Flash OpenWrt Chaos Calmer 15.05.1 on my TP-Link WR1043ND v1.
Enter following in command line:
# uci del network.wan
# uci set network.wan=interface
# uci set network.wan.proto=dhcp
# uci set network.wan.ifname=eth1
# uci commit network
# reboot
Your /etc/config/network file should have following entry:
config 'interface' 'wan'
option 'proto' 'dhcp'
option 'ifname' 'eth1'