TP-LINK Archer AX80 EU v1

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abgn+ac+ax (AX6000)
AX6000 8-Stream Wi-Fi 6 Router with 2.5G Port
Wikipedia	TP-Link
3rd Party Firmware
dd-wrt	Status Unknown
OpenWrt	Supported
Tomato any flavor	Incompatible
Gargoyle	Status Unknown
Platform
Brand • Model • Rev	TP-LINK Archer AX80EU v1
FCC ID	none specified
Type	wireless router
CPU1 Y	MediaTek MT7986B
CPU1 Type	ARM Cortex-A53
CPU1 Speed	1.6 GHz ( 4 cores ) 64-bit
Flash1 Chip	ESMT F50L1G41LB
Flash1 Size	128 MiB134,217,728 B <br />1,048,576 Kib <br />131,072 KiB <br />1,024 Mib <br />0.125 GiB <br /> (NAND)
RAM1 Size	512 MiB536,870,912 B <br />4,194,304 Kib <br />524,288 KiB <br />4,096 Mib <br />0.5 GiB <br />
RAM1 Chip	ESMT M15T4G16256
ETH chip1	MediaTek MT7986B
ETH chip2	MaxLinear GPY211
Switch	MediaTek MT7531AE
Ethernet Port Count	1-2.5GbE-WAN 4-1GbE-LAN
Wired Standard	IEEE 802.3i/3u/3ab/3bz
802dot11 OUI: none specified
Stock bootloader	U-Boot
Expansion IF types	USB 3.0
USB ports	1
USB Hub Compatible	Untested
Power	12 VDC, 2 A
Connector type	barrel
Serial Port (UART)	yes.. DONT CONNECT VCC, (115200 8N1)
Other
3rd Party Firmware Support	OpenWrt • (List | Dev | DLs)
Radio 1
Chip1	MediaTek MT7986B
Chip2	MediaTek MT7975
Wireless interface OUI	none specified
Antenna Connector Type	none specified
MIMO status	4x4:4
Wireless Standard	IEEE 802.11b/g/n/ax
802.11ax	up to 1148 Mbps
802.11n	up to 600 Mbps
802.11g	up to 54 Mbps
802.11b	up to 11 Mbps
WiFi Operating Frequency	2.4 GHz
Radio 2
Chip1	MediaTek MT7986B
Chip2	MediaTek MT7975
Wireless interface OUI	none specified
Antenna Connector Type	none specified
MIMO status	4x4:4
Wireless Standard	IEEE 802.11a/n/ac/ax
AX-QAM	up to 4804 Mbps
802.11ax	up to 2402 Mbps
802.11ac	up to 1733 Mbps
802.11n	up to 600 Mbps
802.11a	up to 54 Mbps
WiFi Operating Frequency	5 GHz
CPU1 brand Radio1 chip1 brand Radio2 chip1 brand TP-LINK Archer AX80 MediaTek MediaTek MediaTek TP-LINK Archer AX80 EU v1 MediaTek MediaTek MediaTek

For a list of all currently documented MaxLinear (Intel) chipsets with specifications, see MaxLinear (Intel).
For a list of all currently documented MediaTek chipsets with specifications, see MediaTek.

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

• 4804 Mbps - 4SS 5GHz 802.11ax (160MHz chan., 1024-QAM),

• 1148 Mbps - 4SS 2.4GHz 802.11ax (40MHz chan., 1024-QAM) = AX6000 class

Flashing

Flashing OpenWrt

On the OpenWrt ToH (techdata entry)
On the OpenWrt Wiki

Target: mediatek
Subtarget: filogic
Package architecture: aarch64_cortex-a53
Supported Since Commit
Support started version: 25.12.0
Current supported version: 25.12.5

LAN Hardware: MediaTek MT7531AE
WLAN Hardware: MediaTek MT7986B, MediaTek MT7975N, MediaTek MT7975P(N)
WLAN Comment: 2.4GHz MIMO 4x4, 5GHz MIMO 4x4
Installation method(s):
see git-commit
Recovery method(s):
see git-commit

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mediatek: filogic: TP-Link Archer AX80 v1 (EU) support Device specification SoC Type: MediaTek MT7986B, Cortex-A53, 64-bit 1.6GHz Quad Core RAM: ESMT M15T4G16256 (512MB) Flash: ESMT F50L1G41LB (128 MB) Ethernet: MediaTek MT7531AE + 2.5GbE MaxLinear GPY211C0VC (SLNW8) Ethernet: 1x2.5Gbe (WAN/LAN 2.5Gbps), 4xGbE (WAN/LAN 1Gbps, LAN1, LAN2, LAN3) WLAN 2g: MediaTek MT7975 WLAN 5g: MediaTek MT7975 LEDs: All White(probably) Buttons: 4 (Reset,ledswitch,wps,wlan), USB ports: 1 (USB 3.0) Power: 12 VDC, 2.0 A Connector: Barrel Bootloader: Main U-Boot - U-Boot 2022.01-rc4. Additionally, both UBI slots contain "seconduboot" (also U-Boot 2022.01-rc4) Serial console (UART) V +-------+-------+-------+-------+ | +3.3V | GND | TX | RX | +---+---+-------+-------+-------+ | +--- Don't connect CPU BLOCK HERE LAN PORTS HERE Installation (UART) Note: There might be methods without UART possible soon. Place OpenWrt initramfs image on tftp server with IP 192.168.1.2 Attach UART, switch on the router and interrupt the boot process by pressing 'Ctrl-C' Load and run OpenWrt initramfs image: tftpboot initramfs-kernel.bin bootm !!Attention!! is very important! After entering OpenWrt, please set / update the environment variables: fw_setenv bootargs "ubi.mtd=ubi0 console=ttyS0,115200n1 loglevel=8 earlycon=uart8250,mmio32,0x11002000 init=/etc/preinit" fw_setenv mtdids "spi-nand0=spi-nand0" fw_setenv mtdparts "spi-nand0:2M(boot),1M(u-boot-env),50M(ubi0),50M(ubi1),8M(userconfig),4M(tp_data),8M(mali_data)" fw_setenv tp_boot_idx 0 Run 'sysupgrade -n' with the sysupgrade OpenWrt image from console or Luci WebUI. Recovery Press Reset button and power on the router Navigate to U-Boot recovery web server (192.168.1.1) and upload the OEM firmware Stock layout 0x000000000000-0x000000200000 : "boot" 0x000000200000-0x000000300000 : "u-boot-env" 0x000000300000-0x000003500000 : "ubi0" 0x000003500000-0x000006700000 : "ubi1" 0x000006700000-0x000006f00000 : "userconfig" 0x000006f00000-0x000007300000 : "tp_data" 0x000007300000-0x000007B00000 : "mali_data" ubi0/ubi1 format U-Boot at boot checks that all volumes are in place: +-------------------------------+ | Volume Name: uboot Vol ID: 0| | Volume Name: kernel Vol ID: 1| | Volume Name: rootfs Vol ID: 2| +-------------------------------+ MAC addresses +---------+-------------------+-----------+ | label | 00:eb:xx:xx:xx:be | label | | LAN | 00:eb:xx:xx:xx:be | label | | WAN | 00:eb:xx:xx:xx:bf | label+1 | | WLAN 2g | 00:eb:xx:xx:xx:be | label | | WLAN 5g | 00:eb:xx:xx:xx:bd | label-1 | +---------+-------------------+-----------+ label MAC address was found in UBI partition "tp_data", file "default-mac". OEM wireless eeprom is also there (file "MT7986_EEPROM.bin").