TP-Link RE200 v2 is a wireless range extender with Ethernet and 2.4G and 5G
WiFi with internal antennas. It's based on MediaTek MT7628AN+MT7610EN.
Specifications
--------------
- MediaTek MT7628AN (580 Mhz)
- 64 MB of RAM
- 8 MB of FLASH
- 2T2R 2.4 GHz and 1T1R 5 GHz
- 1x 10/100 Mbps Ethernet
- UART header on PCB (57600 8n1)
- 8x LED (GPIO-controlled), 2x button
There are 2.4G and 5G LEDs in red and green which are controlled
separately.
MAC addresses
-------------
The MAC address assignment matches stock firmware, i.e.:
LAN : *:0D
2.4G: *:0E
5G : *:0F
Installation
------------
Web Interface
-------------
It is possible to upgrade to OpenWrt via the web interface. Simply flash
the -factory.bin from OEM. In contrast to a stock firmware, this will not
overwrite U-Boot.
Serial console
--------------
Opening the case is quite hard, since it is welded together. Rename the
OpenWrt factory image to "test.bin", then plug in the device and quickly
press "2" to enter flash mode (no line feed). Follow the prompts until
OpenWrt is installed.
Unfortunately, this devices does not offer a recovery mode or a tftp
installation method. If the web interface upgrade fails, you have to open
your device and attach serial console.
Additonal notes
---------------
It is possible to flash back to stock by using tplink-safeloader to create
a sysupgrade image based on a stock update. After the first boot, it is
necessary upgrade to another stock image, otherwise subsequent boots
fail with LZMA ERROR 1 and you have to attach serial to recover the device.
Signed-off-by: Andreas Böhler <dev@aboehler.at>
[remove DEVICE_VARS change]
Signed-off-by: Adrian Schmutzler <freifunk@adrianschmutzler.de>
This moves the TP-Link TL-WA850RE v2 to dynamic partitioning and
will allow to use this for ath79 as well.
Signed-off-by: Adrian Schmutzler <freifunk@adrianschmutzler.de>
This patch updates "soft_ver" for TP-Link Archer C6 v2 (EU).
It makes possible to upload OpenWrt on lastest vendor's firmware
as the web-based updater checks for major.minor version during upload.
Due to that on next major/minor version update TP-Link will stop
us from using the web-based firmware update tool, so it will
require a new patch on soft_ver to match major and minor version.
Up to today's latest stock firmware the patch (major.minor.patch)
version does not matters, that allows downgrade from 1.1.4 to 1.1.1
but do not allow downgrade from 1.1.X to 1.0.X.
Signed-off-by: Anderson Vulczak <andi@andi.com.br>
Specification:
SoC: MediaTek MT7628AN
RAM: 64MiB
Flash: 8MiB
Wifi:
- 2.4GHz: MT7628AN
- 5GHz: MT7612EN
LAN: 1x 10/100 Mbps
Flash instructions:
Flash factory image through stock firmware WEB UI.
Back to stock is possible by using TFTP and stripping down the Firmware
provided by TP-Link to a initramfs.
The flash space between 0x650000 and 0x7f0000
is blank in the stock firmware so I left it out as well.
Signed-off-by: Steffen Förster <nemesis@chemnitz.freifunk.net>
This replaces tabs by spaces when preceding an equal sign. This improves
consistency in the file and makes the indent look correct on all platforms.
While at it, also fix one case of inconsistent leading spaces.
Signed-off-by: Adrian Schmutzler <freifunk@adrianschmutzler.de>
This patch is based on #1689 and adds support for TP-Link Archer
C6 v2 (US) and A6 (US/TW).
The hardware is the same as EU and RU variant, except for GPIOs
(LEDS/Buttons), flash(chip/partitions) and UART being available
on the board.
- SOC: Qualcomm QCA9563 @ 775MHz
- Flash: GigaDevice GD25Q127CS1G (16MiB)
- RAM: Zentel A3R1GE40JBF (128 MiB DDR2)
- Ethernet: Qualcomm QCA8337N: 4x 1Gbps LAN + 1x 1Gbps WAN
- Wireless:
- 2.4GHz (bgn) QCA9563 integrated (3x3)
- 5GHz (ac) Qualcomm QCA9886 (2x2)
- Button: 1x power, 1x reset, 1x wps
- LED: 6x LEDs: power, wlan2g, wlan5g, lan, wan, wps
- UART: 115200, 8n1 (header available on board)
Known issues:
- Wireless: 5GHz is known to have lower RSSI signal, it affects speed and range.
Flash instructions:
Upload openwrt-ath79-generic-tplink_archer-c6-v2-us-squashfs-factory.bin
via the router Web interface.
Flash instruction using tftp recovery:
1. Connect the computer to one of the LAN ports of the router
2. Set the computer IP to 192.168.0.66
3. Start a tftp server with the OpenWrt factory image in the
tftp root directory renamed to ArcherA6v2_tp_recovery.bin.
4. Connect power cable to router, press and hold the
reset button and turn the router on
5. Keep the reset button pressed until the WPS LED lights up
6. Wait ~150 seconds to complete flashing
Flash partitioning: I've followed #1689 for defining the partition layout
for this patch. The partition named as "tplink" @ 0xfd0000 is marked
as read only as it is where some config for stock firmware are stored.
On stock firmware those stock partitions starts at 0xfd9400 however
I had not been able to make it functional starting on the same address as
on stock fw, so it has been partitioned following #1689 and not the stock
partition layout for this specific partition. Due to that firmware/rootfs
partition lenght is 0xf80000 and not 0xf89400 as stock.
According to the GPL code, the EU/RU/JP variant does have different GPIO pins
assignment to LEDs and buttons, also the flash memory layout is different.
GPL Source Code: https://static.tp-link.com/resources/gpl/gpl-A6v2_us.tar.gz
Signed-off-by: Anderson Vulczak <andi@andi.com.br>
[wrap commit message, remove soft_ver change for C6 v2 EU, move LED aliases
to DTS files, remove dts-v1 in DTSI, node/property reorder in DTSI]
Signed-off-by: Adrian Schmutzler <freifunk@adrianschmutzler.de>
"2.0" instead of "2.00" is sufficient and more in line with the
other definitions.
Signed-off-by: Bernhard Geier <freifunk@geierb.de>
[commit message/title adjustments]
Signed-off-by: Adrian Schmutzler <freifunk@adrianschmutzler.de>
This adds support for a popular low-cost 5GHz N based AP
Specifications:
- SoC: Atheros AR9344
- RAM: 64MB
- Storage: 8 MB SPI NOR
- Wireless: 5GHz 300 Mbps, 2x RP-SMA connector, 27 dBm TX power
- Ethernet: 1x 10/100 Mbps with 24V POE IN, 1x 10/100 Mbps
Installation:
Flash factory image through stock firmware WEB UI
or through TFTP
To get to TFTP recovery just hold reset button while powering on for
around 4-5 seconds and release.
Rename factory image to recovery.bin
Stock TFTP server IP:192.168.0.100
Stock device TFTP adress:192.168.0.254
Signed-off-by: Andrew Cameron <apcameron@softhome.net>
This adds support for a popular low-cost 5GHz N based AP
Specifications:
- SoC: Atheros AR9344
- RAM: 64MB
- Storage: 8 MB SPI NOR
- Wireless: 5GHz 300 Mbps, 2x RP-SMA connector, 27 dBm TX power
- Ethernet: 1x 10/100 Mbps with 24V POE IN, 1x 10/100 Mbps
Installation:
Flash factory image through stock firmware WEB UI
or through TFTP
To get to TFTP recovery just hold reset button while powering on for
around 4-5 seconds and release.
Rename factory image to recovery.bin
Stock TFTP server IP:192.168.0.100
Stock device TFTP adress:192.168.0.254
Signed-off-by: Andrew Cameron <apcameron@softhome.net>
This adds support for a popular low-cost 2.4GHz N based AP
Specifications:
SoC: Qualcomm Atheros QCA9533 (650MHz)
RAM: 64MB
Storage: 8 MB SPI NOR
Wireless: 2.4GHz N based built into SoC 2x2
Ethernet: 2x 100/10 Mbps, integrated into SoC
Installation:
Flash factory image through stock firmware WEB UI
or through TFTP
To get to TFTP recovery just hold reset button while powering on for
around 4-5 seconds and release.
Rename factory image to recovery.bin
Stock TFTP server IP:192.168.0.100
Stock device TFTP adress:192.168.0.254
This also applies some minor changes to the common DTSI:
- use &wmac for label-mac-device, as this one is actually set up in
common DTSI
- move ð0 to parent DTSI
- fix several leading spaces, added/removed newlines
Signed-off-by: Andrew Cameron <apcameron@softhome.net>
[DTS style fixes/improvements, updated commit message/title]
Signed-off-by: Adrian Schmutzler <freifunk@adrianschmutzler.de>
TP-Link WBS210 v2 is an outdoor wireless CPE for 2.4 GHz with
two Ethernet ports based on Atheros AR9344
The device is the same as TP-Link CPE220 v2, but with higher TX power (27 dBm
instead of 12 dBm) and two antenna connectors instead of built-in antennas.
Specifications:
- SoC: Atheros AR9344
- RAM: 64MB
- Storage: 8 MB SPI NOR
- Wireless: 2.4GHz 300 Mbps, 2x RP-SMA connector, 27 dBm TX power
- Ethernet: 1x 10/100 Mbps with 24V POE IN, 1x 10/100 Mbps
Installation:
Flash factory image through stock firmware WEB UI
or through TFTP
To get to TFTP recovery just hold reset button while powering on for
around 4-5 seconds and release.
Rename factory image to recovery.bin
Stock TFTP server IP: 192.168.0.100
Stock device TFTP adress: 192.168.0.254
The TP-Link WBS devices use the same GPIOs as the CPE devices,
except for the link4 LED. For this one, WBS devices use "2", while
CPE devices use "16". (Tested on WBS210 v2)
Signed-off-by: Bernhard Geier <freifunk@geierb.de>
[added comment about GPIO]
Signed-off-by: Adrian Schmutzler <freifunk@adrianschmutzler.de>
This fixes commit bae927c551 ("ar71xx: add support for TP-LINK CPE510
V2.0") where the support for this device wasn't optimal.
Device support for the CPE510v2 so far has been a hack to enable
flashing with CPE510v1 images. Those even have different hardware (e.g.
additional ethernet port).
With this patch, we provide proper support for this device in ar71xx.
Installation:
- Flash factory image through stock firmware WEB UI or through TFTP
- To get to TFTP recovery just hold reset button while powering on
for around 4-5 seconds and release.
- Rename factory image to recovery.bin
- Stock TFTP server IP: 192.168.0.100
- Stock device TFTP address: 192.168.0.254
Fixes: bae927c551 ("ar71xx: add support for TP-LINK CPE510 V2.0")
Signed-off-by: Andrew Cameron <apcameron@softhome.net>
[Rebased onto revert commit, changed comments in mach-cpe510.c,
changed commit title and description, fixed eth0 MAC address,
removed eth1 initialization]
Signed-off-by: Adrian Schmutzler <freifunk@adrianschmutzler.de>
[squashed revert, added fixes tag]
Signed-off-by: Petr Štetiar <ynezz@true.cz>
This seems to be identical to CPE210 v1 despite having removable
antennas.
Specifications:
* SoC: Qualcomm Atheros AR9344 (560 MHz)
* RAM: 64MB
* Storage: 8 MB
* Wireless: 2.4GHz N based built into SoC 2x2
* Ethernet: 2x 100/10 Mbps, integrated into SoC, 24V POE IN
Installation:
Flash factory image through stock firmware WEB UI
or through TFTP:
To get to TFTP recovery just hold reset button while powering on for
around 4-5 seconds and release.
Rename factory image to recovery.bin
Stock TFTP server IP:192.168.0.100
Stock device TFTP address:192.168.0.254
Signed-off-by: Adrian Schmutzler <freifunk@adrianschmutzler.de>
This is a preparation for ath79 support of the CPE210/CPE510 v1.
Kernel size is chosen equal to the latest update for CPE610 v1.
This also updates the partition size in ar71xx target, so code
remains consistent if someone looks up the device. Since CPE210,
CPE510, WBS210 and WBS510 (all v1) share the same partition
layout definition, and are on deprecated target anyway, this
changes them all at once.
Signed-off-by: Adrian Schmutzler <freifunk@adrianschmutzler.de>
TP-Link CPE510-v2/v3 is an outdoor wireless CPE for 5 GHz with
one Ethernet port based on Atheros AR9344
Specifications:
- Based on the same underlying hardware as the TP-Link CPE510
- Power, LAN, and 4 green LEDs
- 1 10/100Mbps Shielded Ethernet Port (Passive PoE in)
- Built-in 13dBi 2x2 dual-polarized directional MIMO antenna
- Adjustable transmission power from 0 to 23dBm/200mw
Flashing instructions:
Flash factory image through stock firmware WEB UI
or through TFTP
To get to TFTP recovery just hold reset button while powering on for
around 4-5 seconds and release.
Rename factory image to recovery.bin
Stock TFTP server IP:192.168.0.100
Stock device TFTP adress:192.168.0.254
Signed-off-by: Andrew Cameron <apcameron@softhome.net>
[whitespace fixes]
Signed-off-by: Petr Štetiar <ynezz@true.cz>
TP-Link RE650 v1 is a dual-band AC2600 range extender,
based on MediaTek MT7621A and MT7615E. According to the
wikidevi entry for RE650 this device is identical with
TP-Link RE500 as hardware. This patch supports only RE650.
Hardware specification:
- SoC 880 MHz - MediaTek MT7621AT
- 128 MB of DDR3 RAM
- 16 MB - Winbond 25Q128FVSG
- 4T4R 2.4 GHz - MediaTek MT7615E
- 4T4R 5 GHz - MediaTek MT7615E
- 1x 1 Gbps Ethernet - MT7621AT integrated
- 7x LEDs (Power, 2G, 5G, WPS(x2), Lan(x2))
- 4x buttons (Reset, Power, WPS, LED)
- UART header (J1) - 2:GND, 3:RX, 4:TX
Serial console @ 57600,8n1
Flash instructions:
Upload
openwrt-ramips-mt7621-tplink_re650-v1-squashfs-factory.bin
from the RE650 web interface.
TFTP recovery to stock firmware:
Unfortunately, I can't find an easy way to recover the RE
without opening the device and using modified binaries. The
TFTP upload will only work if selected from u-boot, which
means you have to open the device and attach to the serial
console. The TFTP update procedure does *not* accept the
published vendor firmware binaries. However, it allows to
flash kernel + rootfs binaries, and this works if you have
a backup of the original contents of the flash. It's probably
possible to create special image out of the vendor binaries
and use that as recovery image.
Signed-off-by: Georgi Vlaev <georgi.vlaev@gmail.com>
[re-added variables for kernel header]
Signed-off-by: David Bauer <mail@david-bauer.net>
Increase the Kernel partition to address the issue discussed here
https://forum.openwrt.org/t/cpe610-v1-sysupgrade-bin-missing-too-big/39637/5
Switch Back to the okli Loader to support increased partition size
Signed-off-by: Andrew Cameron <apcameron@softhome.net>
Signed-off-by: Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@gmail.com> [add <> for e-mail]
TP-Link CPE610-v1 is an outdoor wireless CPE for 5 GHz with
one Ethernet port based on Atheros AR9344
Specifications:
- Based on the same underlying hardware as the TP-Link CPE510
- Power, LAN, WLAN5G green LEDs
- 23dBi high-gain directional 2×2 MIMO antenna and a dedicated metal reflector
Flashing instructions:
Flash factory image through stock firmware WEB UI
or through TFTP
To get to TFTP recovery just hold reset button while powering on for
around 4-5 seconds and release.
Rename factory image to recovery.bin
Stock TFTP server IP:192.168.0.100
Stock device TFTP adress:192.168.0.254
Signed-off-by: Andrew Cameron <apcameron@softhome.net>
Specifications:
* SoC: Qualcomm Atheros QCA9533 (650MHz)
* RAM: 64MB
* Storage: 8 MB SPI NOR
* Wireless: 2.4GHz N based built into SoC 2x2
* Ethernet: 1x 100/10 Mbps, integrated into SoC, 24V POE IN
Installation:
Flash factory image through stock firmware WEB UI or TFTP
To get to TFTP recovery just hold reset button while powering
on for around 4-5 seconds and release.
Rename factory image to recovery.bin
Stock TFTP server IP:192.168.0.100
Stock device TFTP adress:192.168.0.254
Thanks to robimarko for the work inside the ar71xx tree.
Thanks to adrianschmutzler for deep discussion and fixes.
Signed-off-by: Mario Schroen <m.schroen@web.de>
[Split into DTS/DTSI, read-only config partition in DTSI]
Signed-off-by: Adrian Schmutzler <freifunk@adrianschmutzler.de>
[renamed dtsi filename, light subject touches]
Signed-off-by: Petr Štetiar <ynezz@true.cz>
This is also helpful to add support in ath79.
Signed-off-by: Adrian Schmutzler <freifunk@adrianschmutzler.de>
Tested-by: Adrian Schmutzler <freifunk@adrianschmutzler.de>
TP-Link RE350K v1 (FCC ID: TE7RE350K) is a wall-plug AC1200 Wi-Fi range
extender with 'Kasa Smart' support. Device is based on Qualcomm/Atheros
QCA9558 + QCA9882 + AR8035 platform and is available only on US market.
Specification:
- 720/600/200 MHz (CPU/DDR/AHB)
- 128 MB of RAM (DDR2)
- 16 MB of flash (SPI NOR)
- 1x 1 Gbps Ethernet (AR8035)
- 2T2R 2.4 GHz (QCA9558), with ext. PA (SE2565T) and LNA (SKY65971-11)
- 2T2R 5 GHz (QCA9882), with ext. PA (SE5003L1-R) and LNA (SKY65981-11)
- 2x U.FL connector on PCB
- 2x dual-band PCB antennas
- 1x LED, 2x dual-color LED (all driven by GPIO)
- 3x button (app config, led, reset)
- 1x mechanical on/off slide switch
- 1x UART (4-pin, 2.54 mm pitch) header on PCB
- 1x JTAG (8-pin, 1.27 mm pitch) header on PCB
Flash instruction:
Use 'factory' image directly in vendor GUI (default IP: 192.168.0.254,
default credentials: admin/admin).
Warning:
This device does not include any kind of recovery mechanism in U-Boot.
Vendor firmware access:
You can access vendor firmware over serial (RX line requires jumper
resistor in R306 place, near XTAL) with: root/sohoadmin credentials.
Signed-off-by: Piotr Dymacz <pepe2k@gmail.com>
Fix for factory image generation, so that stock firmware will accept the
openwrt image.
Ref: https://forum.openwrt.org/t/support-for-tp-link-archer-c2-v3/15617/17
Signed-off-by: Skirmantas Lauzikas <skirmantas.lauzikas@blackraven.lt>
[reword commit message, use correct order for conditions,
trim trailing whitespace]
Signed-off-by: Jo-Philipp Wich <jo@mein.io>
This patch adds support for TP-Link Archer C6 v2 (EU)
Hardware specification:
- SOC: Qualcomm QCA9563 @ 775MHz
- Flash: GigaDevice GD25Q64CSIG (8MiB)
- RAM: Zentel A3R1GE40JBF (128 MiB DDR2)
- Ethernet: Qualcomm QCA8337N: 4x 1Gbps LAN + 1x 1Gbps WAN
- Wireless:
- 2.4GHz (bgn) QCA9563 integrated (3x3)
- 5GHz (ac) Qualcomm QCA9886 (2x2)
- Button: 1x power, 1x reset, 1x wps
- LED: 6x LEDs: power, wlan2g, wlan5g, lan, wan, wps
- UART: There's no UART header on the board
Flash instructions:
Upload
openwrt-ath79-generic-tplink_archer-c6-v2-squashfs-factory.bin
via the router Web interface.
Flash instruction using tftp recovery:
1. Connect the computer to one of the LAN ports of the router
2. Set the computer IP to 192.168.0.66
3. Start a tftp server with the OpenWrt factory image in the
tftp root directory renamed to ArcherC6v2_tp_recovery.bin.
4. Connect power cable to router, press and hold the reset
button and turn the router on
5. Keep the reset button pressed until the WPS LED lights up
6. Wait ~150 seconds to complete flashing
According to the GPL source the non-EU variant has different
GPIOs assigned to some of the LEDs and buttons. The flash
layout might be different as well. The wikidevi entry for
Archer A6/C6 assumes they are identical.
Signed-off-by: Georgi Vlaev <georgi.vlaev@gmail.com>
This patch adds support for TP-Link Archer A7
Specification:
- SOC: QCA9563
- Flash: 16 MiB (SPI)
- RAM: 128 MiB (DDR2)
- Ethernet: 4x 1Gbps LAN + 1x 1Gbps WAN
- Wireless:
- 2.4GHz (bgn) SoC internal
- 5GHz (ac) QCA988x
- USB: 1x USB 2.0 port
- Button: 1x power, 1x reset, 1x wps
- LED: 10x LEDs
- UART: holes in PCB
- Vcc, GND, RX, TX from ethernet port side
- 115200n8
Flash instructions:
Upload openwrt-ath79-generic-tplink_archer-a7-v5-squashfs-factory.bin
via the Webinterface.
Flash instruction using tftp recovery:
1. Connect the computer to one of the LAN ports of the Archer A7
2. Set the computer IP to 192.168.0.66
3. Start a tftp server with the OpenWrt factory image in the tftp
root directory renamed to ArcherC7v5_tp_recovery.bin
2. Connect power cable to Archer A7, press and hold the reset button
and turn the router on
3. Keep the reset button pressed for ~5 seconds
4. Wait ~150 seconds to complete flashing
Changes since first revision:
- Flash instructions using stock image webinterface
- Changed "Version 5" in model string to "v5"
- Split DTS file in qca9563_tplink_archer-x7-v5.dtsi
and qca9563_tplink_archer-a7-v5.dts
- Firmware image is now build with dynamic partitioning
- Default to ath10k-ct
Changes since second revision:
- Changed uboot@0 to uboot@20000 in DTS file
- Fixed ordering issue in board led script
- Specify firmware partition format in DTS file
- Rebased Makefile device definition on common
Device/tplink-safeloader-uimage definition
- Merged switch section in network script
(same configuration as tplink,tl-wdr3600
and tplink,tl-wdr4300)
Signed-off-by: Karl-Felix Glatzer <karl.glatzer@gmx.de>
Currently flash from WebIF is broken for Archer C7 v5 EU models as their
SupportList entries are missing.
The added entries originate from TP-Links latest Archer C7 v5 EU
firmware.
Signed-off-by: David Bauer <mail@david-bauer.net>
These targets are already defined as having a dynamic partition
but the safeloader was not adapted for them.
This causes a build warning for the sysupgrade image being too big.
Targets:
- c58-v1
- c60-v1
- c60-v2
- TL-WR1043 v5
- TL-WR902AC v1
- TL-WR942N V1
Signed-off-by: Koen Vandeputte <koen.vandeputte@ncentric.com>
Targets:
- TP-LINK ER355
- TP-LINK C25 V1
- TP-LINK C59 V1
- TP-LINK C7 V4
- TP-LINK C7 V5
Fixes build issues seen due to the kernel being too big
Signed-off-by: Koen Vandeputte <koen.vandeputte@ncentric.com>
As mentioned in commit 5f24933 recent changes on ar71xx (switch to 4.14,
memory compaction, ...) cause an increase in kernel size, making it too
big for RE450.
RE450 images were not build due to the following error message:
os-image partition too big (more than 1572864 bytes): Success
Tested on RE450, device boots and was used to send this patch.
Reported-by: Enrico Mioso <mrkiko.rs@gmail.com>
Suggested-by: David Bauer <mail@david-bauer.net>
Signed-off-by: Radek Dostál <rd@radekdostal.com>
[rewrote commit msg keeping it tight + fixed SoB lines]
Signed-off-by: Koen Vandeputte <koen.vandeputte@ncentric.com>
Adds Support for the TP-LINK CPE510 V2.0 by TP-Link.
The hardware is almost the same as the CPE510 V1.0
Follow the same processes as for the CPE510 V1.0
Signed-off-by: Andrew Cameron <apcameron@softhome.net>
TP-Link Archer C59v2 is a dual-band AC1350 router based on
Qualcomm/Atheros QCA9561+QCA9886 chips.
Specification:
- 775/650/258 MHz (CPU/DDR/AHB)
- 128 MB of RAM (DDR2)
- 16 MB of FLASH (SPI NOR)
- 3T3R 2.4 GHz
- 2T2R 5 GHz
- 5x 10/100 Mbps Ethernet
- USB 2.0 port
- UART header on PCB
Flash instruction:
- via web UI:
1. Download openwrt-ar71xx-generic-archer-c59-v2-squashfs-factory.bin
2. Login to router and open the Advanced tab
3. Navigate to System Tools -> Firmware Upgrade
4. Upload firmware using the Manual Upgrade form
- via TFTP:
1. Set PC to fixed ip address 192.168.0.66
2. Download openwrt-ar71xx-generic-archer-c59-v2-squashfs-factory.bin
and rename it to tp_recovery.bin
3. Start a tftp server with the file tp_recovery.bin in its root directory
4. Turn off the router
5. Press and hold Reset button
6. Turn on router with the reset button pressed and wait ~15 seconds
7. Release the reset button and after a short time
the firmware should be transferred from the tftp server
8. Wait ~30 second to complete recovery.
Signed-off-by: Keith Maika <keithm@aoeex.com>
Use the new dynamic partition split in tplink-safeloader so we no longer
have to worry about kernel size increases.
Signed-off-by: Lucian Cristian <lucian.cristian@gmail.com>
Use the new dynamic partition split in tplink-safeloader so we no longer
have to worry about kernel size increases.
Signed-off-by: Alex Maclean <monkeh@monkeh.net>
Add support to dynamically split the firmware partition into os-image
and file-system partitions. This is done by replacing those entries in
the partition table with a single unified firmware partition, which is
then split according to actual kernel image size.
The factory image will have the file-system partition aligned to a 64K
erase block, but the sysupgrade image skips this and aligns only the
JFFS2 EOF marker to squeeze out more space.
This should prevent further creeping updates to the kernel partition
size while maximizing space for the overlay filesystem on smaller
devices.
Signed-off-by: Alex Maclean <monkeh@monkeh.net>
This PR adds support for a popular low-cost 2.4GHz N based AP
Specifications:
- SoC: Qualcomm Atheros QCA9533 (650MHz)
- RAM: 64MB
- Storage: 8 MB SPI NOR
- Wireless: 2.4GHz N based built into SoC 2x2
- Ethernet: 1x 100/10 Mbps, integrated into SoC, 24V POE IN
Installation:
Flash factory image through stock firmware WEB UI
or through TFTP
To get to TFTP recovery just hold reset button while powering on for
around 4-5 seconds and release.
Rename factory image to recovery.bin
Stock TFTP server IP:192.168.0.100
Stock device TFTP adress:192.168.0.254
Notes:
TP-Link does not use bootstrap registers so without this patch reference
clock detects as 40MHz while it is actually 25MHz.
This is due to messed up bootstrap resistor configuration on the PCB.
Provided GPL code just forces 25MHz reference clock.
That causes booting with completely wrong clocks, for example, CPU tries
to boot at 1040MHz while the stock is 650MHz.
So this PR depends on PR #672 to remove 40MHz reference clock.
Thanks to Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org> for properly patching that.
Signed-off-by: Robert Marko <robimarko@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Adrian Schmutzler <freifunk@adrianschmutzler.de>
TP-Link Archer C7 v5 is a dual-band AC1750 router, based on Qualcomm/Atheros
QCA9563+QCA9880.
Specification:
- 750/400/250 MHz (CPU/DDR/AHB
- 128 MB of RAM (DDR2)
- 16 MB of FLASH (SPI NOR)
- 3T3R 2.4 GHz
- 3T3R 5 GHz
- 5x 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet
- 10x LED, 2x button
- UART header on PCB
Flash instruction:
1. Upload lede-ar71xx-generic-archer-c7-v5-squashfs-factory.bin via Web interface
Flash instruction using TFTP recovery:
1. Set PC to fixed ip address 192.168.0.66
2. Download lede-ar71xx-generic-archer-c7-v5-squashfs-factory.bin
and rename it to ArcherC7v5_tp_recovery.bin
3. Start a tftp server with the file tp_recovery.bin in its root directory
4. Turn off the router
5. Press and hold Reset button
6. Turn on router with the reset button pressed and wait ~15 seconds
7. Release the reset button and after a short time
the firmware should be transferred from the tftp server
8. Wait ~30 second to complete recovery.
Signed-off-by: Arvid E. Picciani <aep@exys.org>
The default image does not fit 2 MB anymore, expand os-image partition
to 4 MB.
Upgrading works transparently via sysupgrade in both directions.
Another option would have been to merge "os-image" and "rootfs" into a
single "firmware" partition using MTD_SPLIT_TPLINK_FW, but just
changing the sizes of the existing partitioning has been deemed safer
and actually tested on an affected device; the maximum for rootfs
changes from 27 MB to 25 MB.
Run-tested on TP-Link Archer C2600.
Signed-off-by: Joris de Vries <joris@apptrician.nl>
[slh: extend comments and commit message, rename rootfs]
Signed-off-by: Stefan Lippers-Hollmann <s.l-h@gmx.de>
Having the metainfo between kernel and rootfs prevents us from resizing
the kernel partition as necessary.
Signed-off-by: Matthias Schiffer <mschiffer@universe-factory.net>
TP-Link Archer C60 v2 is a dual-band AC1350 router, based on
Qualcomm/Atheros QCA9561 + QCA9886.
Specification:
- 775/650/258 MHz (CPU/DDR/AHB)
- 64 MB of RAM (DDR2)
- 8 MB of FLASH (SPI NOR)
- 3T3R 2.4 GHz
- 2T2R 5 GHz
- 5x 10/100 Mbps Ethernet
- 7x LED, 2x button
- UART header on PCB
Flash instruction (web):
Download lede-ar71xx-generic-archer-c60-v2-squashfs-factory.bin and use
OEM System Tools - Firmware Upgrade site.
Flash instruction (recovery):
1. Set PC to fixed IP address 192.168.0.66
2. Download lede-ar71xx-generic-archer-c60-v2-squashfs-factory.bin and
rename it to tp_recovery.bin
3. Start a tftp server with the file tp_recovery.bin in its root
directory
4. Turn off the router
5. Press and hold reset button
6. Turn on router with the reset button pressed and wait ~15 seconds
7. Release the reset button and after a short time the firmware should
be transferred from the tftp server
8. Wait ~30 second to complete recovery
Flash instruction (under U-Boot, using UART):
tftp 0x81000000 lede-ar71xx-...-sysupgrade.bin
erase 0x9f030000 +$filesize
cp.b $fileaddr 0x9f030000 $filesize
reset
Signed-off-by: Henryk Heisig <hyniu@o2.pl>
Those converted factory images can be used to regain the original
tp-link firmware.
Be aware of firmware upgrade which additional require changes of
other partition than os-image (kernel) & file-system (rootfs).
OEM factory images from tplink can change nearly all partitions.
However using those images, OpenWrt's sysupgrade will only
modify the partitions os-image and file-system.
Signed-off-by: Alexander Couzens <lynxis@fe80.eu>
