TP-LINK Archer C2 v3.x

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AC900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router
Homepage	Product page (v3) Product page (C900)
Support	Support page
Wikipedia	TP-Link
WikiDevi.wi-cat.ru	TP-LINK Archer C2 v3.x
3rd Party Firmware
dd-wrt	Status Unknown
OpenWrt	Supported
Tomato any flavor	Incompatible
Gargoyle	Status Unknown
Platform
Brand • Model • Rev	TP-LINK Archer C2(US) v3.x
FCC ID	TE7C2V3
IC ID	8853A-C2V3
Board ID	1604242C2-3.0
Type	wireless router
Series	Archer C2
CPU1	Qualcomm Atheros QCA9563
CPU1 Type	MIPS 74Kc
CPU1 Speed	750 MHz
Flash1 Chip	GigaDevice 25Q64CSIG
Flash1 Size	8 MiB8,388,608 B <br />65,536 Kib <br />8,192 KiB <br />64 Mib <br />0.00781 GiB <br /> (SPI NOR)
RAM1 Size	64 MiB67,108,864 B <br />524,288 Kib <br />65,536 KiB <br />512 Mib <br />0.0625 GiB <br /> (DDR2)
RAM1 Chip	Winbond W9751G6KB-25
ETH chip1	Qualcomm Atheros QCA9563
Switch	Qualcomm Atheros QCA8337N
Ethernet Port Count	1-1GbE-WAN 4-1GbE-LAN
Wired Standard	IEEE 802.3i/3u/3ab
802dot11 OUI: none specified Ethernet OUI: 50:C7:BF (6 E, 6 W)
Stock bootloader	U-Boot
Stock FW OS	Linux
Expansion IF types	none specified
Power	12 VDC, 1 A
Connector type	barrel
Serial Port (UART)	yes, 4-pin header
Other
Default SSID: TP-Link_XXXX (38 addl. devices) , TP-Link_XXXX_5G (28 addl. devices) Default IP address: 192.168.0.1 the IP 192.168.0.1 is used by 799 additional devices of which 99 are TP-LINK devices Default login user: admin Default login password: admin admin:admin credentials used by 1342 additional devices of which 280 are TP-LINK devices
Manuf/OEM/ODM	Proware
3rd Party Firmware Support	OpenWrt • (List | Dev | DLs)
Retail
FCC approval date	20 October 2016
(Est.) initial retail price (in USD):	$40
Newegg	N82E16833704436
ASINs	B00K0MJ8DS B00KATWRIY
Country of manuf	China
Radio 1
Chip1	Qualcomm Atheros QCA9563
Wireless interface OUI	none specified
Antenna Connector Type	none specified
MIMO status	3x3:3
Wireless Standard	IEEE 802.11b/g/n
802.11n	up to 450 Mbps
802.11g	up to 54 Mbps
802.11b	up to 11 Mbps
WiFi Operating Frequency	2.4 GHz
Radio 2
Chip1	Qualcomm Atheros QCA9887
Wireless interface OUI	none specified
Antenna Connector Type	none specified
MIMO status	1x1:1
Wireless Standard	IEEE 802.11a/n/ac
802.11ac	up to 433 Mbps
802.11n	up to 150 Mbps
802.11a	up to 54 Mbps
WiFi Operating Frequency	2.4 GHz
FCC ID TP-LINK Archer C900 v1.1 TE7C2V3
CPU1 brand Radio1 chip1 brand Radio2 chip1 brand TP-LINK Archer C2 v1.x MediaTek MediaTek MediaTek TP-LINK Archer C2 v3.x Qualcomm Atheros Qualcomm Atheros Qualcomm Atheros

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 device with specifications, see TP-LINK.

• 433 Mbps - 1SS 5GHz 802.11ac (??MHz chan.),

• 450 Mbps - 3SS 2.4GHz 802.11n (40MHz chan.) = AC900 class

Overview

"1604242C2-3.0" and "Rev1.0sp3" is silkscreened on the C2 (US) board.

"2050500784" and "1702" is silkscreened on the C2 (EU) board.

Power Supply: 9V/0.85A (EU), 12V/1A (US)

• Web GUI: http://tplinkwifi.net

Sold as the TP-LINK Archer C900 v1.1 according to a photo in a listing on ebay.com

Links of Interest

• On OpenWrt forums

Flashing

Flashing OpenWrt

On the OpenWrt ToH (techdata entry)
On the OpenWrt Forum
OpenWrt Target: ath79
OpenWrt Subtarget: generic
OpenWrt Package architecture: mips_24kc
Support started version: 19.07.0
Current supported version: 23.05.5

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Pictures

Retail Images

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User Images

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  Archer C2(EU) ver:3.0

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