Mercury MW4530R

Cheap clone of TP-Link TL-WDR4310 for China market.

Manufacturer's site: http://mercurycom.com.cn/Product/detail?pd=89 and its Google Translation.

Price: AliExpress - about 61 USD

Brand	Model	Version	Current Release	OEM Info	Forum Topic	Technical Data
Mercury	MW4530R	v1	22.03.5		https://forum.openwrt.org/viewtopic.php?id=45495	View/Edit data

Model	Version	SoC	CPU MHz	Flash MB	RAM MB	WLAN Hardware	WLAN2.4	WLAN5.0	100M ports	Gbit ports	Modem	USB
MW4530R	v1	Atheros AR9344	400	8	128	Atheros AR9340, Atheros AR9580	b/g/n	-	-		-	1x 2.0

CPU	Ram	Flash	Network	USB	Serial	JTag
Atheros AR9344 @ 560Mhz	128MiB	8MiB	4LAN + 2WIFI	1 x USB 2.0	Yes	?

Model	Version	Current Release	Firmware OpenWrt Install	Firmware OpenWrt Upgrade	Firmware OEM Stock
MW4530R	v1	22.03.5	https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/22.03.5/targets/ath79/generic/openwrt-22.03.5-ath79-generic-mercury_mw4530r-v1-squashfs-factory.bin	https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/22.03.5/targets/ath79/generic/openwrt-22.03.5-ath79-generic-mercury_mw4530r-v1-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin

→ Install OpenWrt (generic explanation)

Please add the installation procedure here.

Please check out the article flash.layout. It contains an example and a couple of explanations.

→ Basic configuration After flashing, proceed with this.
Set up your Internet connection, configure wireless, configure USB port, etc.

The default network configuration is:

Interface Name	Description	Default configuration
br-lan	LAN & WiFi	192.168.1.1/24
vlan0 (eth0.0)	LAN ports (1 to 4)	None
vlan1 (eth0.1)	WAN port	DHCP
wl0	WiFi	Disabled

Numbers 0-3 are Ports 1-4 as labeled on the unit, number 4 is the Internet (WAN) on the unit, 5 is the internal connection to the router itself. Don't be fooled: Port 1 on the unit is number 3 when configuring VLANs. vlan0 = eth0.0, vlan1 = eth0.1 and so on.

Port	Switch port
Internet (WAN)	4
LAN 1	3
LAN 2	2
LAN 3	1
LAN 4	0

→ failsafe_and_factory_reset

→ hardware.button on howto use and configure the hardware button(s).

The Linksys WRT54GL has two buttons. They are Reset and Secure Easy Setup. Here, we merely name the buttons, so we can use them in the above Howto:

BUTTON	Event
Reset	reset
Secure Easy Setup	ses

Instruction set	MIPS
Vendor	Qualcomm Atheros
bootloader	U-Boot
System-On-Chip	AR9344
CPU @Frq	MIPS 74Kc @560MHz
Flash size	8192 KiB
Flash Chip	ST 25P64V6P
RAM size	128 MiB
RAM Chip
Wireless No1	SoC-integrated: Atheros AR9340 2.4ghz 802.11bgn
Wireless No2	separate Chip: Atheros AR9580 5ghz 802.11an
switch	Atheros AR8327N Gigabit Switch
Modem	n/a
USB	Yes 2 x 2.0
Serial	Yes
JTAG	?

Model Number

Front:

Photo of front of the casing

Back:

Photo of back of the casing

Note: This will void your warranty!

To remove the cover do a/b/c

Photo of PCB

→ port.serial general information about the serial port, serial port cable, etc.

How to connect to the Serial Port of this specific device:

Photo of PCB with markings

→ port.jtag general information about the JTAG port, JTAG cable, etc.

How to connect to the JTAG Port of this specific device:

Photo of PCB with markings

→ generic.debrick

PASTE HERE THE OEM BOOT LOG

How to add tags

AR9344, GigabitEthernet, FastEthernet, 1NIC, 2WNIC, 5Port, USB, ath9k, DetachableAntenna, 128RAM, 8Flash, MIPS, MIPS32, 34K

ar9344 gigabitethernet fastethernet 1nic 2wnic 5port usb ath9k detachableantenna 128ram 8Flash mips mips32 34k

Mercury MW4530R

Supported Versions

Hardware Highlights

Installation

Flash Layout

Basic configuration

Specific Configuration

Interfaces

Switch Ports (for VLANs)

Failsafe mode

Buttons

Hardware

Info

Photos

Opening the case

Serial

JTAG

Debricking

Bootlogs

OEM bootlog

Notes

Tags