Hi there!
Is there any news when the firmware for Tp-Link MR500 would be be released?
Is firmare for Tp-Link MR6400 v1/v2 valid for MR500 as well?
Would be highly appreciated for any respond.
Thx!
when someone who owns it adds the support for it, someone like ... you ?
trial and error, but I wouldn't do it, you will most probably brick your device.
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MR6400 v1 appears to use Atheros QCA9531, I wasn't able to find any info on v2 (or v3), while the newer v4/v5 are both based on MediaTek's MT7628N (I have a v5).
I also have the MR500 v1 and took a look inside to find the MT7621(DAT) / MT7603 / MT7613 combo - I'm including a photo below.
Firmware builds are definitely not interchangeable between the devices/versions. The TL-MR500 (and perhaps the 550 which might share the same oem firmware) should to be closest to the TL-MR600 that uses the same CPU and already has some OpenWrt support.
I have a firmware dump and I've been meaning to extract the dts to compare it with the 600 and maybe do some trial and error tests but I haven't found the necessary time for this yet.
Hello everyone. I have a tp-link mr500 v1 router. Is there any firmware for it? If not, can the firmware from the mr600 be suitable for it?
Dont try to cross-flash unless architecture is confirmed to be 0.9:1.1 at least.
Can you set the device to maximum debug log, then power off and on and collect OEM boot log from the web interface?
We would need:
- SOC type (somewhere at the start of boot log)
- RAM size (also)
- mtd/ubi layout (somewhere mid-log)
Also post a link where you would download firmware upgrades from tp-link.
I'm sorry, my friend. Is there any instruction for this? I've never done this before.
Click around tplink web interface. You did not have any instruction to cross flash either.
Hi,
The MR500 v1 (is there a v2 already?) uses:
SOC: MT7621DAT
RAM: 128MB
Flash: 16MB (128Mbit) SPI NOR
Wireless: MT7603EN (b/g/n 2.4Ghz), MT7613BEN (an/ac 5Ghz)
I didn't save the exact modem model number when I was poking inside, but I can look that up if necessary (it's a Qualcomm LTE+ Cat6).
Tp-Link firmware: https://www.tp-link.com/en/support/download/archer-mr500/#Firmware
GPL Code is also available on the same page (interestingly, it's linked from mercusys.com)
Bootlog: https://github.com/thezedt/mr500v1-openwrt/blob/main/logs/console-log-retail.txt
I have this router and I can run tests with it or provide additional photos / information or completely mess up its firmware (and then start all over). I already have a full firmware dump, including the bootloader (since I manually replaced the branded operator firmware with the retail firmware).
Details of the board (I don't have enough history to include multiple photos here):
So far, the existing MR600v2(EU) firmware seems to work with MR500v1(EU) with the help of some tweaking (on the LTE modem part) - as I have described here.
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