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TP-LINK Archer A6 v2 (US, TW)

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AC1200 Wireless MU-MIMO Gigabit Router
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3rd Party Firmware
dd-wrt Status Unknown
OpenWrt Supported
Tomato any flavor Incompatible
Gargoyle Status Unknown
Platform
BrandModelRev TP-LINK Archer A6 v2 (US, TW)
FCC ID TE7A6
IC ID 8853A-A6
Type wireless router
Series Archer A6
CPU1 checkY Qualcomm Atheros QCA9563
CPU1 Type MIPS 74Kc
CPU1 Speed 750 MHz
Flash1 Chip Brand? Model?
Flash1 Size 16 MiB16,777,216 B <br />131,072 Kib <br />16,384 KiB <br />128 Mib <br />0.0156 GiB <br />
RAM1 Size 128 MiB134,217,728 B <br />1,048,576 Kib <br />131,072 KiB <br />1,024 Mib <br />0.125 GiB <br />
RAM1 Chip Brand? Model?
ETH chip1 Qualcomm Atheros QCA9563
Switch Qualcomm Atheros QCA8337
Ethernet Port Count 1-1GbE-WAN4-1GbE-LAN
Wired Standard IEEE 802.3i/3u/3ab

802dot11 OUI: none specified

Stock bootloader U-Boot
Expansion IF types none specified
Power 12 VDC, 1 A
Flags:
Wave2, MU-MIMO
Other

Default SSID: TP-Link_XXXX (39 addl. devices)
, TP-Link_XXXX_5G (29 addl. devices)
Default IP address: 192.168.0.1
the IP 192.168.0.1 is used by 817 additional devices
of which 107 are TP-LINK devices

3rd Party Firmware Support OpenWrt • (List | Dev | DLs)
Retail
Availability End of Life
FCC approval date 04 December 2018
(Est.) release date 21 March 2019
(Est.) initial retail price (in USD): $50
ASIN B07N1L5HX1 Flag of the United States.svg
Country of manuf China
Radio 1
Chip1 Qualcomm Atheros QCA9563
Wireless interface OUI none specified
Antenna Connector Type none specified
MIMO status 2x2:2
Wireless Standard IEEE 802.11b/g/n
802.11n up to 300 Mbps
802.11g up to 54 Mbps
802.11b up to 11 Mbps
WiFi Operating Frequency 2.4 GHz
Radio 2
Chip1 Qualcomm Atheros QCA9886
Wireless interface OUI none specified
Antenna Connector Type none specified
MIMO status 2x2:2
Wireless Standard IEEE 802.11a/n/ac
802.11ac up to 867 Mbps
802.11n up to 300 Mbps
802.11a up to 54 Mbps
WiFi Operating Frequency 5 GHz
 FCC ID
TP-LINK Archer C6 v2.x (EU, RU)TE7A6
TP-LINK Archer C6 v2.x (US)TE7A6
 CPU1 brandRadio1 chip1 brandRadio2 chip1 brand
TP-LINK Archer A6 v2 (EU, RU)Qualcomm AtherosQualcomm AtherosQualcomm Atheros
TP-LINK Archer A6 v2 (US, TW)Qualcomm AtherosQualcomm AtherosQualcomm Atheros
TP-LINK Archer A6 v3.0MediaTekMediaTekMediaTek

For a list of all currently documented Qualcomm Atheros (QCA) chipsets with specifications, see Qualcomm Atheros.

For a list of all currently documented TP-LINK devices with specifications, see TP-LINK.

867 Mbps - 2SS 5GHz 802.11ac (80MHz chan.),
300 Mbps - 2SS 2.4GHz 802.11n (40MHz chan.) = AC1200 class

Overview

The TP-LINK Archer C6 v2.x is likely identical. The Firmware Emulator for the A6 still calls itself a C6 in some places. The FCC Radio Test Report documents call the C6 the series model and the A6 the test model.

"1806012A6-2.0 Rev1.0sp2" is silkscreened on the board in the FCC photos.

Flashing

Flashing OpenWrt

On the OpenWrt ToH (techdata entry)
OpenWrt Target: ath79
OpenWrt Subtarget: generic
OpenWrt Package architecture: mips_24kc
Support started version: 21.02.0
Current supported version: 24.10.0
Comment:
The TP-Link Archer A6 v2 (US,TW) versions support OpenWrt