http://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/tp-link/tl-wr1043nd

OEM mass flashing

Flashing hundreds of devices using the web interface can be a real pain. You can use this shell script to automate it:

#!/bin/bash

 

# Pass the firmware image file to be flashed as the first and only

# command line argument.

#

# The second curl call will time out, but it is expected. Once the

# script exits, you can unplug the ethernet cable and proceed to the

# next router, but do KEEP each router ON POWER until the new image is

# fully written! When flashing is done the router reboots

# automatically (as shown by all the leds flashing once).

 

curl \

  --user admin:admin \

  --user-agent 'Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux i686; rv:12.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/12.0' \

  --referer 'http://192.168.1.1/userRpm/SoftwareUpgradeRpm.htm' \

  --form "Filename=@$1" -F 'Upgrade=Upgrade' \

  http://192.168.1.1/incoming/Firmware.htm > /dev/null

 

sleep 1

 

curl \

  --max-time 2 \

  --user admin:admin \

  --user-agent 'Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux i686; rv:12.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/12.0' \

  --referer 'http://192.168.1.1/incoming/Firmware.htm' \

  http://192.168.1.1/userRpm/FirmwareUpdateTemp.htm >  /dev/null