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