MIPS 74Kc vs. 400 MHz MIPS 24Kc)
  • twice the RAM (64 MB vs. 32 MB)
  • 802.11n 450 Mbps (Three spatial streams instead of two on the v1)

Hardware specifications

  • Qualcomm Atheros QCA9558 MIPS 74Kc SoC v5.0 720 MHz
  • 8 MiB flash
  • 64 MiB RAM
  • Atheros AR8327N-BL1A 5 port Gigabit Ethernet switch
  • Qualcomm Atheros QCA9558 802.11bgn 3x3:3
  • USB 2.0 port
  • Serial port

/proc/cpuinfo output

system type                 : Qualcomm Atheros QCA9558 rev 0
machine                     : TP-LINK TL-WR1043ND v2
processor                   : 0
cpu model                   : MIPS 74Kc V5.0
BogoMIPS                    : 358.80
wait instruction            : yes
microsecond timers          : yes
tlb_entries                 : 32
extra interrupt vector      : yes
hardware watchpoint         : yes, count: 4, address/irw mask: [0x0000, 0x0ff8, 0x0ff8, 0x0ff8]
isa                         : mips1 mips2 mips32r1 mips32r2
ASEs implemented            : mips16 dsp dsp2
shadow register sets        : 1
kscratch registers          : 0
core                        : 0
VCED exceptions             : not available
VCEI exceptions             : not available

OpenWrt prompt

BusyBox v1.23.2 (2015-07-13 00:16:54 CEST) built-in shell (ash)

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 CHAOS CALMER (Chaos Calmer, r46312)
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 * 1 1/2 oz Gin            Shake with a glassful
 * 1/4 oz Triple Sec       of broken ice and pour
 * 3/4 oz Lime Juice       unstrained into a goblet.
 * 1 1/2 oz Orange Juice
 * 1 tsp. Grenadine Syrup
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root@OpenWrt:~#
Updated: 2015-11-10