TP-LINK TL-WPA8631P v4

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abgn+ac (AC1200)(PL1300)
AV1300 Gigabit Passthrough Powerline ac Wi-Fi 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 TL-WPA8631P v4
FCC ID	none specified
Type	range extender
CPU1 Y	MediaTek MT7621AT
CPU1 Type	MIPS 1004Kc
CPU1 Speed	880 MHz ( 2 cores ) 16-bit
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	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 MT7621AT
Switch	MediaTek MT7621AT
Ethernet Port Count	3-1GbE-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, 3.3V TTL, (57600 8N1)
Flags: Powerline
Other
3rd Party Firmware Support	OpenWrt • (List | Dev | DLs)
Radio 1
Chip1	MediaTek MT7603E
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 MT7613BE
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-WPA8631P v3 MediaTek MediaTek MediaTek TP-LINK TL-WPA8631P v4 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

• 1.3 Gbps PHY rate HomePlug AV2 (1.8-86 MHz frequencies) = PL1300 class

Overview

Qualcomm Atheros QCA7550 (w/ dedicated flash) HomePlug AV2 powerline interface connected to switch port 0 (label "plc0")

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: 23.05.0
Current supported version: 23.05.6
Image too big: 24.10.0

Unsupported Functions:
DFS
LAN Hardware: MediaTek MT7621AT
LAN Comment: Qualcomm Atheros QCA7550 (w/ dedicated flash) HomePlug AV2 powerline interface connected to switch port 0 (label "plc0")
WLAN Hardware: MediaTek MT7603E, MediaTek MT7613BE
WLAN Comment: MIMO 2x2:2 on both bands
Installation method(s):
GUI OEM, U-Boot TFTP + serial recovery, unknown
Install Comment:
Only Kernel images for 24.10 & Snapshot
Recovery method(s):
U-Boot TFTP + serial recovery
Comment:
Only Kernel images for 24.10 & Snapshot

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tplink-safeloader: add TL-WPA8631P v4 The only available v4 firmware wpa8631pv4_eu-up-ver4-0-0-P1-20220510-rel56203-APPLC.bin matches the v3 partition scheme. User testing confirms the existing WPA8631P v3 image works on this device. Link: https://forum.openwrt.org/t/162122