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toh:hwdata:tp-link:tp-link_tl-wr740n_v3

Techdata: TP-Link TL-WR740N v3

This device is NOT RECOMMENDED for future use with OpenWrt due to low flash/ram.
DO NOT BUY DEVICES WITH 4MB FLASH / 32MB RAM if you intend to flash an up-to-date and secure OpenWrt version (18.06 or later) onto it! See 4/32 warning for details.

1) This device does not have sufficient resources (flash and/or RAM) to provide secure and reliable operation.
This means that even setting a password or changing simple network settings might not be possible any more, rendering the device effectively useless. See OpenWrt on 4/32 devices what you can do now.

2) OpenWrt support for this device will end after 2019.
19.07 will be the last official build for 4/32 devices. After 19.07, no further OpenWrt images will be built for 4/32 devices. See OpenWrt on 4/32 devices what you can do now.

Usage

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Dataentry

Device Type:
WiFi Router
Brand:
TP-Link
Model:
TL-WR740N
Version:
v3
FCCID:
https://fcc.io/TE7/WR741NDV2
Availability:
Discontinued
Supported Since Commit:
https://git.lede-project.org/?p=source.git;a=commit;h=76d0d1a837130843ae05b343534abab38cbd968a
Supported Since Rel:
12.09
Supported Current Rel:
18.06.5
Target:
ar71xx
Subtarget:
tiny
Package architecture:
mips_24kc
Bootloader:
U-Boot
CPU:
Atheros AR7240
CPU Cores:
1
CPU MHz:
400
Flash MB:
4
RAM MB:
32
Ethernet 100M ports:
5
Ethernet Gbit ports:
-
Switch:
Atheros AR7240
VLAN:
Yes
Modem:
-
WLAN Hardware:
Atheros AR92xx
WLAN 2.4GHz:
b/g/n
WLAN 5.0GHz:
-
WLAN driver:
ath9k
Detachable Antennas:
-
Bluetooth:
-
USB ports:
Mod
SATA ports:
-
Video ports:
-
Audio ports:
-
Phone ports:
-
Serial:
Yes
Serial connection parameters:
115200 / 8N1
JTAG:
¿
LED count:
¿
Button count:
¿
GPIOs:
-
Power Supply:
¿
Device Page:
tl-wr740n
Forum search:
TL-WR740N
Git search:
TL-WR740N
WikiDevi URL:
https://wikidevi.com/wiki/TP-LINK_TL-WR740N_v3.x
OEM Device Homepage URL:
http://www.tp-link.com/us/products/details/TL-WR740N.html
Firmware OEM Stock URL:
http://www.tp-link.com/us/download/TL-WR740N_V3.html
Firmware OpenWrt Install URL:
http://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/18.06.5/targets/ar71xx/tiny/openwrt-18.06.5-ar71xx-tiny-tl-wr740n-v3-squashfs-factory.bin
Firmware OpenWrt Upgrade URL:
http://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/18.06.5/targets/ar71xx/tiny/openwrt-18.06.5-ar71xx-tiny-tl-wr740n-v3-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin
Firmware OpenWrt snapshot Install URL:
http://downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/targets/ar71xx/tiny/openwrt-ar71xx-tiny-tl-wr740n-v3-squashfs-factory.bin
Firmware OpenWrt snapshot Upgrade URL:
http://downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/targets/ar71xx/tiny/openwrt-ar71xx-tiny-tl-wr740n-v3-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin
Installation method(s):
GUI OEM, U-Boot TFTP + serial recovery, see devicepage
Recovery method(s):
U-Boot TFTP + serial recovery
Picture:
picture: genericrouter1.png

Conventions for dataentry values

General nomenclature

Details

¿         : unknown (ALT+168; used for filtering reasons. Please avoid '?' and use '¿' instead)
¿ xxx     : unknown, xxx is a qualified guess (only for non-dropdown fields)
-         : not applicable / hardware not present
8, 16, 32 : different configurations available (',' = OR; use space after ',' to allow linebreaking)
Conventions per characteristic

Details

underlined characteristic = mandatory

Characteristic Description Example Datatype Datatype alias Convention / allowed values
General
Device Type Device Type Wireless router select (dropdown) _devicetype WiFi AP, WiFi Router, Router, Travel Router, Travel Router - Battery powered, Range Extender, Single Board Computer, Modem, NAS, unknown, other
If 'other' → request new devicetype @wiki admin
Brand Brand of the device D-Link select (dropdown) _brand Too many to show here. If 'other' → request new Brand @wiki admin
Model Exact Model DIR-509 textbox no restrictions, anything is possible
Version HW revision v0.99 textbox empty (default) / v1 / v1, v2 / … (no restrictions, anything is possible)
Multiple entries (comma separated) allowed if same hardware specs. If hardware different (e.g. v1=32MB RAM; v2=64MB RAM) → add new dataentry-page.
FCCid FCC id https://fcc.io/KA2/IR505A1 _urls link-scheme: https://fcc.io/yourFCCid
Availability Availability / Discontinuation of the device Available 2017 select (dropdown) _availability Actual availability, i.e. you have checked if this device is available in 2017 → Available 2017; Make sure to check multiple sites over the globe!
unknown 2017, Available 2017, Available 2016?, Available 2016, Available 2015, Discontinued 2017, Discontinued 2016, Discontinued 2015, Discontinued 2014, Discontinued 2013, Discontinued 2012, Discontinued 2011, Discontinued 2010, Discontinued
Where available Website where this device can be purchased amazon.com textbox website without http… and no deep link, just the website, eg. amazon.com. List multiple values comma separated.
OpenWrt Support
Supported since commit git commit, which provided first ever support for this device; “Birthpoint” of support https://git.openwrt.org/?p=openwrt/openwrt.git;a=commit;h=42914b0b0e47237400a825a54189d707abd86693 textbox _git empty (default) / Link scheme: https://git.openwrt.org/?p=openwrt/openwrt.git;a=commit;h=<commithash>
Find commit via the search on https://git.openwrt.org/?p=openwrt/openwrt.git;a=summary
Supported since release First official release (no snapshot) 17.01 select (dropdown) _releasesince ¿, 17.01, 17.07, 18.01
Supported current release Current official release 17.01 select (dropdown) _releasecurrent ¿, 17.01, snapshot
“snapshot” for devices that don't have major release yet.
If device no longer supported, then 'Current support' means 'Last support'.
Unsupported functions Describe what is not supported 5GHz wifi, ADSL, FXS page _unsupporteds Values in this field link to pages explaining in detail what is unsupported and why, what the concequences are and what you can do about it.
List multiple values comma separated.
Keep the values as short as possible, don't write books in here!
Hardware
Target Target ar71xx select (dropdown) _target Only existing targets allowed, i.e. only what can be found here: http://downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/ or here targets
(¿=unknown, -=architecture not supported)
Subtarget Subtarget generic textbox
Instruction Set
(not actively maintained any more)
Instruction Set ARM select (dropdown) _instructionset ¿, AVR32, ARM, MIPS32, MIPS64, MIPS IV, PPC, x86, x86_64, other
(subset of List_of_instruction_sets)
Sub-instruction-set
(not actively maintained any more)
Sub-instruction-set ARMv5 select (dropdown) _subinstructionset ¿, ARMv4, ARMv5, ARMv6, ARMv7, ARMv7-A, MIPS32 4K/E series, MIPS32 24K/E series, MIPS32 34K series, MIPS32 74K series, MIPS32 1004K series, MIPS32 1074K series, other
List_of_instruction_sets
List_of_ARM_microarchitectures
Package architecture mips_24kc select (dropdown) _pkg-arch instructionset
Packages download (removed) mips_24kc|Download select (dropdown) _pkg-dl instructionset
Bootloader Bootloader U-Boot 1.1.4 select (dropdown) _bootloader If 'other' → request new bootloader @wiki admin
CPU Platform / SoC Atheros AR9331 textbox see soc
CPU cores Number of CPU cores 2 _numcores_ ¿, 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, more than 16
CPU MHz the obvious 400 textbox numerical values w/o MHz or GHz
Flash MB the obvious 8 select (dropdown) _mbflashs Multiple values allowed; CTRL-click for multiselect; ¿, 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256, 512, 1024, 2048, 4096, 8192, 64NAND, 128NAND, 256NAND, 512NAND, 1024NAND, 2048NAND, 4096NAND, 8192NAND, more than 8GB, more than 8GB NAND, SD, microSD, microSDHC, CF, mSATA
RAM MB the obvious 64 select (dropdown) _mbram ¿, 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256, 512, 1024, 2048, 4096, more than 4GB
Network
Ethernet 100M ports Number of 100Mbit ethernet ports 1 select (dropdown) _numethport ¿, -, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, more than 20
Ethernet GBit ports Number of Gbit ethernet ports 1 select (dropdown) _numethport ¿, -, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, more than 20
Switch Switch hardware Broadcom BCM5325 textbox
VLAN VLAN capability Yes select (dropdown) _yesno ¿, Yes, No
Modem Type of integrated modem xDSL select (dropdown) _modem ¿, Yes, No, ADSL, ADSL2+, ADSL2+ Annex A, ADSL2+ Annex B, xDSL, DOCSIS, Powerline, Mobile Wireless/Cellular network
http://wiki.openwrt.org/meta/template_device#info
Comments network ports Comments on Ethernet, Fibre and Modem textbox If PoE supported, enter below under “Power Supply”
Wireless
WLAN Hardware Broadcom BCM43225 textbox “Manufacturer Model# [(onboard/integrated/(mini-)PCI(e))]” / “#x (mini-)PCI(e)”
WLAN 2.4GHz Wireless standard(s) the device is capable of b/g/n select (dropdown) _wlan24 ¿, -, b, b/g, b/g/n
WLAN 5.0GHz Wireless standard(s) the device is capable of a/n/ac select (dropdown) _wlan50 ¿, -, a, a/n, a/n/ac
WLAN Comments MIMO and other WIFI information 2×2 MIMO textbox
WLAN drivers WLAN driver b43 select (dropdown) page _wlan_drivers , -, ath5k, ath9k, ath10k, b43, b43 legacy, brcmfmac, brcmsmac, mt76, mwlwifi, rt2500pci, rt2800pci, rt2800usb, rtl819x, unknown, other
Detachable Antennas # of detacheable antennas 3 select (dropdown) _numdetachantenna ¿, -, Yes, No, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, more than 10
Bluetooth Bluetooth version 4.2 select (dropdown) _bluetooth ¿, -, 4.0, 4.1, 4.2, 5.0, BLE, other
Other interfaces
USB ports # of USB 2.0 + USB 3.0 ports 1x 2.0, 2x 3.0 multiselect _usbmultiselect ¿, -, Yes, 1x 1.1, 1x 1.1 Device, 1x 2.0, 1x 2.0 Device, 2x 2.0, 3x 2.0, 4x 2.0, 5x 2.0, 6x 2.0, more than 6x 2.0, 1x 3.0, 2x 3.0, 3x 3.0, 4x 3.0, 5x 3.0, 6x 3.0, more than 6x 3.0, Mod, 1x Device, 1x Header, 1x OTG, 1x µUSB (charging), 1x Power only
Notes:
- Device = Slave = Client (= everything that's not a host); Device preferred over the others.
- use “Host” only when needed
- if “mod” → provide URL to Howto/Forum
SATA ports # of SATA or eSATA ports 2 select (dropdown) _numsataport ¿, -, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, more than 6
Comments USB SATA ports the obvious ? textbox
Video ports Kind of video port HDMI select (dropdown) _port-videos Multiple possible; CTRL-click for multiselect; ¿, -, Composite, DP, mDP, HDMI, LVDS, VGA, other
Audio ports Kind of audio port Line out select (dropdown) _port-audios Multiple possible; CTRL-click for multiselect; ¿, -, Line, Headphone jack, HDMI, S/PDIF, other
Phone ports 2 select (dropdown) _port-phones Multiple possible; CTRL-click for multiselect; ¿, -, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, more than 6, POTS, DECT
Comments AV ports Comments on Audio, Video, Phone ports Requires a special cable in order to use composite video textbox
Serial Availability of serial access Yes select (dropdown) _yesno ¿, Yes, No
Serial connection parameters the obvious 115200 / 8N1 select (dropdown) _serialparam ¿, 19200 / 8N1, 38400 / 8N1, 57600 / 8N1, 115200 / 8N1
JTAG Availability of JTAG access Yes select (dropdown) _yesno ¿, Yes, No
Other hardware
LED Count # of LEDs 5 select (dropdown) _numled ¿, -, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, more than 20 → relevancy?
see https://forum.openwrt.org/viewtopic.php?pid=275491#p275491
Buttons Button/switch types available WPS select (dropdown) _numbutton ¿, -, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, more than 20 → relevancy?
see also https://forum.openwrt.org/viewtopic.php?pid=275491#p275491
GPIOs Number of readily accessible GPIOs (e.g. via pinheader) 17 select (dropdown) _numgpio ¿, -, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, more than 20
Power supply Specifications of Power Supply (Volt, Amp, PoE) or Battery (Volt, mAh) 12 VDC, 1.2 A, PoE 802.3af textbox If PoE capable: PoE <PoE spec>, e.g. PoE 802.3af
Links
Device Page Link to Wiki-page toh:d-link:dir-509 page toh:brand:model
Device Techdata How the link to the dataentry page will be named (not the link itself) Techdata _hidden / _pageid Techdata (fixed setting for all devices, not to be edited)
Mandatory usage of types:
_hidden = in the dataentry → will not be shown
_pageid = in datatables / datalists → shows up as link
OWrt Forum Topic URL Link(s) to forum thread(s) https://forum.openwrt.org/viewtopic.php?id=38742 _urls https://forum.openwrt.org/viewtopic.php?id=xxxxxx
LEDE Forum Topic URL Link(s) to forum thread(s) https://forum.lede-project.org/t/mikrotik-rb492ah-success/785/2 _urls https://forum.lede-project.org/xxxxxx
Forum search query to search for latest forum postings related to this device DIR-505 textbox _search-forums
Git search query to search for latest git commits related to this device; might need some tweaking to deliver useful results. DIR-505 textbox _search-gits
WikiDevi URL Link to wikidevi https://wikidevi.com/wiki/D-Link_DIR-515 _url https://wikidevi.com/wiki/...
OEM device homepage Link to manufacturers device page http://us.dlink.com/products/connect/shareport-mobile-companion/ _url https://...
Firmware OEM Stock Link to original OEM firmware http://support.dlink.com/ProductInfo.aspx?m=DIR-505L _url https://...
Firmware OpenWrt Install Link to OpenWrt release factory image http://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/17.01.4/targets/ar71xx/generic/lede-17.01.4-ar71xx-generic-dir-505-a1-squashfs-factory.bin _urls http://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/...factory.bin
Firmware OpenWrt Upgrade Link to OpenWrt release sysupgrade image http://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/17.01.4/targets/ar71xx/generic/lede-17.01.4-ar71xx-generic-dir-505-a1-squashfs-factory.bin _urls http://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/...sysupgrade.bin
Firmware OpenWrt snapshot Install Link to OpenWrt snapshot factory image http://downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/targets/ar71xx/generic/lede-ar71xx-generic-dir-505-a1-squashfs-factory.bin _urls http://downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/targets/...factory.bin
Firmware OpenWrt snapshot Upgrade Link to OpenWrt snapshot sysupgrade image http://downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/targets/ar71xx/generic/lede-ar71xx-generic-dir-505-a1-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin _urls http://downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/targets/...sysupgrade.bin
Installation methods Installation methods available for this device D-Link recovery GUI select (dropdown) page _method-installations CTRL+click for multiselect
TFTP, GUI, CLI, D-Link recovery GUI, unknown, other
Comment installation Rename image to 'firmware.bin' before flashing. textbox SHORT (!) comments like “rename image to 'firmware.bin' before flashing.”
Recovery methods Installation methods available for this device TFTP select (dropdown) page _method-recovery CTRL+click for multiselect
TFTP, GUI, CLI, D-Link recovery GUI, unknown, other
Comment recovery Rename image to 'firmware.bin' before flashing. textbox SHORT (!) comments like “rename image to 'firmware.bin' before flashing.”
Picture Single general picture (outside/case) to identify the device; Put more detail pictures (inside/PCB) on device page media:toh:dlink:dlink_dir-509_general_view.jpg _img100s 1) Get picture from OEM website
(min 640×480; max 1280×720, max 1MB)
2) Store it in the OpenWrt wiki via the media-manager: media:toh:brand:brand_model_general_view.jpg
3) Get link to picture: Find picture in media manager, click on it, scroll down, copy the link
4) Add link to the dataentry. Do not link to OEM website, because that link may change.
Misc
Comments Anything that's worth mentioning Nice colour! :-D
Small formfactor (wallwart-sized)
textbox The only restriction: Keep it SHORT! Put any detailed content which needs more space on the devicepage.
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toh/hwdata/tp-link/tp-link_tl-wr740n_v3.txt · Last modified: 2019/11/13 21:53 by tmomas

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