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On 3/23/2015 3:32 PM, Adrian Chadd wrote:

>> i.e. can I just upgrade the unit with tl-wr1043ndv2.factory.bin through the
>> web interface  ?
>
> maybe? :) I haven't tried it.

How do people typically mass re-flash such devices with FreeBSD? On 
openwrt, there is a neat script that can automate it via the web 
interface for factory default devices.  It would be nice not to 
physically open each unit in order to attach a temp serial console.

> Also - I see you've built it as root. You very explicitly do not have
> to build it as root.

Cool, I will switch to a non root user!


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