TP-Link Archer C25 v1
Also known as “AC900 Wireless Dual Band Router Archer C25”
Wi-Fi over dual 5GHz (433Mbps) and 2.4GHz (450Mbps) bands
Supported Versions
Hardware Highlights
Installation
→ Install OpenWrt (generic explanation)
- Download the factory installation image
- Upload the image to the router via stock firmware upgrade menu
- Wait until the router finishes flashing and boots into OpenWRT
Supporting activities
- Gluon Issue Tracker: https://github.com/freifunk-gluon/gluon/issues/1123
Hardware
Info
| Architecture | mips_24kc |
|---|---|
| Vendor | TP-Link |
| Bootloader | EXAMPLE U-Boot |
| System-On-Chip | Qualcomm Atheros QCA9561 - MIPS 74Kc V5.0 |
| CPU/Speed | 775 MHz |
| Flash-Chip | Winbond 25Q64FVSIG |
| Flash size | 8 MiB |
| RAM-Chip | Winbond W9751G6KB-25 |
| RAM | 64 MiB |
| Wireless | WLAN 2.4GHz: b/g/n; WLAN 5.0GHz: a/n/ac |
| WLAN Chips | Qualcomm Atheros QCA9561 (3×3 MIMO 2.4GHz b/g/n) Qualcomm Atheros QCA9887 (1×1 MIMO 5GHz a/n/ac) |
| Ethernet | 10/100 Mbit/s with VLAN support |
| USB | No |
| Serial | Yes |
| JTAG | Not populated |
Photos
can someone insert the fotos from my links? I don't have the rights to upload pictures.
As long as you are logged in, you do have rights to upload photos, but only to the media namespace. See https://openwrt.org/meta/adding_images_to_openwrt_wiki --- tmomas 2017/06/20 12:09
Insert photo of front of the casing https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B3si4A62DiNFV2lfUEU0dV83QkU
Insert photo of back of the casing https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B3si4A62DiNFTjF4Y0JzLVg1X2s
Insert photo of backside label
PCB
Chips
Opening the case
There are 2 screws with PH1 head at the bottom of the case (freely accessible). After unscrewing, You need to open all the latches (12 in total) around the case. They are holding well and the edges of top and bottom case parts make their unlatching harder.
Serial
→ port.serial general information about the serial port, serial port cable, etc.
Voltage levels (3.3V or 5V - I am not sure about the levels of the converter I used).
There is unpopulated header with 2.54mm pitch at the edge of the PCB.
| Serial connection parameters for TP-Link Archer C25 v1 | 115200, 8N1 |
|---|
Bootlogs
OEM bootlog
COPY HERE THE BOOTLOG WITH THE ORIGINAL FIRMWARE
OpenWrt bootlog
COPY HERE THE BOOTLOG ONCE OPENWRT IS INSTALLED AND RUNNING