TP-LINK RE305 v3

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abgn+ac (AC1200)
AC1200-Dualband-WLAN-Repeater
Homepage	Product page
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 RE305 v3
FCC ID	TE7RE305v3
Type	range extender
CPU1 Y	MediaTek MT7628AN
CPU1 Type	MIPS 24Kc
CPU1 Speed	575 MHz
Flash1 Chip	Brand? Model?
Flash1 Size	8 MiB 8,388,608 B <br />65,536 Kib <br />8,192 KiB <br />64 Mib <br />0.00781 GiB <br /> (SPI NOR)
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	Brand? Model?
ETH chip1	MediaTek MT7628AN
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 ~ ? Hz, 0.3 A
Connector type	AC (direct)
Serial Port (UART)	yes, 3.3V TTL, (57600 8N1)
Other
3rd Party Firmware Support	OpenWrt • (List | Dev | DLs)
Radio 1
Chip1	MediaTek MT7628AN
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 MT7612E
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
CPU1 brand Radio1 chip1 brand Radio2 chip1 brand TP-LINK RE305 MediaTek MediaTek MediaTek TP-LINK RE305 v3 MediaTek MediaTek MediaTek

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.),

• 867 Mbps - 2SS 5GHz 802.11ac (80MHz chan.) = AC1200 class

Flashing

Flashing OpenWrt

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

Target: ramips
Subtarget: mt76x8
Package architecture: mipsel_24kc
Supported Since Commit
Support started version: 22.03.0
Current supported version: 25.12.2

LAN Hardware: MediaTek MT7628AN
WLAN Hardware: MediaTek MT7628AN
WLAN Comment: MIMO 2x2:2 for each band
Installation method(s):
GUI OEM, see git-commit

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ramips: add support for TP-Link RE305 v3 Specs (same as in v1): - MT7628AN (575 MHz) - 64MB RAM - 8MB of flash (SPI NOR) - 1x 10/100Mbps Ethernet (MT7628AN built-in switch with vlan) - 1x 2.4GHz wifi (MT7628AN) - 1x 5Ghz wifi (MT7612E) - 4x LEDs (5 GPIO-controlled) - 1x reset button - 1x WPS button The only and important difference between v1 & v3 is in flash memory layout, so pls don't interchange these 2 builds! Installation through web-ui (on OEM factory firmware): 1. Visit http://tplinkrepeater.net or the configured IP address of your RE305 v3 (default 192.168.0.254). 2. Log in with the password you've set during initial setup of the RE305 (there is no default password). 3. Go to Settings -> System Tools -> Firmware upgrade 4. Click Browse and select the OpenWRT image with factory.bin suffix (not sysupgrade.bin) 5. A window with a progress bar will appear. Wait until it completes. 6. The RE305 will reboot into OpenWRT and serve DHCP requests on the ethernet port. 7. Connect an RJ45 cable from the RE305 to your computer and access LuCI at http://192.168.1.1/ to configure (or use ssh). Disassembly: Just unscrew 4 screws in the corners & take off the back cover. Serial is exposed to the right side of the main board (in the middle) and marked with TX/RX/3V3/GND, but the holes are filled with solder. Installation through serial: 1. connect trough serial (1n8, baudrate=57600) 2. setup the TFTP server and connect it via ethernet (ipaddr=192.168.0.254 of device, serverip=192.168.0.184 - your pc) 3. boot from a initramfs image first (choose 1 in the bootloader options) 4. test it a bit with that, then proceed to run sysupgrade build MAC addresses as verified by OEM firmware: use OpenWrt address reference LAN eth0 *:d2 label 2g wlan0 *:d1 label - 1 5g wlan1 *:d0 label - 2 The label MAC address can be found in config 0x2008.

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