TP-LINK TL-WDR6500 v2

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abgn+ac (AC1350)
AC1300 Wireless Dual Band WiFi Router
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 TL-WDR6500 v2
FCC ID	none specified
Type	wireless router
CPU1 Y	Qualcomm Atheros QCA9561
CPU1 Type	MIPS 74Kc
CPU1 Speed	775 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 />
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 />
RAM1 Chip	Brand? Model?
ETH chip1	Qualcomm Atheros QCA9561
Switch	Qualcomm Atheros QCA9561
Ethernet Port Count	1-100MbE-WAN 4-100MbE-LAN
Wired Standard	IEEE 802.3i/3u
802dot11 OUI: none specified
Stock bootloader	U-Boot
Expansion IF types	none specified
Power	12 VDC, 1 A
Serial Port (UART)	yes
JTAG Port	yes
Other
3rd Party Firmware Support	OpenWrt • (List | Dev | DLs)
Retail
Availability	End of Life
End of Life date	2018
Radio 1
Chip1	Qualcomm Atheros QCA9561
Wireless interface OUI	none specified
Antenna Connector Type	none specified
MIMO status	3x3:3
Wireless Standard	IEEE 802.11b/g/n
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	Qualcomm Atheros QCA9882-BR4A
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 TL-WDR6500 Qualcomm Atheros Qualcomm Atheros Qualcomm Atheros TP-LINK TL-WDR6500 v2 Qualcomm Atheros Qualcomm Atheros Qualcomm 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.

• 450 Mbps - 3SS 2.4GHz 802.11n (40MHz chan.),

• 867 Mbps - 2SS 5GHz 802.11ac (80MHz chan.) = AC1350 class

Flashing

Flashing OpenWrt

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

Target: ath79
Subtarget: generic
Package architecture: mips_24kc
Supported Since Commit
Support started version: 17.01.0
Current supported version: 25.12.1

LAN Hardware: Qualcomm Atheros QCA956X
WLAN Hardware: Qualcomm Atheros QCA9561, Qualcomm Atheros QCA9882
WLAN Comment: 3x3 for 2.4GHz, 2x2 for 5GHz
Installation method(s):
Serial
Recovery method(s):
Serial
Comment:
https://git.openwrt.org/?p=openwrt/openwrt.git;a=commit;h=56f821fc6b500faffdcade0634d2db9be9f96134 finally provides support in ath79

git • >>
ar71xx: add support for TP-Link TL-WDR6500 v2 This patch adds support for TP-Link TL-WDR6500 v2. The firmware has a U-Boot header for kernel, and a TP-LINK v2 header for the whole firmware, so I have to create a new firmware creation method. SVN-Revision: 46663