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| toh:tp-link:archer-c5-c7-wdr7500 [2021/07/09 13:09] – [NAT performance] fotvoren | toh:tp-link:archer-c5-c7-wdr7500 [2024/02/13 16:13] – [Archer C7] - rotate table jow | ||
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| - | la====== TP-Link Archer C5 AC1200 / TP-Link Archer C7 AC1750 / TP-Link TL-WDR7500 | + | ====== TP-Link Archer C5 AC1200 / TP-Link Archer C7 AC1750 / TP-Link TL-WDR7500 |
| Dual Band (concurrent) and Gigabit Ethernet. Advertised as 1750 Mbps. It has simultaneous Triple-Stream (3x3) radios on both 2.4GHz and 5 GHz Bands. It supports 802.11n in 2.4GHz for 450Mbps throughput and [[# | Dual Band (concurrent) and Gigabit Ethernet. Advertised as 1750 Mbps. It has simultaneous Triple-Stream (3x3) radios on both 2.4GHz and 5 GHz Bands. It supports 802.11n in 2.4GHz for 450Mbps throughput and [[# | ||
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| While the Archer C7 has been a very popular router over the years, it comes from a day long before high-speed home connections. | While the Archer C7 has been a very popular router over the years, it comes from a day long before high-speed home connections. | ||
| - | MIPS-based devices in this class can't keep up with high-speed lines and the features people now demand. | + | MIPS-based devices in this class can't keep up with high-speed lines (> 300 mbps) and the features people now demand. |
| There are now multi-core, ARM-based devices in the same price class that far outperform the Archer C7 | There are now multi-core, ARM-based devices in the same price class that far outperform the Archer C7 | ||
| - | See https:// | + | See [[toh/ |
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| **WARNING: DO NOT install OpenWrt 17.03 or 18.06 on Archer C7 v1.x (and WDR7500 v2.x)**, the AR1A (v1) variant of QCA9880 wifi card causes a bootloop as the ath10k driver crashes hard when trying to initialize wifi hardware. Also, in older OpenWrt releases the 5GHz 802.11a/ | **WARNING: DO NOT install OpenWrt 17.03 or 18.06 on Archer C7 v1.x (and WDR7500 v2.x)**, the AR1A (v1) variant of QCA9880 wifi card causes a bootloop as the ath10k driver crashes hard when trying to initialize wifi hardware. Also, in older OpenWrt releases the 5GHz 802.11a/ | ||
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| ===== Supported Versions ===== | ===== Supported Versions ===== | ||
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| ^ Version/ | ^ Version/ | ||
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| ===== Hardware Highlights ===== | ===== Hardware Highlights ===== | ||
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| ====NAT performance==== | ====NAT performance==== | ||
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| Enabling wireless, running additional applications, | Enabling wireless, running additional applications, | ||
| - | [[https:// | + | [[docs/ |
| ====USB Support ==== | ====USB Support ==== | ||
| The SoC hardware used here and in other devices appears to //only //support USB 2.0 devices; the OHCI driver (USB 1.0/1.1) does not detect any applicable hardware. Use of older/ | The SoC hardware used here and in other devices appears to //only //support USB 2.0 devices; the OHCI driver (USB 1.0/1.1) does not detect any applicable hardware. Use of older/ | ||
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| ==== Archer C5 ==== | ==== Archer C5 ==== | ||
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| FIXME Please add the installation procedure here. | FIXME Please add the installation procedure here. | ||
| ==== Archer C7 ==== | ==== Archer C7 ==== | ||
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| === All C7 Versions === | === All C7 Versions === | ||
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| I used European TP-Link original firmware when I did the update. | I used European TP-Link original firmware when I did the update. | ||
| + | Also look [[: | ||
| ==== Archer C7R ==== | ==== Archer C7R ==== | ||
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| === Installation of TP-Link WDR7500 V3 via TTL and TFTP === | === Installation of TP-Link WDR7500 V3 via TTL and TFTP === | ||
| - Download the corresponding OpenWrt Install (factory, not sysupgrade) image for your router, and rename it to something short like " | - Download the corresponding OpenWrt Install (factory, not sysupgrade) image for your router, and rename it to something short like " | ||
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| **cp.b 0x80020000 0x9f020000 0x7c0000** | **cp.b 0x80020000 0x9f020000 0x7c0000** | ||
| * Wait a few minutes after the writing has finished, and power cycle the router. OpenWRT should now start up. Tested by Mats, 2021-01-17 | * Wait a few minutes after the writing has finished, and power cycle the router. OpenWRT should now start up. Tested by Mats, 2021-01-17 | ||
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| ==== 5G Wifi Problems / 5GHz network controller not identified ==== | ==== 5G Wifi Problems / 5GHz network controller not identified ==== | ||
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| + | NOTE: If you are using a 3 pin cable containing an FTDI chip (such as the 3.5mm audio jack version), it is not possible to connect the resistor to VCC on the FTDI side. Instead, use the VCC on the Archer side, this is the normally unused pin next to GND on the 4 pin connection. | ||
| Set up a TFTP server with your firmware at 192.168.1.100, | Set up a TFTP server with your firmware at 192.168.1.100, | ||
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| ===== Tags ===== | ===== Tags ===== | ||
| - | {{tag>GigabitEthernet 2NIC 2WNIC 5Port 74Kc 128ram 8flash 16flash 2usb ap135 QCA9558 QCA9563 QCA9880 | + | {{tag>MIPS MIPS32 |