Compatibility Archer VR900

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Hi

I have a TP-Link Archer VR900 router, and wondered if there is a compatible version that would work with this router. I can see several Archer VR routers, but the VR900 is not listed as one of them

Thanks

Gareth

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https://openwrt.org/toh/tp-link/tp-link_archer_vr900v_1.0 is very skeletal and does not indicate that OpenWrt will run on the device.

Given that it's Broadcom-based for wireless and Broadcom's typical policy on open-source support, there may be significant limitations on what ever could be done with open-source drivers and firmware,

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vr900 != vr900v, see https://wikidevi.com/wiki/TP-LINK_Archer_VR900v_(v1.0)

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Hi

Its actually an Archer VR900 v2, which looks totally different externally to the v1. Does that make much of a difference?

thanks

Gareth

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Given that TP-Link has a long history of wildly different hardware in the same box with the same model number, Iā€™d say that your situation is that it is unlikely that that hardware is the same.

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THanks Jeff

I'm very new to this, but looks like the specifications of the Broadcom chipset are different between the two.

Does anyone know if I can install on an Archer VR900 v2? Any advice?

Thanks

Gareth

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Unlike industry-standard PCs, pretty much each firmware needs to be hand-customized to the chips, how they are wired together on the board, and how the manufacturer chooses to use the flash memory.

The first step in adding a device would be to know if it even can be supported. If you have some specs or a boot log / dmesg output, posting it here would likely get you at least a "quick read" on the possibility.

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A very casual look at the OEM firmware confirms BCM63xx, with SPI-NAND (which is difficult already) - ADSL/ VDSL modem won't have any support, WLAN support is pretty unlikely.

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