TP-LINK TD-W8968 v3

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bgn (N300)
300Mbps Wireless N USB ADSL2+ Modem Router
Wikipedia TP-Link
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3rd Party Firmware
dd-wrt Status Unknown
OpenWrt Partial Support
Tomato any flavor Status Unknown
Gargoyle Status Unknown
Platform
BrandModelRev TP-LINK TD-W8968 v3
FCC ID TE7TDW8968V3
IC ID 8853A-W8968
Board ID 2011500158
Type wireless router, dsl modem
Series TD-W8968
CPU1 checkY Broadcom BCM6318
CPU1 Type BMIPS3300
CPU1 Speed 333 MHz
Flash1 Chip Macronix 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)
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 EtronTech Model?
ETH chip1 Broadcom BCM6318
Switch Broadcom BCM6318
Ethernet Port Count 4-100MbE-LAN
Wired Standard IEEE 802.3i/3u

802dot11 OUI: 14:CC:20 (5 E, 5 W)
Ethernet OUI: 14:CC:20 (5 E, 5 W)

Stock bootloader CFE
Expansion IF types USB 2.0
USB ports 1
USB Hub Compatible Untested
Power 12 VDC, 1 A
Connector type barrel
Serial Port (UART) yes, 3.3V TTL, (115200 8N1)
JTAG Port no

Flags:
ADSL2+

Other

Default IP address: 192.168.1.1
the IP 192.168.1.1 is used by 1359 additional devices
of which 112 are TP-LINK devices
Default login user: admin
Default login password: admin
admin:admin credentials used by 1358 additional devices
of which 283 are TP-LINK 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 19 May 2014
ASIN B008I3GCNU
Country of manuf China
Radio 1
Chip1 Broadcom BCM43217
Wireless interface OUI 14:CC:20
Antenna Connector Type RP-SMA
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 cor_rev 24
 CPU1 brandRadio1 chip1 brandRadio1 chip2 brand
TP-LINK TD-W8968 v1TrendChipRalink
TP-LINK TD-W8968 v2RalinkRalink
TP-LINK TD-W8968 v3BroadcomBroadcom

For a list of all currently documented Broadcom chipsets with specifications, see Broadcom.

For a list of all currently documented TP-LINK devices with specifications, see TP-LINK.

300 Mbps - 2SS 2.4GHz 802.11n (40MHz chan.) = N300 class

Overview

"2011500158" and the TP-LINK logo is silkscreened

on the board in the FCC photos.

Specifications

Flashing

Flashing OpenWrt

Target: bmips
Subtarget: bcm6318
Package architecture: mips_mips32
Supported Since Commit
Support started version: 17.01.0
Current supported version: 25.12.0
Unsupported Functions:
DSL modem, WiFi 2.4GHz partly
LAN Hardware: Broadcom BCM6318
WLAN Hardware: Broadcom BCM43217
Installation method(s):
CFE web recovery, see git-commit
Recovery method(s):
CFE web recovery, see git-commit
Comment:
moved to bmips target with https://git.openwrt.org/?p=openwrt/openwrt.git;a=commit;h=1d976f83e40c48111892b06f59607f77b4f20eb1
git • >>
bmips: add support for TP-Link TD-W8968 V3
TP-Link TD-W8968 v3 is an 300Mbps Wireless N USB ADSL2+ Modem Router based on
Broadcom BCM6318 SoC.

Hardware:
   CPU:          Broadcom BCM6318, 333 MHz, 1 core
   Flash:        8MB
   RAM:          64 MB
   Ethernet:     4x 10/100 Mbps
   Wireless:     802.11b/g/n, BCM43217
   LEDs/Buttons: 10x / 3x
   USB:          1x 2.0

Flash instructions:
* Assign static IP 192.168.1.100 to PC
* Unplug the power source
* Press the RESET button at the router, don't release it yet!
* Plug the power source. Wait for some seconds
* Release the RESET button
* Browse to http://192.168.1.1
* Upload the openwrt-bmips-bcm6318-tp-link_td-w8968-v3-squashfs-cfe.bin file
* Wait some minutes until the firmware upgrade finish.

See also