TP-LINK RE650 v2

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abgn+ac (AC2600)
AC2600 MU-MIMO Wi-Fi Range Extender
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 RE650 v2
FCC ID	2AXJ4RE650V2
Type	range extender, access point
CPU1 Y	MediaTek MT7621DAT
CPU1 Type	MIPS 1004Kc
CPU1 Speed	880 MHz ( 2 cores ) 16-bit
Flash1 Chip	cFeon QH64A-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 /> (SPI)
RAM1 Size	128 MiB 134,217,728 B <br />1,048,576 Kib <br />131,072 KiB <br />1,024 Mib <br />0.125 GiB <br /> (DDR3)
RAM1 Chip	MediaTek MT7621DAT
ETH chip1	MediaTek MT7621DAT
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, 0.4 A
Connector type	AC (direct)
Serial Port (UART)	yes, TTL 3.3V, (57600 8N1)
Flags: OneMesh, heatsink
Other
3rd Party Firmware Support	OpenWrt • (List | Dev | DLs)
Retail
FCC approval date	01 December 2021
Radio 1
Chip1	MediaTek MT7615N
Wireless interface OUI	none specified
Antenna Connector Type	MHF4
MIMO status	4x4:3
Wireless Standard	IEEE 802.11b/g/n
n-QAM	up to 800 Mbps
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	MediaTek MT7615N
Wireless interface OUI	none specified
Antenna Connector Type	MHF4
MIMO status	4x4:3
Wireless Standard	IEEE 802.11a/n/ac
AC-QAM	up to 1733 Mbps
802.11ac	up to 1300 Mbps
802.11n	up to 450 Mbps
802.11a	up to 54 Mbps
WiFi Operating Frequency	5 GHz
CPU1 brand Radio1 chip1 brand Radio2 chip1 brand TP-LINK RE650 v1.x MediaTek MediaTek MediaTek TP-LINK RE650 v2 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.

• 800 Mbps - 4SS 2.4GHz 802.11n (40MHz chan., 256-QAM),

• 1733 Mbps - 4SS 5GHz 802.11ac (80MHz chan.) = AC2600 class

Flashing

Flashing OpenWrt

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

Target: ramips
Subtarget: mt7621
Package architecture: mipsel_24kc
Supported Since Commit
Support started version: 22.03.0
Current supported version: 25.12.2

WLAN Hardware: MediaTek MT7615E
WLAN Comment: 4x4:3 MIMO both channels
Installation method(s):
GUI OEM

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ramips: add support for TP-Link RE650 v2 TP-Link RE650 v2 is largely similar to v1 that is already supported by OpenWrt. Notable differences is differnt SPI Flash - 8 MB instead of 16 MB (from cFeon instead of Winbond) and a different configuration of PCIE connections to wifi chips. Otherwise it's largely the same product as v1 Hardware specification: - SoC 880 MHz - MediaTek MT7621AT - 128 MB of DDR3 RAM - 8 MB - cFeon QH64A-104HIP - 4T4R 2.4 GHz - MediaTek MT7615E - 4T4R 5 GHz - MediaTek MT7615E - 1x 1 Gbps Ethernet - MT7621AT integrated - 7x LEDs (Power, 2G, 5G, WPS(x2), Lan(x2)) - 4x buttons (Reset, Power, WPS, LED) - UART pinout - GND, RX, TX, labeled in the middle of the PCB, requires soldering because they're not through holes. Serial console @ 57600,8n1 Flash instructions: Upload openwrt-ramips-mt7621-tplink_re650-v2-squashfs-factory.bin from the RE650 web interface. TFTP recovery to stock firmware: I didn't try recovering back to the stock firmware, however, if there is such process for other RExxx devices, it seems like it could be similar here. Signed-off-by: Marcin Gordziejewski