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TP-LINK RE355

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abgn+ac (AC1200)
AC1200 Wi-Fi Range Extender
Homepage Product page
Support Support page
Wikipedia TP-Link
WikiDevi.wi-cat.ru TP-LINK RE355
3rd Party Firmware
dd-wrt Status Unknown
OpenWrt Was Supported
Tomato any flavor Incompatible
Gargoyle Status Unknown
Platform
BrandModelRev TP-LINK RE355 v1.x
FCC ID TE7RE355, TE7RE450
IC ID 8853A-RE355
Type range extender
CPU1 checkY Qualcomm Atheros QCA9558
CPU1 Type MIPS 74Kc
CPU1 Speed 720 MHz
Flash1 Chip Winbond Model?
Flash1 Size 8 MiB8,388,608 B <br />65,536 Kib <br />8,192 KiB <br />64 Mib <br />0.00781 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 Winbond W9751G6KB-25 x 2
ETH chip1 Qualcomm Atheros QCA9558
ETH chip2 Atheros AR8035-A
Ethernet Port Count 1-1GbE-LAN
Wired Standard IEEE 802.3i/3u/3ab

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 AC (direct)
Serial Port (UART) yes, (115200 8N1)
JTAG Port no

Flags:
flip-up antenna, retractable antenna, DFS

Other

Default SSID: TP-LINK_Extender_2.4GHz (13 addl. devices)
, TP-LINK_Extender_5GHz (13 addl. devices)
Default IP address: http://tplinkrepeater.net
the IP http://tplinkrepeater.net is used by 8 additional devices
of which 8 are TP-LINK devices
Default login user: admin
Default login password: admin
admin:admin credentials used by 1347 additional devices
of which 282 are TP-LINK devices

3rd Party Firmware Support OpenWrt (Was)
Retail
FCC approval date 18 January 2016
(Est.) initial retail price (in USD): $90
Newegg N82E16833704280
ASIN B016K07YT Flag of the United States.svg
Country of manuf China
Radio 1
Chip1 Qualcomm Atheros QCA9558
Wireless interface OUI none specified
Antenna Connector Type none specified
MIMO status 3x3:2
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 QCA9880-BR4A
Wireless interface OUI none specified
Antenna Connector Type none specified
MIMO status 3x3:2
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 RE400TE7RE450
TP-LINK RE450TE7RE450

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

Most of the information on this page was copied from the TP-LINK RE450 since the TE7RE355 FCC entry is a change in ID request from TE7RE450. Netgear claims reduced 2SS speeds for the RE355 but it's not clear what technique they may have used to reduced the capabilities.

Flashing

Flashing OpenWrt

On the OpenWrt ToH (techdata entry)
On the OpenWrt Wiki
OpenWrt Target: ath79
OpenWrt Subtarget: generic
OpenWrt Package architecture: mips_24kc
Support started version: 18.06.0
Current supported version: 21.02.7
Unsupported Functions:
Only kernel images for OpenWRT releases 22 & 23.

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