Firmware LEDE Install URL for TP-LINK Archer MR200

Installing and Using OpenWrt
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So, I'm new to LEDE.

So, https://lede-project.org/toh/views/toh_fwdownload?dataflt%5BModel*~%5D=MR200 says that that LEDE v17.01.0 is supported on my ARcher MR200. However, there's no Firmware LEDE Install URL on that page. Where can I find the install package? I'm running the stock firmware right now.

Thanks,
Tom

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There is a link to the .BIN file right on that page, under the "Firmware LEDE Upgrade URL" column in the table with all the info:

https://downloads.lede-project.org/releases/17.01.0/targets/ramips/mt7620/lede-17.01.0-r3205-59508e3-ramips-mt7620-ArcherMR200-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin

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I don't own this device, but you suggest that the OP could flash with the sysupgrade.bin file??

How does that work, cause I have a similar problem with another router: only a sysupgrade.bin file availlable and no factory to lede or factory to openwrt (CC v15).

Thanks

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I wasn't asking about that sysupgrade file.

The docs (https://lede-project.org/docs/guide-quick-start/standardflashinginstructions#installing_lede_over_factory_firmware) clearly state:

Note: The Device Techdata page will have two links: Firmware LEDE Install URL and Firmware LEDE Upgrade URL. The first is for a “factory installation”, the second for a “sysupgrade installation”.

Use this procedure if you want to install LEDE on a router running the “factory firmware” that it shipped with:

and concerning the Sysupgrade:

Use this procedure if you want to install LEDE on a router that is already running LEDE or OpenWrt:

I'm not running LEDE right now, hence, according to the docs, I need that factory firmware package, not a Sysupgrade package. Since I don't want to brick my router I'd rather know if I can use the sysupgrade package before trying ...

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Have a look at the OpenWRT page explaining how to install a SYSUPGRADE file into this device:
https://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/tp-link/archer-mr200