I want to add my 2 cents if i may.
I am struggling with 3 X ER-604W freezing routers for over a year now, and I want to suggest some solutions for the problem that are simple and might work for you. I haven't tested it on 1043ND, But I'm sure the wsf script can be easily modified with the proper reboot command.

Simplest method :

1. Get a digital timer and set it to be on all day long EXCEPT for 1 minute - This will restart the router (You can get those on aliexpress or ebay for like 12$). If you can't afford a digital timer, You can get a simple one and set it to be turned off once a day too (It usually can be set to be turned of for 15 minutes increments minimum).

Another method :

1. install telnet feature in windows (google it according to your OS)

2. Open notepad and paste this below text (That start with the word ) into a new text file and save it as a wsf (For example rr.wsf)
(Just make sure that:
a. The path to your telnet.exe file is correct
b. the telnet routers address is correct
c. the first 2 "admin" matches your router's user/password logins)






3. run the wsf file and see if your router is completely restarted.

4. You can also create a batch file with notepad (For example rr.bat) that will run the wsf script and close the command prompt for example :

@echo off
cscript C:\rr.wsf
taskkill /im cmd.exe /f /t

5. If you want to add it to task scheduler, You need to create a new task and :

a. Set it to run only when user is logged on
b. Let it have highest privileges
c. Under Actions-Edit Start is (optional) provide it's working directory (For example c:\)

Good luck and I hope it help you guys

I need a similar solution for my TL-WA801ND. It doesn't allow telnet or ssh access. And the reboot URL needs to contain a random string of letters that changes with each login (e.g. http://192.168.1.17/RDBFIPPCPCEXRGEB/userRpm/SysRebootRpm.htm?Reboot=Reboot). Any ideas?

I needed to do this as well and I ended up writing a python script that will send a reboot command via authenticating the web UI and fetching the proper URLs. A server on my network runs it as a scheduled cron job:
https://gist.github.com/vicwomg/9b0bc6f1ea22e08379651a36877e0420

vicwomg wrote

I needed to do this as well and I ended up writing a python script that will send a reboot command via authenticating the web UI and fetching the proper URLs. A server on my network runs it as a scheduled cron job:
https://gist.github.com/vicwomg/9b0bc6f1ea22e08379651a36877e0420

Great work!

I had the same problem

Major wrote

So my router stopped working. I tried restarting the router via my browser to test it, but I couldn't access http://192.168.1.1/ I had to unplug to get the router to start working again.

Would Gargoyle firmware allow a scheduled reboot even if there's no communication between my router and my PC? Is there a way to test if the firmware-started reset recovers my internet connection before committing to flashing the firmware?

I'm quite concerned about bricking my router if Gargoyle doesn't work - they recommend installing the latest, non-stable build, on their website since the stable builds are lacking some important features. That's not very encouraging...

This worked. Thanks for posting this.

acc4ever wrote

[FONT=arial]Digging and digging, finally you have the hole![/FONT]
[FONT=arial]Here is how it works, forgot my lasts comments. Just need to use same url as referer then will work again [/FONT]
[FONT=arial]Using cURL:
curl -L --user admin:admin http://192.168.1.1/userRpm/SysRebootRpm.htm?Reboot=Reboot --referer "http://192.168.1.1/userRpm/SysRebootRpm.htm/"[/FONT]