Dual Band (concurrent) and 100Mbps Ethernet. Advertised as 600 Mbps it is Dual-Stream (2×2) on the 2.4 GHz Band and Dual-Stream (2×2) on the 5 GHz Band.
Brand | Model | Version | Current Release | OEM Info | Forum Topic | Technical Data |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
TP-Link | TL-WDR3500 | v1 | 18.06.5 | View/Edit data |
Version/Model | Release Date | OpenWrt Version Supported | Model Specific Notes |
---|---|---|---|
1.0 | 2012/?? | Barrier Breaker (14.07) factory sysupgrade | Similar to TP-Link TL-WDR3600 |
1.2 | 2012/?? | Chaos Calmer (15.05) sysupgrade , Barrier Breaker (14.07) | same as above |
1.3 | ?? | Chaos Calmer (15.05) factory sysupgrade | Same as above. |
Chaos Calmer (15.05), Barrier Breaker (14.07). Chaos Calmer tested and installed through the sysupgrade image.
Model | Version | SoC | CPU MHz | Flash MB | RAM MB | WLAN Hardware | WLAN2.4 | WLAN5.0 | 100M ports | Gbit ports | Modem | USB |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
TL-WDR3500 | v1 | Atheros AR9344 | 560 | 8 | 128 | Atheros AR9344, Atheros AR9582 | b/g/n | a/n | 5 | - | - | 1x 2.0 |
NOTE: After upgrading to Chaos Calmer, kernel output (dmesg) reports that this device actually has gigabit ethernet. Unfortunately tests shows just 100Mbit connections.
→ Install OpenWrt (generic explanation)
Chaos Calmer (15.05.1+) with WPA2 KRACK vulnerability fixes built from 20171103 github sources: factory sysupgrade , sysupgrade tested on hardware v1.3
EASIEST WAY TO REFLASH STRAIGHT OUT OF BOX:
http://192.168.0.1/
, login= admin password= password. (in my case, it was password=admin)192.168.1.1
to confirm firmware upgrade.Thanks to the inspiration from http://www.theoutpost.org/6-techy/tp-link-wdr3600-recovery-without-serial/ who made me brave enough to try it.
Warning!
This section describes actions that might damage your device or firmware. Proceed with care!
With the TL-WDR3500 router, there is a catch: the stock firmware is obtained from the OEM: http://www.tplink.com/en/support/download/?model=TL-WDR3500
An example of an image file with the word “boot” in it is wdr3500v1_en_3_14_1_up_boot(141113).bin
.
Cut the first 0x20200 (that is 131,584 = 257*512) Bytes from original firmware:
dd if=orig.bin of=tplink.bin skip=257 bs=512
You should transfer the firmeware image to the /tmp folder and revert back to original firmware (if availlable you can flash the firmware via the webinterface as well):
Via the safer method using sysupgrade:
sysupgrade /tmp/tplink.bin
Or you use the mtd method:
mtd -r write /tmp/tplink.bin firmware
OEM TP-Link firmware for the TL-WDR3500 with the boot part removed to revert to the original OEM firmware:
For general failsafe help, consult the OpenWrt Failsafe Mode page.
For this specific TP-Link model there is an alternative way of flashing the firmware to the router. Thanks to http://www.theoutpost.org/?/archives/385-TP-Link-WDR3600-recovery-without-serial.html for finding this.
EDIT— THE GUIDE BELOW IS FOR DIFFERENT HARDWARE, THE 3600, not the 3500.
This method may work if you have a brick already, but see above for an alternative method using the factory firmware upgrade function.
This guide assumes you are using Ubuntu.
sudo apt-get install xinetd tftpd tftp
openwrt-ar71xx-generic-tl-wdr3500-v1-squashfs-factory.bin
to wdr3500v1_tp_recovery.bin
tftp 192.168.0.66
Architecture | MIPS MIPS 74Kc |
---|---|
Vendor | Qualcomm Atheros |
bootloader | U-Boot *** How to upgrade *** |
System-On-Chip | AR9344 (MIPS) |
CPU/Speed | 560 MHz |
Flash-Chip | cFeon Q64-104HIP |
Flash size | 8192 KiB |
RAM | 128 MiB |
Wireless | Atheros AR9340 2.4GHz 802.11bgn Atheros AR9300 5GHz 802.11an |
Ethernet | Atheros AG71xx: eth0 , eth1 |
switch | AR934X built-in switch |
USB | Yes 1 x 2.0 |
Port | Switch port |
---|---|
CPU | 0 |
LAN 1 | 4 |
LAN 2 | 3 |
LAN 3 | 2 |
LAN 4 | 1 |
The “Ports” above are the port numbers as designated on the case.
Physical interface eth0
is connected to the switch.
WAN port is on separate physical interface eth1
.