TP-Link TL-WA830RE

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 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 has ended in 2022.
19.07.10 was the last official build for 4/32 devices.

Supported Versions

BrandModel↓ VersionCurrent ReleaseOEM InfoForum TopicTechnical Data
TP-LinkTL-WA830REv118.06.9http://www.tp-link.com/en/download/TL-WA830RE_V1.htmlView/Edit data
TP-LinkTL-WA830REv218.06.9https://www.tp-link.com/de/home-networking/range-extender/tl-wa830re/https://forum.openwrt.org/viewtopic.php?id=44102View/Edit data

Hardware Highlights

Model↓ VersionSoCCPU MHzFlash MBRAM MBWLAN HardwareWLAN2.4WLAN5.0100M portsGbit portsModemUSB
TL-WA830REv1Atheros AR7240400432Atheros AR9280b/g/n-1--
TL-WA830REv2Atheros AR9341535432Atheros AR9341b/g/n-1--

Installation

The stock firmware has filename length limitations when processing a submitted “Firmware Upgrade” filename, but will complain “no file chosen” suggesting you haven't selected a file rather than tell you the filename is too long. Just rename the downloaded image to something shorter and it'll flash just fine.

Model↓ VersionSupported Current RelFirmware OpenWrt Install URLFirmware OpenWrt Upgrade URLFirmware OEM Stock URL
TL-WA830REv118.06.9https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/18.06.9/targets/ar71xx/tiny/openwrt-18.06.9-ar71xx-tiny-tl-wa830re-v1-squashfs-factory.binhttps://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/18.06.9/targets/ar71xx/tiny/openwrt-18.06.9-ar71xx-tiny-tl-wa830re-v1-squashfs-sysupgrade.binhttp://www.tp-link.com/en/download/TL-WA830RE_V1.html
TL-WA830REv218.06.9https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/18.06.9/targets/ar71xx/tiny/openwrt-18.06.9-ar71xx-tiny-tl-wa830re-v2-squashfs-factory.binhttps://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/18.06.9/targets/ar71xx/tiny/openwrt-18.06.9-ar71xx-tiny-tl-wa830re-v2-squashfs-sysupgrade.binhttps://www.tp-link.com/de/support/download/tl-wa830re/v2/

You might want to look at the AP+STA mode recipe, the Atheros WDS bridging recipe, and/or some other repeater instructions from the forum.

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