i just bought this model at lowyat today and go direct at 4th floor (tp link service centre)
they upgrade firmware for my unifi setting...
router work great but the wireless very suck
after i go out from my room and go to other room the line goes from -40db to -75db
the distance is about 5 m only

how much did u bought it?

rm145

Maybe that's the problem of Unifi firmware only.
Working find on my Normal and DDWRT firmware

@blacktubi... r u using 1043ND too?
becoz was finding any users using 841ND with DDWRT firmware.. see any problem with wireless signal lost after 24hrs

already try this router.. no problem with wifi signal.. router at my mom house (infront) and i try to keep my distance to about 10m and the signal still good.. even better with my other router 841N..
after bought it, i quickly flashed to klseet firmware.. try to find problem like urs but seems no problem with wifi..
why aa ur problem like that?
only problem is the LAN speed.. i didnt get 1gbps if using switch even my switch support 10/10/1000 speed.. hurmmm... abit blur here..

This post has been edited by ahlong: Jan 7 2012, 12:19 PM

do your firmware ver same as me?

Firmware Version:
3.13.4 Build 110906 Rel.72204n
Hardware Version:
WR1043ND v1 00000000

ya the same as yours
Firmware Version:
3.13.4 Build 110906 Rel.72204n
Hardware Version:
WR1043ND v1 00000000

this is my wireless setup at status:

Wireless Radio: Enable
Name (SSID): schizo.net
Channel: 6
Mode: 11bgn mixed
Channel Width: Automatic
Max Tx Rate: 300Mbps
MAC Address: XX-XX-XX-XX-XX-XX
WDS Status: Disable

This post has been edited by ahlong: Jan 7 2012, 02:53 PM

sane as ur setting also...
or maybe the wall too thick so the signal can't go thru and loss the signal?

Wrong thread..Sorry..

This post has been edited by Chumpy: Jan 7 2012, 04:44 PM

can you share with us your firmware and setting for your 1043ND working with UNIFI and DDWRT?

No issue with wireless problem with this firmware.

If you wanna get better wifi performance, flash dd-wrt configure it to use max output power
You might lost IPTV

I'm having problems getting connected.

Noticed in my Syslog it says "Bad encrypted passowrd". Does it mean my password is wrong?

Try setting it to WEP and see

i am also using this it works great. Just a reminder signal sux doesnt mean the router sux it could be you are lack of expertist or assumption regarding the router or networking field.

1 example interferance with other signal like cordless phones
Solid wall obstruction
Weak WIFI receiver
Blind Spot

Fixed my error. It was the password alright. Noticed the password for the line and the myUnifi was different.

Didnt know they will lfahs unifi firmware for u.
Am going to get one.

some one can share with us how to setting and also wireless setting using DD-WRT ? which version of DD-WRT ? I also have problem with wifi signal

i am also looking for DD-WRT with UNIFI heard its not supported yet

ru talking about 1043nd not supported for dd-wrt ?
fyi im running dd-wrt r18024 with 841n

This post has been edited by preducer: Feb 17 2012, 12:47 PM

I think aspire2oo6 mean TP-Link TL-WR1043ND run on dd-wrt can't use IPTV.

Thank you.

set it to n only (if all ur devices r n ready) and enable AP isolation mode... sometimes it can help...

Hey I found a thread made concerning TL-WR1043ND with OpenWRT

And it seems that he managed to make the router work using IPTV (UNIFI)

My TP-Link TL-WR1043ND OpenWRT setup for UniFi, UniFi and IPTV working

Though... it's not DD-WRT...

This post has been edited by leo_ck: Feb 19 2012, 11:43 AM

i used it and the problem is like he stated.. after the modem reboot/off, we need to reconfig the iptv config again.. try to find the solution to make it permanent like vlan500..

Fixing that is quite easy. Also, you don't need that line anymore, as unifi has changed their method for identifying IPTV, no need to set the port priority to 1 anymore. Anyhow I'm impressed that someone managed to find the magic command to set port priority to 1. I've been looking for it for ages, but then TM made it unnecessary, haha.

If you insist, add that line to /etc/rc.local. Alternatively, login to the web interface, go to System > Startup. Scroll down, add that line to startup before 'exit 0'. It works because /etc/rc.local is executed only after every single one of the scripts in the boot procedure are done.

Of course, the line I'm talking about is this one.


It should work even after reboot.

Finally, I'd rather replace the line containing "config 'interface' 'iptv" and below it with this.



It's so that the router doesn't grab an IP from their server, because there's no need for it.


EDIT: Underlined the important parts.

EDIT2: Hopefully someone made a proper guide lol. I'm not good at writing one.

This post has been edited by blindbox: Feb 19 2012, 08:25 PM

dont worry about ur guide hahaha.. i can understand it.. will try it.. thanks alot tho..

change unifi router so complicated one ah... possible to bring my laptop & let the shop people do the configuration for me?

If you wanna buy tp link 1043 model, no worries it is easy to setup just click unifi mode in the router GUI. The discussion on Open WRT or DD-WRT is for custom firmware. Factory firmware for this model is alright.

If you want, I CAN precompile the whole OpenWRT firmware with the relevant settings so that all you can do is flash and go. Just say if you want it.

This post has been edited by blindbox: Feb 20 2012, 12:13 PM

Unifi with OpenWrt can use usb storage ?

I want it ... Pls send to me.

my e-mail kai_samm@yahoo.com

Thank you.

This post has been edited by kaisam: Feb 21 2012, 12:21 AM

I thought even the factory firmware supports usb storage. Gimme a day to compile this, cuz I'm quite busy right now, have to do it tonight instead.

ok... got time let me read bout wat is openWRT , DDwrt, its like alien code for me nao.

I want it too. However can the IPTV used with OpenWRT permanently?

Thanks!

Compiling... hang on.

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Added on February 22, 2012, 10:21 amDidn't manage to finish the compile yesterday, power went out and I was too sleepy to restart it. Will do it again today.

This post has been edited by blindbox: Feb 22 2012, 10:21 AM

oic, all will wait u.

Thank you.

I'm giving you guys a trunk build (r30366). I've tested this to be stable for at least 15 days. Power went out so I'm back to 0h on my router's uptime. Wireless is excellent, I've been able to get max speed for wireless-n.

I've also included one or two interesting packages if you guys ever want to check it out (will require ssh) like,
znc
iftop

Well, I can't remember what else.

Finally, here's the link. Enjoy!
sysupgrade is for upgrading a previous openwrt firmware.
factory is for upgrading from stock image.

http://www.mediafire.com/?9bkdf4fnpymong6
New version (r30770+miniupnpd patch) .Bear in mind that you cannot install additional softwares from my build, either by the web interface or by using opkg install. Please use the official release (Backfire 10.03.1) for extra customizations. I'm just providing this for those who wants an instant unifi.
http://www.mediafire.com/?6y1g8fach2jjuji


I didn't test the image first as I don't have a spare device but there's no reason for it to not work. Still, use it at your own risk.

So, how do we use this?

http://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/tp-link/tl-wr1...sy.installation

Finally, login to the router, change the password for the login, then go to Network tab > Interface tab > press the Edit button at the line containing WAN. That's where you can set your unifi username and password. Press Save and Apply to continue.

This post has been edited by blindbox: Mar 6 2012, 10:14 AM

Thank you.

Oversight on my part but UPnP is disabled by default, so you'll have to enable it manually. It's at the tab Services > UPNP > Tick the first 3 boxes, press save and apply.

I'm gonna compile a new one later.

Hmm, if you want to do usb storage, it's a bit complicated. I'll also prepare a new image later this week that should allow hard disks to idle properly, and also enable upnp by default, and finally, prepare a proper guide to mount a USB. Sorry that it ain't plug and play.

This post has been edited by blindbox: Feb 23 2012, 07:58 PM

oic, thank you.

@blindbox

Great job bro !
Another great OpenWRT option for OpenWRT lover

Will test it soon !

Anybody using OpenWRT can share how is the bandwith control on it?

I used to use DD WRT on 1043ND but choose to go back to factory fw since the QoS on the factory one is more suitable for managing bandwith/user as it use ip as the parameter to allocate the bandwith.

How about OpenWRT?

bro,
just a question on how to revert back to the original firmware. Can i just used 1 of the firmware listed here: http://www.tp-link.com.my/support/download...del=TL-WR1043ND ?
I've download all the firmware there and it's in the format or xxxupxxx, which is not xxxbootxxx, so do i still needa do the cutting?

which is written on the wiki given that "Cut the first 0x20200 (that is 131,584 = 257*512) Bytes from original firmware:"

what will happen if i never or over-cut it?? just a pre-caution b4 i try on ur firmware..

thanks..

No cutting if there's no boot in the name. Also, once you got the firmware, change it to a shorter name like, say, code.bin and to flash back to factory, scp into the router, place code.bin into /tmp and do this

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Added on February 26, 2012, 11:13 amOpenWrt has no easy user interface for allocating bandwidth per IP (aka, you can say, quota management?) There's the alternative though, that is, gargoyle routers, which is based on OpenWRT, that is capable of limiting traffic based on the rules.

Apart from that, if you really want to use OpenWrt and still manage bandwidth/user, you'd have to learn tc and linux scripting. Not to scare you, but be prepared to spend a week to learn it.

This post has been edited by blindbox: Feb 26 2012, 11:13 AM

uh well, there's a lot of device need to controlled in my office, hahaha, then i think i just gonna stay with the custom factory FW...

All right for my quoted post below, it works with the firmware from http://www.gargoyle-router.com. It has quota management and a more advanced QoS GUI but it lacks the more powerful features that openwrt has, like multiwan, insanely good firewall config gui, etc. Of course, all this can still be edited by the config file in /etc/config, just that you now lack the gui to do it. Also, another thing it's lacking are packages - these will have to be compiled by yourselves.

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Added on March 3, 2012, 1:33 pmI've updated this post with r30770. Miniupnpd fixed, kernel is now 3.2.9 and wireless performance is probably better. Of course, I only compile it, that's all.


http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopi...post&p=49201531

This post has been edited by blindbox: Mar 3 2012, 01:33 PM

I've updated this post with r30770. Miniupnpd fixed, kernel is now 3.2.9 and wireless performance is probably better. Of course, I only compile it, that's all.

http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopi...post&p=49201531

Here's a guide for adding usb storage.

http://klseet.com/index.php?option=com_con...d=103&Itemid=95

EDIT: Un-combined to bump this up.

EDIT2: Added USB storage guide.

This post has been edited by blindbox: Mar 3 2012, 01:37 PM

just few simply question..

1.can the GUI do DHCP reservation list?? I need it to assign the particular IP to particular mac Address.

2. can DDNS done on GUI?

3. are able to browse and telnet from WAN through DDNS? As currently the stock firmware dont have telnet which limit my work to telnet over to my internet devices.


or it need to be done on CLI.

1. Yes

2. Yes

3. Yes but you need to use ssh, of course, you need to port forward and allow dropbear to let you ssh from a remote ip iinm.

thanks.. SSH is just port 22.. no problem on tat as long as GUI.. lazy to learn all linux command..
eer.. SSH meant command base? what about GUI?

1 more question..

GUI can do port forwarding? hope this is the last.. if i left out any will voice out again.. thanks..

The GUI is like 1000 times more advanced than DD-WRT's. So, yes, you can.

SSH is secure shell. SSH encrypts, telnet doesn't. Telnet sends everything in plain text, including your password.

Well, the GUI itself is using http so there's not really any encryption. You can, however, install the https version of luci.

I have a silly question to ask. What are the main benefits of using this open wrt custom firmware as opposed to the klseet Unifi one? Also, if I want to use this open wrt firmware, all I have to do is flash with the file in your post right? Nothing else to do in terms of hardware and software?

whao... GUI also more advance than DD-wrt.. so far i only used stock firmware... since those thing i need can be done on Openwrt's GUI, thinks gonna flash it soon and will feedback on it once done...

thanks...

yup i need SSH/telnet over to the router itself so that i can telnet to all my internal devices... unless i PAT it out... but having an alternative is better then having none..

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Added on March 4, 2012, 11:28 pmOPEN WRT dumped!! still learning the GUI...



This post has been edited by ckboon: Mar 4 2012, 11:28 PM

Has anyone here successfully setup DDNS?
I'm not using any custom firmware, the firmware version is :
3.13.4 Build 110429

I registered an account on no-ip, and I've already placed all the details required(username/pass/domain name) but the connection status
is still 'Connecting..'

Anything else I need to do to get it properly connected?

not problem setting up DDNS. I tested all the DDNS with tp-link firmware and openwrt

it all works...

try rebooting ur unit.

Have you tried dyndns instead? no-ip always seems to fail for me. Gave up, went for what everyone uses, dyndns.

Alright, I'll reboot the router once I get home.
Need DDNS to access web ui for my usenet client so I can easily add my download link from anywhere
Just found out how to actually use usenet to download anything for free

Btw, what's really the advantage of openwrt over tp link firmware?
I take it you've successfully flash back and forth for both firmware?
I'm just afraid I'll brick my router

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Added on March 5, 2012, 12:46 pmUnfortunately dyndns is not free anymore

This post has been edited by alucard89: Mar 5 2012, 12:47 PM

dyndns is still free!!

openwrt can do so many thing!! i dont think i will revert back to stock anymore! lol.. i've being poisoned..

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Added on March 5, 2012, 1:06 pm@blindbox, need ur experty on how to run luci-ssl

I've installed it, but seem like it's not working..

i cant used https to access from external... still running http

This post has been edited by ckboon: Mar 5 2012, 01:06 PM

Paste your /etc/config/uhttpd here (preferrably pastebin). Settings for uhttpd are not exposed in luci.

This post has been edited by blindbox: Mar 5 2012, 07:07 PM

lol

i dun understand what is tat..

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Added on March 5, 2012, 11:04 pmany read up on how to do this?? i look at the wiki openwrt also faint..
so many version, backfire, kamikaze, trunk....



This post has been edited by ckboon: Mar 5 2012, 11:04 PM

Backfire 10.03.1 is the latest. Trunk are for people who compile themselves.

Get WinSCP, login to the router, grab the file /etc/config/uhttpd. Alternatively, get putty, ssh and login, then

CODE

cd ..
cat /etc/config/uhttpd

Paste to me what comes out.

EDIT: Ignore above, I got an easier way.

SSH into your router, login, copy pasta.



This post has been edited by blindbox: Mar 5 2012, 11:38 PM

i got putty and winscap

-----------------


# Server configuration
config uhttpd main

# HTTP listen addresses, multiple allowed
list listen_http 0.0.0.0:80
# list listen_http [::]:80

# HTTPS listen addresses, multiple allowed
# list listen_https 0.0.0.0:443
# list listen_https [::]:443

# Server document root
option home /www

# Reject requests from RFC1918 IP addresses
# directed to the servers public IP(s).
# This is a DNS rebinding countermeasure.
option rfc1918_filter 1

# Certificate and private key for HTTPS.
# If no listen_https addresses are given,
# the key options are ignored.
option cert /etc/uhttpd.crt
option key /etc/uhttpd.key

# CGI url prefix, will be searched in docroot.
# Default is /cgi-bin
option cgi_prefix /cgi-bin

# List of extension->interpreter mappings.
# Files with an associated interpreter can
# be called outside of the CGI prefix and do
# not need to be executable.
# list interpreter ".php=/usr/bin/php-cgi"
# list interpreter ".cgi=/usr/bin/perl"

# Lua url prefix and handler script.
# Lua support is disabled if no prefix given.
# option lua_prefix /luci
# option lua_handler /usr/lib/lua/luci/sgi/uhttpd.lua

# CGI/Lua timeout, if the called script does not
# write data within the given amount of seconds,
# the server will terminate the request with
# 504 Gateway Timeout response.
option script_timeout 60

# Network timeout, if the current connection is
# blocked for the specified amount of seconds,
# the server will terminate the associated
# request process.
option network_timeout 30

# TCP Keep-Alive, send periodic keep-alive probes
# over established connections to detect dead peers.
# The value is given in seconds to specify the
# interval between subsequent probes.
# Setting this to 0 will disable TCP keep-alive.
option tcp_keepalive 1

# Basic auth realm, defaults to local hostname
# option realm OpenWrt

# Configuration file in busybox httpd format
# option config /etc/httpd.conf


# Certificate defaults for px5g key generator
config cert px5g

# Validity time
option days 730

# RSA key size
option bits 1024

# Location
option country DE
option state Berlin
option location Berlin

# Common name
option commonname OpenWrt

SSH into router, copy pasta.

ehhh..

GUI die!!

i cant http or https lo..

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Added on March 6, 2012, 12:46 amuhttpd become this after the command:


config uhttpd 'main'
list listen_http '0.0.0.0:80'
option home '/www'
option rfc1918_filter '1'
option cert '/etc/uhttpd.crt'
option key '/etc/uhttpd.key'
option cgi_prefix '/cgi-bin'
option script_timeout '60'
option network_timeout '30'
option tcp_keepalive '1'
list listen_https '0.0.0.0:443'

config cert 'px5g'
option days '730'
option bits '1024'
option country 'DE'
option state 'Berlin'
option location 'Berlin'
option commonname 'OpenWrt'


This post has been edited by ckboon: Mar 6 2012, 12:46 AM

Ahhh that's a bug unfortunately. I'll find a workaround for it. For now, https won't work. So to fix things up,



I'm wondering, what openwrt version are you using?

This post has been edited by blindbox: Mar 6 2012, 07:33 AM

huh?? i copy it from ur link...


Firmware Version OpenWrt Firmware Attitude Adjustment (r30770) / LuCI Trunk (trunk+svn8323)
Kernel Version 3.2.9

yesterday , i tried to shop for tplink1043nd from lowyat, unfortunately, no more stock anymore in all shop.

Lol, should've mentioned that earlier. I didn't enable luci-ssl on that one. I'll prepare another build today.

All the builds I've built are unable to use the opkg system, please bear that in mind.

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Added on March 6, 2012, 10:17 amAlso, I'll prepare a backup file that allows you to use unifi instantly with Backfire 10.03.1. Gimme some time, will do it at midnight today, when everyone on my network is gone. I don't have a spare device.

This post has been edited by blindbox: Mar 6 2012, 10:17 AM

Really ar? Which service should I use?
Coz I only see option to pay if I need to use their service.

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Added on March 6, 2012, 2:52 pmYou could just buy it online at Garage Sales subforum or lelong site.

This post has been edited by alucard89: Mar 6 2012, 02:52 PM

hmm... i think dyndns just only change their policy...

Yep, seems like they changed a lot of things. Last time they gave six dnses to free users, then two, now only 1.

http://dyn.com/dns/dyndns-pro-free-trial/

Just check your router, see what DDNS services they support, and use those, apart from dyndns. RIP, dyndns free service.

This post has been edited by blindbox: Mar 6 2012, 05:47 PM

I think you have to put in a credit card for the free trial right? Damn mah fan.

Anyway if one insists on using dyn.com. Just sign up for a free account, no CC needed, at dlinkddns.com. You can use the same login for dyn.com.

@blindbox Have you used the WR841ND? How's the wifi performance of the WR1043ND compared to its cheaper brother? Aside from the GB lan ports, are there any other differences? Amount of ram, cpu?

I don't have a WR841ND. If I do have one, I prolly can't do much with it, as I really need the 8 MB flash. As wireless performance go, should be the same if it also has 3 antennae. It should still be the same even with two, but range is less with two antennae. WR841ND has two antennae it seems.

Gotta remind yourself that my views are a bit irrelevant as I only use openwrt. I never stick with stock

EDIT: not sure about the credit card for free trial. I have an old dyndns account that still works though, it's still pointing to my home router. Gonna have to change it later. Freedns seems interesting.

This post has been edited by blindbox: Mar 7 2012, 12:09 PM

how to set DMZ?? dunno why this upnp and port forwarding cant forward my port for my NAS to do torrent

-deleted-

This post has been edited by dirtinacan: Mar 8 2012, 01:04 AM

Ok, managed to setup via webgui [Backfire 10.03.1-rc6] without having to WinSCP/PuTTY to the device, both vlan.500 & 600 work on my HG850a without any problem :
http://klseet.com/index.php?option=com_con...=143&Itemid=124

Thank you ur sharing.

How about the usb storage ? easy to setup or use ?

Thank you.

i believe klseet have done a good guideline for this
http://klseet.com/index.php?option=com_con...d=103&Itemid=95
and also
http://klseet.com/index.php?option=com_con...d=104&Itemid=96

u may want save the page to your local harddrive , as the site sometime got limited bandwitdh due to too many access.

but you need to becareful when you use openwrt, read the step few times before you apply, because i have bricked 2 941ND before because my itchy hand to disturb some setting that i dont know.

but openwrt is very flexible and it is worth to spend some time to learn it.

just need some advise on Flash new firmware image

can i reflash the same firmware or downgrade firmware?

what's the different between openwrt to openwrt firmware and tplink to openwrt..

what will happen if flash wrong

Omg klseet, use 10.03.1-final already.

http://downloads.openwrt.org/backfire/10.03.1/ar71xx/


Openwrt to openwrt - just use image with the name sysupgrade in it and web interface. Always backup the settings before flashing though (they're both on the same web page). Openwrt to stock - follow the wiki. I'll update the wiki later because it's not complete.

Btw, port forwarding working just fine for me.

Also, I'm so busy right now that I can do most of these stuff only on the weekends, sorry ckboon.

Next plan for my trunk release - implement luci-ssl, implement transmission oh and, ftp server. Samba is already available for those who wants it though. I'm sure ftp can stream too...? Funny because I'm never going to use transmission and ftp. I also want to put my biz5's web account to use but I still got no idea on how for now.
klseet, any pointers on this?

Btw klseet, from your link here, it seems like transmission is clogging up the flash memory? Possible solution is to make a symlink, or use extroot.

This post has been edited by blindbox: Mar 8 2012, 01:17 PM

As an alternative to using HTTPS to access the GUI, you can also just use an SSH tunnel :



Then just point your browser to http://127.0.0.1:8080 :3

Gonna try that.

meaning, if i wanna upgrade/downgrade openwrt to openwrt i will just use sysupgrade? if i restore the the trunk from your file will i get the original default setting, or the setting with iptv which had been created?

anyway blindbox, take ur time, i just found out that my NAS HDD DIE!! This might be why suddenly upnp and port forward works weird from openwrt

Depends how you do it. If you took my compiled file, and ticked the box that tells you to reset everything after flashing, it will go back to the settings with iptv created. If you took openwrt's official images, and do the same thing as the previous sentence, it will go back to openwrt's default i.e. no vlans configured at all.

lol
Busy la bro, been a while didn't test OpenWRT since the last RC4/5 ..... last night started to re-test again, so blur-blur thought still RC, so just grab the bottom one RC6, honestly didn't notice the final was released

Guess it's time to test & document the reset procedure then re-test on the final release ....

Previously, for ftp I tested the vsftpd ok no problem. But for the Transmission, I remembered initially was ok, just that Transmission is quite hungry suck most CPU power, after some tests (also forgot what I did) the Transmission keep eating up the flash memory size until "no space left" error and the router freeze/crash/re-start ...

Ya later I read somewhere about the extroot thing, trust me, being a part-time-beginner, my whole head wet may be you can show me more layman term on how to setup

Not sure whether new build/release fix it, may need to find time to test again .... but I don't really feel like putting the Transmission on this 400Mhz cpu with 32MB ram size again, also worry the swap space might not fast enough, it's just too hungry ...

Thanks for ur advice...

u use wr941nd for unifi ?

Thank you.

yes, but i plan to replace with 1043nd . hopefully, the stock will available soon.

oic, u just use 1043nd for usb storage ?

Thank you.

With regards to my guide on the USB here:
http://klseet.com/index.php?option=com_con...d=103&Itemid=95

I re-visit & test recently, seem like I'm unable to mount the external USB2 HDD properly, fstab & swap space seem ok, but can't see the main storage /mnt/sda2 under df -k
which I'm now thinking this could possible cause my Transmission "no space left" issue, I'm suspecting it could be combination issues with build/partition layout/mount point/packages/etc ....

I'll find some time this weekend to re-run/test again on latest final build, will post the steps once result confirmed.

This post has been edited by klseet: Mar 9 2012, 01:26 PM

installed: OpenWrt Backfire 10.03.1 / LuCI 0.10.0 Release (0.10.0)
kernel version: 2.6.32.27

everything runs smooth. just install the luci-ddns apps for my dyndns account.. no problem for now..