TP-LINK RE200 v1.x

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abgn+ac (AC750)
AC750 Wi-Fi Range Extender
Homepage	Product page
Support	Support page
Wikipedia	TP-Link
WikiDevi.wi-cat.ru	RE200 v1.x TP-LINK RE200 v1.x
3rd Party Firmware
dd-wrt	Status Unknown
OpenWrt	Supported
Tomato any flavor	Incompatible
Gargoyle	Status Unknown
Platform
Brand • Model • Rev	TP-LINK RE200 v1.x
FCC ID	TE7RE200
Board ID	2053500076
Type	range extender
CPU1 Y	MediaTek MT7620A
CPU1 Type	MIPS 24KEc
CPU1 Speed	580 MHz 32-bit
Flash1 Chip	cFeon Q64-104HIP
Flash1 Size	8 MiB 8,388,608 B <br />65,536 Kib <br />8,192 KiB <br />64 Mib <br />0.00781 GiB <br />
RAM1 Size	64 MiB 67,108,864 B <br />524,288 Kib <br />65,536 KiB <br />512 Mib <br />0.0625 GiB <br />
RAM1 Chip	Winbond W9751G6KB-25
ETH chip1	MediaTek MT7620A
Ethernet Port Count	1-100MbE-LAN
Wired Standard	IEEE 802.3i/3u
802dot11 OUI: none specified
Stock bootloader	U-Boot
Expansion IF types	none specified
Power	100-240 VAC ~ 50/60 Hz, 0.3 A
Connector type	NEMA 1-15
Serial Port (UART)	yes, 3.3V TTL, (57600 8N1)
Other
Default SSID: TP-LINK_Extender_2.4GHz (13 addl. devices) , TP-LINK_Extender_5GHz (13 addl. devices)
Manuf/OEM/ODM	TP-LINK
3rd Party Firmware Support	OpenWrt • (List | Dev | DLs)
Retail
Availability	End of Life
End of Life date	2017
FCC approval date	12 August 2015
ASIN	B00NR2VMNC ,  multiple uses
Country of manuf	China
Radio 1
Chip1	MediaTek MT7620A
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	MediaTek MT7610EN
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	5 GHz
CPU1 brand Radio1 chip1 brand Radio2 chip1 brand TP-LINK RE200 v1.x MediaTek MediaTek MediaTek TP-LINK RE200 v2.x MediaTek MediaTek MediaTek TP-LINK RE200 v3.x MediaTek MediaTek MediaTek TP-LINK RE200 v4.x MediaTek MediaTek MediaTek TP-LINK RE200 v5.x

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.

• 300 Mbps - 2SS 2.4GHz 802.11n (40MHz chan.),

• 433 Mbps - 1SS 5GHz 802.11ac (80MHz chan.) = AC750 class

Overview

"2053500076" is silkscreened on the board in the FCC photos.

Web GUI: http://tplinkrepeater.net

Flashing

Flashing OpenWrt

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

Target: ramips
Subtarget: mt7620
Package architecture: mipsel_24kc
Supported Since Commit
Support started version: 21.02.0
Current supported version: fix

WLAN Hardware: MediaTek MT7620A, MediaTek MT7610EN
Installation method(s):
GUI OEM, U-Boot TFTP + serial recovery, see git-commit
Recovery method(s):
see git-commit

git • >>

ramips: add support for TP-Link RE200 v1 TP-Link RE200 v1 is a wireless range extender with Ethernet and 2.4G and 5G WiFi with internal antennas. It's based on MediaTek MT7620A+MT7610EN. Specifications -------------- - MediaTek MT7620A (580 Mhz) - 64 MB of RAM - 8 MB of FLASH - 2T2R 2.4 GHz and 1T1R 5 GHz - 1x 10/100 Mbps Ethernet - UART header on PCB (57600 8n1) - 8x LED (GPIO-controlled; only 6 supported), 2x button There are 2.4G and 5G LEDs in red and green which are controlled separately. The 5G LED is currently not supported, since the GPIOs couldn't be determined. Installation ------------ Web Interface ------------- It is possible to upgrade to OpenWrt via the web interface. However, the OEM firmware upgrade file is required and a tool to fix the MD5 sum of the header. This procedure overwrites U-Boot and there is not failsafe / recovery mode present! To prepare an image, you need to take the header and U-Boot (i.e. 0x200 + 0x20000 bytes) from an OEM firmware file and attach the factory image to it. Then fix the header MD5Sum1. Serial console -------------- Opening the case is quite hard, since it is welded together. Rename the OpenWrt factory image to "test.bin", then plug in the device and quickly press "2" to enter flash mode (no line feed). Follow the prompts until OpenWrt is installed. Unfortunately, this devices does not offer a recovery mode or a tftp installation method. If the web interface upgrade fails, you have to open your device and attach serial console. Since the web upgrade overwrites the boot loader, you might also brick your device. Additional notes ---------------- MAC address assignment is based on stock-firmware. For me, the device assigns the MAC on the label to Ethernet and the 2.4G WiFi, while the 5G WiFi has a separate MAC with +2. *:88 Ethernet/2.4G label, uboot 0x1fc00, userconfig 0x0158 *:89 unused userconfig 0x0160 *:8A 5G not present in flash This seems to be the first ramips device with a TP-Link v1 header. The original firmware has the string "EU" embedded, there might be some region- checking going on during the firmware upgrade process. The original firmware also contains U-Boot and thus overwrites the boot loader during upgrade. In order to flash back to stock, the first header and U-Boot need to be stripped from the original firmware. Signed-off-by: Andreas Böhler

Pictures

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