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abgn+ac (AC1750)
AC1750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router
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3rd Party Firmware
dd-wrt Supported
OpenWrt Supported
Tomato any flavor Incompatible
Gargoyle Status Unknown
Platform
Brand • Model • Rev TP-LINK Archer A7 v5.x
FCC ID TE7C7V5
IC ID 8853A-C7V5
Type wireless router
Series Archer A7
CPU1 checkY Qualcomm Atheros QCA9563
CPU1 Type MIPS 74Kc
CPU1 Speed 750 MHz
Flash1 Chip GigaDevice GD25Q128CSIG
Flash1 Size 16 MiB 16,777,216 B <br />131,072 Kib <br />16,384 KiB <br />128 Mib <br />0.0156 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 /> (DDR2)
RAM1 Chip ESMT M14D1G1664A-2.5B
ETH chip1 Qualcomm Atheros QCA9563
Switch Qualcomm Atheros QCA8337N
Ethernet Port Count 1-1GbE-WAN
4-1GbE-LAN
Wired Standard IEEE 802.3i/3u/3ab

802dot11 OUI: none specified

Stock bootloader U-Boot
Expansion IF types USB 2.0
USB ports 1
USB Hub Compatible Untested
Power 12 VDC, 1.5 A
Connector type barrel
Serial Port (UART) yes, 4-pin header, 3.3V TTL, (115200 8N1)

Flags:
Alexa

Other

Default SSID: TP-Link_XXXX (40 addl. devices)
, TP-Link_XXXX_5G (30 addl. devices)
Default IP address: 192.168.0.1
the IP 192.168.0.1 is used by 825 additional devices
of which 110 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 Proware
3rd Party Firmware Support DD-WRT • (List)
, OpenWrt • (List | Dev | DLs)
Retail
FCC approval date 11 December 2017
(Est.) release date June 2018
(Est.) initial retail price (in USD): $80
ASIN B079JD7F7G
Country of manuf China
Radio 1
Chip1 Qualcomm Atheros QCA9563
Wireless interface OUI none specified
Antenna Connector Type U.FL
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 QCA9880-BR4A
Wireless interface OUI none specified
Antenna Connector Type U.FL
MIMO status 3x3:3
Wireless Standard IEEE 802.11a/n/ac
802.11ac up to 1300 Mbps
802.11n up to 450 Mbps
802.11a up to 54 Mbps
WiFi Operating Frequency 5 GHz
 FCC ID
TP-LINK Archer C7 v5.xTE7C7V5

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.),
• 1300 Mbps - 3SS 5GHz 802.11ac (80MHz chan.) = AC1750 class

Overview

The Multiple Listing document on the FCC says that the Archer C7 v5 and

Archer A7 v5 models are identical. But the flash layout is different.

Links of Interest

Firmware

Flashing

Flashing dd-wrt

On the DDWRT Wiki
Support started version: unknown
Current supported version: archer-a7-v5 build 37932 20181208

Please insert instructions here

Flashing OpenWrt

Target: ath79
Subtarget: generic
Package architecture: mips_24kc
Supported Since Commit
Support started version: 19.07.0
Current supported version: 25.12.1
LAN Hardware: Qualcomm Atheros QCA8337N
WLAN Hardware: Qualcomm Atheros QCA9563, Qualcomm Atheros QCA9880
Installation method(s):
GUI OEM, U-Boot TFTP recovery, see git-commit
Install Comment:
For TFTP, rename -factory.bin image to ArcherC7v5_tp_recovery.bin
Recovery method(s):
U-Boot TFTP recovery
Comment:
Archer A7 is identical to Archer C7, see https://forum.openwrt.org/t/support-for-archer-a7/20790/3?u=tmomas
git • >> 
ath79: add support for TP-Link Archer A7
This patch adds support for TP-Link Archer A7

Specification:
- SOC: QCA9563
- Flash: 16 MiB (SPI)
- RAM: 128 MiB (DDR2)
- Ethernet: 4x 1Gbps LAN + 1x 1Gbps WAN
- Wireless:
  - 2.4GHz (bgn) SoC internal
  - 5GHz (ac) QCA988x
- USB: 1x USB 2.0 port
- Button: 1x power, 1x reset, 1x wps
- LED: 10x LEDs
- UART: holes in PCB
  - Vcc, GND, RX, TX from ethernet port side
  - 115200n8

Flash instructions:

Upload openwrt-ath79-generic-tplink_archer-a7-v5-squashfs-factory.bin
via the Webinterface.

Flash instruction using tftp recovery:

1. Connect the computer to one of the LAN ports of the Archer A7
2. Set the computer IP to 192.168.0.66
3. Start a tftp server with the OpenWrt factory image in the tftp
   root directory renamed to ArcherC7v5_tp_recovery.bin
2. Connect power cable to Archer A7, press and hold the reset button
   and turn the router on
3. Keep the reset button pressed for ~5 seconds
4. Wait ~150 seconds to complete flashing

Changes since first revision:

  - Flash instructions using stock image webinterface
  - Changed "Version 5" in model string to "v5"
  - Split DTS file in qca9563_tplink_archer-x7-v5.dtsi
    and qca9563_tplink_archer-a7-v5.dts
  - Firmware image is now build with dynamic partitioning
  - Default to ath10k-ct

Changes since second revision:
  - Changed uboot@0 to uboot@20000 in DTS file
  - Fixed ordering issue in board led script
  - Specify firmware partition format in DTS file
  - Rebased Makefile device definition on common
    Device/tplink-safeloader-uimage definition
  - Merged switch section in network script
    (same configuration as tplink,tl-wdr3600
    and tplink,tl-wdr4300)

Pictures

Retail Images
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