TP-LINK Archer A5 v5.x

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abgn+ac (AC1200)
AC1200 Wireless Dual Band Router
Homepage	Product page
Support	Support page
Wikipedia	TP-Link
WikiDevi.wi-cat.ru	TP-LINK Archer A5 v5.x
3rd Party Firmware
dd-wrt	Status Unknown
OpenWrt	Supported
Tomato any flavor	Incompatible
Gargoyle	Status Unknown
Platform
Brand • Model • Rev	TP-LINK Archer A5 v5.x
FCC ID	TE7C50V5
Board ID	180206250-1.0
Type	wireless router
Series	Archer A5
CPU1	MediaTek MT7628A
CPU1 Type	MIPS 24KEc
CPU1 Speed	575 MHz
Flash1 Chip	GigaDevice 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	64 MiB67,108,864 B <br />524,288 Kib <br />65,536 KiB <br />512 Mib <br />0.0625 GiB <br />
RAM1 Chip	ESMT M14D5121632A-2.5B
ETH chip1	MediaTek MT7628A
Switch	MediaTek MT7628A
Ethernet Port Count	1-100MbE-WAN 4-100MbE-LAN
Wired Standard	IEEE 802.3i/3u
802dot11 OUI: none specified
Stock FW OS	Linux
Expansion IF types	none specified
Power	12 VDC, 1 A
Connector type	barrel
Other
Default SSID: TP-Link_XXXX (38 addl. devices) , TP-Link_XXXX_5G (28 addl. devices) Default IP address: 192.168.0.1 the IP 192.168.0.1 is used by 799 additional devices of which 99 are TP-LINK devices Default login user: admin Default login password: admin admin:admin credentials used by 1342 additional devices of which 280 are TP-LINK devices
Manuf/OEM/ODM	Proware
3rd Party Firmware Support	OpenWrt • (List | Dev | DLs)
Retail
FCC approval date	10 December 2017
Country of manuf	China
Radio 1
Chip1	MediaTek MT7628A
Wireless interface OUI	none specified
Antenna Connector Type	soldered
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 MT7612E
Wireless interface OUI	none specified
Antenna Connector Type	U.FL
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
FCC ID TP-LINK Archer C50 v5.x TE7C50V5
CPU1 brand Radio1 chip1 brand Radio2 chip1 brand TP-LINK Archer A5 v4.x MediaTek MediaTek MediaTek TP-LINK Archer A5 v5.x 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 device 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

"180206250-1.0 Rev1.0sp1" is silkscreened on the board.

• Web GUI: http://tplinkwifi.net

A Model Declaration Letter at the FCC says, "All versions of the Model

Archer C50 [v5.x] and Archer A5 [v5.x] are electrically equal [...]"

Flashing

Flashing OpenWrt

On the OpenWrt ToH (techdata entry)
On the OpenWrt Wiki
On the OpenWrt Forum
OpenWrt Target: ramips
OpenWrt Subtarget: mt76x8
OpenWrt Package architecture: mipsel_24kc
Support started version: 19.07.0
Current supported version: 23.05.5

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Pictures

Retail Images

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