TP-LINK Archer AX55 v1

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abgn+ac+ax (AX3000)
AX3000 Gigabit Wi-Fi 6 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 Archer AX55 v1
FCC ID	2AXJ4AX55
Type	wireless router
CPU1 Y	Qualcomm IPQ0518
CPU1 Type	ARM Cortex-A53
CPU1 Speed	1.0 GHz ( 2 cores )
Flash1 Chip	Brand? Model?
Flash1 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 Size	512 MiB 536,870,912 B <br />4,194,304 Kib <br />524,288 KiB <br />4,096 Mib <br />0.5 GiB <br />
RAM1 Chip	ESMT M15T4G16256A-DEB
ETH chip1	Qualcomm IPQ0518
Switch	Realtek RTL8367S
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 3.0
USB ports	1
USB Hub Compatible	Untested
Power	12 VDC, 3.5 A
Connector type	barrel
Serial Port (UART)	yes, 1.8, (115200 8N1)
Flags: Wi-Fi 6
Other
3rd Party Firmware Support	OpenWrt • (List | Dev | DLs)
Retail
Availability	End of Life
Radio 1
Chip1	Qualcomm IPQ0518
Wireless interface OUI	none specified
Antenna Connector Type	none specified
MIMO status	2x2:2
Wireless Standard	IEEE 802.11b/g/n/ax
802.11ax	up to 574 Mbps
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	Qualcomm QCN6122
Wireless interface OUI	none specified
Antenna Connector Type	none specified
MIMO status	2x2:2
Wireless Standard	IEEE 802.11a/n/ac/ax
AX-QAM	up to 2402 Mbps
802.11ax	up to 1201 Mbps
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 Archer AX55 Pro MediaTek MediaTek MediaTek TP-LINK Archer AX55 v1 Qualcomm Qualcomm Qualcomm TP-LINK Archer AX55 v4 Qualcomm Qualcomm Qualcomm

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

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

• 574 Mbps - 2SS 2.4GHz 802.11ax (40MHz chan., 1024QAM),

• 2402 Mbps - 2SS 5GHz 802.11ax (160MHz chan., 1024QAM) = AX3000 class

Flashing

Flashing dd-wrt

Support started version: unknown
Current supported version: unknown

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Flashing OpenWrt

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

Target: qualcommax
Subtarget: ipq50xx
Package architecture: aarch64_cortex-a53
Supported Since Commit
Support started version: unknown
Current supported version: snapshot

LAN Hardware: Realtek RTL8367S
WLAN Hardware: IPQ5018 + QCN6122
Installation method(s):
Serial, see devicepage
Install Comment:
Check the switch variant first: RTL8367S-VB units are not supported. See device page
Recovery method(s):
U-Boot web recovery
Recovery Comment:
Hold Reset at power-on, PC 192.168.0.10, http://192.168.0.1, official TP-Link image only.

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qualcommax: add support for TP-Link Archer AX55 v1 TP-Link Archer AX55 v1 is an IPQ5018 Wi-Fi 6 router. Hardware: SoC: Qualcomm IPQ5018 (dual Cortex-A53) RAM: 512 MiB Flash: 128 MiB SPI-NAND (dual firmware slots) Switch: Realtek RTL8367S (5x GbE), 2.5G HSGMII trunk to gmac1 WiFi: IPQ5018 2.4 GHz + QCN6122 5 GHz (ath11k) USB: 1x USB 3.0 port, SuperSpeed, using the IPQ5018 SS uni PHY; the port's 5 V rail is a GPIO-switched regulator wired as the PHY's vdd-supply, the way the MR5500 does it Button: Reset, WPS/Wi-Fi LED: power, LAN, WAN (green/orange), 2.4G, 5G, USB All five front jacks are RTL8367S ports (DSA): blue "WAN" = wan, LAN1-4 = lan1..lan4, over the 2.5G HSGMII trunk. The factory MAC is the "default-mac" file in the tp_data UBIFS volume (there is no raw nvmem cell for it). The volume is attached and mounted read-only during preinit, so board.d assigns the wired MACs (label MAC for lan/eth0, +1 for wan) the usual way and the ath11k caldata hotplug derives the Wi-Fi MACs (+2/+3) from the same mount - the same scheme the mt7981 archer-ax80-v1 uses for its tp_data. gmac1 has no nvmem MAC source, so the DSA conduit is pinned to the label MAC in board.d to keep it stable across boots. The board data files live in firmware_qca-wireless, where they were merged as f2c37a6b9d1d; this commit pins the ipq-wifi package to that revision and adds the package entry for the board. Note on revisions: some units labelled "v1" carry an RTL8367D-family switch (chip id 0x6642) instead of the RTL8367S. rtl8365mb cleanly declines it ("unrecognized switch"), so such a unit boots with no wired ports, and with Wi-Fi off by default it is only reachable via the vendor web recovery (or serial). RTL8367D support in rtl8365mb is being worked on by others; until it lands the wiki page carries a prominent warning to identify the switch before flashing. v2/v4 are entirely different hardware and are not covered by this image. Installation (serial console on the JP1 header, 115200 8N1, 1.8 V; note the RX trace is gapped and must be bridged to type): interrupt U-Boot, TFTP-boot the initramfs image to 0x44000000, "bootm", then "sysupgrade -n". A serial-free path (a telnet-enabled resigned stock image flashed from the vendor web UI, then writing the OpenWrt image to the inactive slot) is documented on the device wiki page; that path consumes the initramfs-factory.ubi artifact, which is the initramfs kernel wrapped in a UBI image so it can be written straight into the inactive rootfs partition with mtd from the running stock firmware. Recovery to stock: hold Reset while powering on, set the PC to 192.168.0.10, and upload an official signed TP-Link image at http://192.168.0.1. Signed-off-by: Stanislaw Pal <kuncy7@gmail.com> Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 Link: https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/pull/24197 Signed-off-by: Robert Marko