TP-Link Archer C1200 v2
The C1200 v2 is a Broadcom 1200Mbps Wireless AC router.
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Experimental Versions
None at this time.
Hardware Highlights
Installation
Flash Layout
Find out flash layout, then add the flash layout table here (copy, paste, modify the example).
Please check out the article Flash layout. It contains examples and explanations that describe how to document the flash layout.
OEM easy installation
The instructions below are for Broadcom devices and only serve as an example.
Remove / modify them if they do not apply to this particular device!
This section deals with
- How you install OpenWrt from a device freshly opened
- The steps required such as reset to factory defaults if the device has already been configured
Note: Reset router to factory defaults if it has been previously configured.
- Browse to
http://192.168.1.1/Upgrade.asp - Upload .bin file to router
- Wait for it to reboot
- Telnet to 192.168.1.1 and set a root password, or browse to
http://192.168.1.1if LuCI is installed.
OEM installation using the TFTP method
Specific values needed for tftp
Enter values for “FILL-IN” below
| Bootloader tftp server IPv4 address | FILL-IN |
|---|---|
| Bootloader MAC address (special) | FILL-IN |
| Firmware tftp image | Latest OpenWrt release (NOTE: Name must contain “tftp”) |
| TFTP transfer window | FILL-IN seconds |
| TFTP window start | approximately FILL-IN seconds after power on |
| TFTP client required IP address | FILL-IN |
Upgrading OpenWrt
These are generic instructions. Update with your router's specifics.
LuCI Web Upgrade Process
- Browse to
http://192.168.1.1/cgi-bin/luci/mini/system/upgrade/LuCI Upgrade URL - Upload image file for sysupgrade to LuCI
- Wait for reboot
Terminal Upgrade Process
If you don't have a GUI (LuCI) available, you can alternatively upgrade via the command line. There are two command line methods for upgrading:
sysupgrademtd
Note: It is important that you put the firmware image into the ramdisk (/tmp) before you start flashing.
sysupgrade
- Login as root via SSH on 192.168.1.1, then enter the following commands:
cd /tmp wget http://downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/trunk/XXX/xxx.abc sysupgrade /tmp/xxx.abc
mtd
If sysupgrade does not support this router, use mtd.
- Login as root via SSH on 192.168.1.1, then enter the following commands:
cd /tmp wget http://downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/trunk/XXX/xxx.abc mtd write /tmp/xxx.abc linux && reboot
Debricking
Failsafe mode
Basic configuration
→ Basic configuration After flashing, proceed with this.
Set up your Internet connection, configure wireless, configure USB port, etc.
Specific Configuration
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Network interfaces
The default network configuration is:
| Interface Name | Description | Default configuration |
|---|---|---|
| br-lan | EXAMPLE LAN & WiFi | EXAMPLE 192.168.1.1/24 |
| vlan0 (eth0.0) | EXAMPLE LAN ports (1 to 4) | EXAMPLE None |
| vlan1 (eth0.1) | EXAMPLE WAN port | EXAMPLE DHCP |
| wl0 | EXAMPLE WiFi | EXAMPLE Disabled |
Switch Ports (for VLANs)
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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) | EXAMPLE 4 |
| LAN 1 | EXAMPLE 3 |
| LAN 2 | EXAMPLE 2 |
| LAN 3 | EXAMPLE 1 |
| LAN 4 | EXAMPLE 0 |
Buttons
→ hardware.button on howto use and configure the hardware button(s). Here, we merely name the buttons, so we can use them in the above Howto.
The TP-Link Archer C1200 has the following buttons:
| BUTTON | Event |
|---|---|
| Reset | reset |
| WPS/Wi-Fi On/Off | WPS and WiFi On/Off |
| Power On/Off | Power |
Hardware
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Photos
Front:
Insert photo of front of the casing
Back:
Insert photo of back of the casing
Backside label:
Insert photo of backside label
Opening the case
Note: This will void your warranty!
Serial
→ port.serial general information about the serial port, serial port cable, etc.
How to connect to the Serial Port of this specific device:
Jumper: J3 - VCC | GND | RX | TX
| Serial connection parameters for TP-Link Archer C1200 v2 | 115200, 8N1 |
|---|
Bootloader menu can be accessed by repeatedly pressing “Ctrl+C” while booting. That should lead to a “CFE>” prompt.
If the boot process is not interrupted and the original firmware is loaded, a root privilege will be dropped when you press “Enter”.
JTAG
→ port.jtag general information about the JTAG port, JTAG cable, etc.
How to connect to the JTAG Port of this specific device:
Insert photo of PCB with markings for JTAG port
Bootloader mods
Hardware mods
None so far.
Bootlogs
OEM bootlog
Decompressing...done CFE version 9.10.178.50 (r635252) based on BBP 1.0.37 for BCM947XX (32bit,SP,) Build Date: Thu Sep 8 14:49:19 CST 2016 (seal@seal-pc) Copyright (C) 2000-2008 Broadcom Corporation. Init Arena Init Devs. Boot partition size = 262144(0x40000) DDR Clock: 533 MHz Info: DDR frequency set from clkfreq=900,*533* No GPIO defined for BBSI interface No BBSI device bcm_robo_enable_switch: EEE is disabled et0: Broadcom BCM47XX 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet Controller 9.10.178.50 (r635252) CPU type 0x0: 900MHz Tot mem: 131072 KBytes CFE mem: 0x00F00000 - 0x02FB912C (34312492) Data: 0x00F6B754 - 0x00F70C04 (21680) BSS: 0x00F70C10 - 0x00FB712C (288028) Heap: 0x00FB712C - 0x02FB712C (33554432) Stack: 0x02FB712C - 0x02FB912C (8192) Text: 0x00F00000 - 0x00F5F4F4 (390388) Device eth0: hwaddr 00-90-4C-1E-20-01, ipaddr 192.168.0.1, mask 255.255.255.0 gateway not set, nameserver not set Reading Partition Table from NVRAM ... OK Parsing Partition Table ... OK factory boot check integer ok. factory boot load fs fs boot len 262144 to addr 0x3f00000. Decompressing...done CFE version 9.10.178.50 (r635252) based on BBP 1.0.37 for BCM947XX (32bit,SP,) Build Date: Thu Sep 8 14:48:53 CST 2016 (seal@seal-pc) Copyright (C) 2000-2008 Broadcom Corporation. Init Arena Init Devs. Boot partition size = 262144(0x40000) DDR Clock: 533 MHz Info: DDR frequency set from clkfreq=900,*533* No GPIO defined for BBSI interface No BBSI device bcm_robo_enable_switch: EEE is disabled et0: Broadcom BCM47XX 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet Controller 9.10.178.50 (r635252) CPU type 0x0: 900MHz Tot mem: 131072 KBytes CFE mem: 0x00F00000 - 0x02FB1ACC (34282188) Data: 0x00F6933C - 0x00F69AD8 (1948) BSS: 0x00F69AE8 - 0x00FAFACC (286692) Heap: 0x00FAFACC - 0x02FAFACC (33554432) Stack: 0x02FAFACC - 0x02FB1ACC (8192) Text: 0x00F00000 - 0x00F5D4EC (382188) Device eth0: hwaddr 00-90-4C-1E-20-01, ipaddr 192.168.0.1, mask 255.255.255.0 gateway not set, nameserver not set Loader:raw Filesys:raw Dev:flash0.os File: Options:(null) Loading: .... 4674528 bytes read Entry at 0x00008000 Closing network. Starting program at 0x00008000 console [ttyS0] enabled, bootconsole disabled brd: module loaded loop: module loaded pflash: found no supported devices bcmsflash: squash filesystem found at block 40 Creating 6 MTD partitions on "bcmsflash": 0x000000000000-0x000000080000 : "boot" 0x000000080000-0x000000ff0000 : "linux" 0x000000280000-0x000000ff0000 : "rootfs" 0x000000fb0000-0x000000fc0000 : "usb-config" 0x000000fc0000-0x000000fe0000 : "log" 0x000000ff0000-0x000001000000 : "nvram" flash_chrdev : flash_chrdev_init nflash: found no supported devices PPP generic driver version 2.4.2 usbmon: debugfs is not available Initializing USB Mass Storage driver... usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage USB Mass Storage support registered. Registered led device: blue:lan1 Registered led device: blue:lan2 Registered led device: blue:lan3 Registered led device: blue:lan4 Registered led device: blue:usb_1 Registered led device: blue:wps Registered led device: blue:wan Registered led device: orange:wan Registered led device: blue:status Registered led device: blue:wlan_2g Registered led device: blue:wlan_5g u32 classifier Actions configured Netfilter messages via NETLINK v0.30. nf_conntrack version 0.5.0 (1954 buckets, 7816 max) ctnetlink v0.93: registering with nfnetlink. xt_time: kernel timezone is -0000 ip_tables: (C) 2000-2006 Netfilter Core Team TCP cubic registered NET: Registered protocol family 10 lo: Disabled Privacy Extensions ip6_tables: (C) 2000-2006 Netfilter Core Team IPv6 over IPv4 tunneling driver sit0: Disabled Privacy Extensions NET: Registered protocol family 17 Bridge firewalling registered 802.1Q VLAN Support v1.8 Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com> All bugs added by David S. Miller <davem@redhat.com> Northstar brcmnand NAND Flash Controller driver, Version 0.1 (c) Broadcom Inc. 2012 brcmnand: found no supported devices VFS: Mounted root (squashfs filesystem) readonly on device 31:2. devtmpfs: mounted Freeing init memory: 208K ctf: module license 'Proprietary' taints kernel. Disabling lock debugging due to kernel taint ctf 22127 0 - Live 0x7f000000 (P) et_module_init: passivemode set to 0x0 et_module_init: txworkq set to 0x0 et_module_init: et_txq_thresh set to 0x400 et_module_init: et_rxlazy_timeout set to 0x3e8 et_module_init: et_rxlazy_framecnt set to 0x20 bcm_robo_enable_switch: EEE is disabled eth0: Broadcom BCM47XX 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet Controller 9.10.178.50 (r635252) eth1: Broadcom BCM47XX 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet Controller 9.10.178.50 (r635252) et 71774 0 - Live 0x7f00e000 (P) et 71774 0 - Live 0x7f00e000 (P) emf 17251 0 - Live 0x7f02a000 (P) igs 13399 0 - Live 0x7f037000 (P) dpsta 4559 0 - Live 0x7f043000 (P) ehci_hcd: USB 2.0 'Enhanced' Host Controller (EHCI) Driver ehci_hcd 0000:00:04.1: EHCI Host Controller ehci_hcd 0000:00:04.1: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1 ehci_hcd 0000:00:04.1: irq 36, io mem 0x18004000 ehci_hcd 0000:00:04.1: USB 0.0 started, EHCI 1.00 hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found hub 1-0:1.0: 2 ports detected hotplug detected product: 1d6b/2/206 hotplug detected product: 1d6b/2/206 ohci_hcd: USB 1.1 'Open' Host Controller (OHCI) Driver ohci_hcd 0000:00:04.0: OHCI Host Controller ohci_hcd 0000:00:04.0: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 2 ohci_hcd 0000:00:04.0: irq 36, io mem 0x1800d000 hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found hub 2-0:1.0: 2 ports detected hotplug detected product: 1d6b/1/206 hotplug detected product: 1d6b/1/206 NTFS driver 2.1.29 [Flags: R/O MODULE]. fuse init (API version 7.15) jffs2 not ready yet; using ramdisk Please press Enter to activate this console. button cycle succeed tun: Universal TUN/TAP device driver, 1.6 tun: (C) 1999-2004 Max Krasnyansky <maxk@qualcomm.com> PPP MPPE Compression module registered ip6tnl0: Disabled Privacy Extensions L2TP core driver, V2.0 L2TP netlink interface gre: GRE over IPv4 demultiplexor driver GRE over IPv4 tunneling driver bonding: Ethernet Channel Bonding Driver: v3.7.0 (June 2, 2010) bonding: Warning: either miimon or arp_interval and arp_ip_target module parameters must be specified, otherwise bonding will not detect link failures! see bonding.txt for details. NET: Registered protocol family 24 PPPoL2TP kernel driver, V2.0 PPTP driver version 0.8.3 nf_conntrack_rtsp v0.7 loading nf_nat_rtsp v0.7 loading reloadconfig() begin: reloadconfig() end: reload_profile() begin: reload_profile() end: GMT+00:00 device eth0.1 entered promiscuous mode device eth0 entered promiscuous mode br-lan: port 1(eth0.1) entering learning state br-lan: port 1(eth0.1) entering learning state WAN(eth1.4094) carrier off! ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0.1: link becomes ready br-lan: port 1(eth0.1) entering forwarding state Lan Domain: tplinklogin.net Lan Domain: www.tplinklogin.net br-lan: no IPv6 routers present eth0: no IPv6 routers present eth1: no IPv6 routers present eth1.4094: no IPv6 routers present wl_module_init: passivemode set to 0x0 wl_module_init: txworkq set to 0x0 eth2: Broadcom BCM43c8 802.11 Wireless Controller 9.10.178.50 (r635252 WLTEST) PCI: Enabling device 0001:01:00.0 (0140 -> 0142) eth3: Broadcom BCM43227 802.11 Wireless Controller 9.10.178.50 (r635252 WLTEST) device eth3 entered promiscuous mode kcg 333 :GPL NetUSB up!
OpenWrt bootlog
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