Support for new Archer c5 v4

LGA1150 · December 9, 2018, 7:01am

What channels are available on your router's firmware?

kalokogat · December 18, 2018, 6:22am

sorry for the wait
36-64 and 132-165

crazyionutz · January 2, 2019, 11:25am

the firmware for EUROPE version has appeared:

https://www.tp-link.com/ro/download/Archer-C5-V4.html#Firmware

a short review with real pictures of the router i am talkiing about are found here:

leks · January 16, 2019, 4:38am

I was able to port openwrt to archer c5v4 maybe later I will post it on github

ayaritsu · January 16, 2019, 10:04am

Nice! I was waiting for that!

LGA1150 · January 25, 2019, 6:33am

I hope you didn't forget to post it..

gaspare · January 31, 2019, 6:16pm

Mediatek have a patch for the RTL8367S for 4.14. With this, one can port the C5 with full gigabit support. The problem is that the 7620 have only 1Gb backplane, so the sum of all ports is limited to 1Gb. But still, better than fast

Attached is the DTS for Archer C5. The rest of the port is easy, just remember to change the switch in the boot script 02_network to:

ucidef_add_switch "switch1" \
			"0:lan" "1:lan" "2:lan" "3:lan" "4:wan" "5@eth0"

/dts-v1/;

#include "mt7620a.dtsi"

#include <dt-bindings/input/input.h>
#include <dt-bindings/gpio/gpio.h>

/ {
	compatible = "tplink,c5", "ralink,mt7620a-soc";
	model = "TP-Link ArcherC5 v4";

	chosen {
		bootargs = "console=ttyS0,115200";
	};

	gpio-leds {
		compatible = "gpio-leds";

		wps {
			label = "c5:green:wps";
			gpios = <&gpio0 1 GPIO_ACTIVE_LOW>;
		};

		usb {
			label = "c5:green:usb";
			gpios = <&gpio0 7 GPIO_ACTIVE_LOW>;
		};
		lan {
			label = "c5:green:lan";
			gpios = <&gpio0 8 GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH>;
		};
		wan_orange {
			label = "c5:orange:wan";
			gpios = <&gpio0 9 GPIO_ACTIVE_LOW>;
		};
		wan {
			label = "c5:green:wan";
			gpios = <&gpio0 10 GPIO_ACTIVE_LOW>;
		};
		wlan5g {
			label = "c5:green:wlan5g";
			gpios = <&gpio0 12 GPIO_ACTIVE_LOW>;
		};
		wlan2g {
			label = "c5:green:wlan2g";
			gpios = <&gpio0 14 GPIO_ACTIVE_LOW>;
		};

	};

	gpio-keys-polled {
		compatible = "gpio-keys-polled";
		#address-cells = <1>;
		#size-cells = <0>;
		poll-interval = <20>;

		reset {
			label = "reset";
			gpios = <&gpio0 13 GPIO_ACTIVE_LOW>;
			linux,code = <KEY_RESTART>;
		};

		rfkill {
			label = "rfkill";
			gpios = <&gpio0 2 GPIO_ACTIVE_LOW>;
			linux,code = <KEY_RFKILL>;
		};	
	};

	rtkgsw {
		compatible = "mediatek,rtk-gsw";
		mediatek,mdio = <&mdio0>;
		mediatek,reset-pin = <&gpio2 14 0>;
	};
};

&gpio2 {
        status = "okay";
};

&spi0 {
	status = "okay";

	m25p80@0 {
		#address-cells = <1>;
		#size-cells = <1>;
		compatible = "jedec,spi-nor";
		reg = <0>;
		spi-max-frequency = <10000000>;

		partition@0 {
			label = "u-boot";
			reg = <0x0 0x20000>;
			read-only;
		};

		partition@20000 {
			label = "firmware";
			reg = <0x20000 0x7a0000>;
		};

		partition@7c0000 {
			label = "config";
			reg = <0x7c0000 0x10000>;
			read-only;
		};

		rom: partition@7d0000 {
			label = "rom";
			reg = <0x7d0000 0x10000>;
			read-only;
		};

		partition@7e0000 {
			label = "romfile";
			reg = <0x7e0000 0x10000>;
			read-only;
		};

		radio: partition@7f0000 {
			label = "radio";
			reg = <0x7f0000 0x10000>;
			read-only;
		};
	};
};

&pinctrl {
	state_default: pinctrl0 {
		gpio {
			ralink,group = "i2c", "uartf", "nd_sd";
			ralink,function = "gpio";
		};
	};
};

&ethernet {
	pinctrl-names = "default";
	mtd-mac-address = <&rom 0xf100>;
	pinctrl-0 = <&rgmii1_pins &rgmii2_pins &mdio_pins>;

	port@5 {
		status = "okay";
		mediatek,fixed-link = <1000 1 1 1>;
		phy-mode = "rgmii";
	};

	mdio0: mdio-bus {
		status = "okay";
		phy0: ethernet-phy@0 {
		        reg = <0>;
		        phy-mode = "rgmii";
		};

		phy1: ethernet-phy@1 {
		        reg = <1>;
		        phy-mode = "rgmii";
		};

		phy2: ethernet-phy@2 {
		        reg = <2>;
		        phy-mode = "rgmii";
		};

		phy3: ethernet-phy@3 {
		        reg = <3>;
		        phy-mode = "rgmii";
		};

		phy4: ethernet-phy@4 {
		        reg = <4>;
		        phy-mode = "rgmii";
		};

    };
};

&ehci {
	status = "okay";
};

&ohci {
	status = "okay";
};

&gsw {
	mediatek,port4 = "gmac";
};

&pcie {
	status = "okay";
};

kalokogat · February 16, 2019, 5:20am

luizsilva · February 21, 2019, 7:24pm

Does anyone have the upgrade file ready to share? please thank you.

lscorci · February 23, 2019, 7:58pm

Hi everyone, I have the Brazilian version of this router (Archer C5 V4). I tried to use the above firmwares, but none worked.
When I try to update, the following message appears:

Error Code: 4503
Uploaded file was not accepted.

Can anybody help me?

Sorry for my English, I'm using Google Translator.

Thank you, Leandro.

palmarci · February 24, 2019, 3:31pm

Nice job, please do post it!

gaspare · February 25, 2019, 5:54pm

The Web interface of Archer C5 only accept signed firmwares. The openwrt firmware must be flashed using the boot loader. Use the serial interface to tftp the firmware to it.

There is no Brazilian official firmware, besides the one that came with the router.

moonstone · February 25, 2019, 7:45pm

Is there another way beside serial console to flash?Maybe fake sign the firmware.For instance to flash RU version on EU device.There are some specific functions that is interesting on russian version.

lscorci · March 3, 2019, 12:02am

Could you provide the openwrt firmware? I did not find it on the site.

Thank you, Leandro.

ccc · March 4, 2019, 11:53am

I have a TP-Link Archer C5 v4, the version for "all EU member states and EFTA countries". They claim the firmware uses GPL code, but at https://www.tp-link.com/en/support/gpl-code/ they only provide downloads for v1 and v2. I wrote them to request GPL files for v4 and was replied (from gpl[at]tp-link[dot]com) with the link below:
https://mega.nz/#F!8wVwwS4D!-oelkBkxGoPX4vLXBVqtcg

It is a huge 1.2 GB tar.gz archive with a lot of files, and the readme in the root of the archive contains the following:

> TP-LINK GPL code readme

This package contains all GPL code used by TP-LINK Routers with Linux OS.

All components have been built successfully on Fedora release Linux 14 Workstation.

Compiling components in this package on platforms other than Fedora release Linux 14 Workstation may cause unexpected results.

Recommended using "root" or "sudo" command to build the code.

After building the code, you will get the bootloader and linux kernel image, then you can make rootfs with mksquashfs too, but you can't upgrade these images to your router through web management page.

Build Instructions

All build targets are in ./GPL_ArcherC5V4/BBA_1.5_platform/build/, you should enter this directory to build components.

Simple Build
./buildall.sh

Expert Build

Build toolchain:
make env_build

Build components:
1)Build u-boot bootloader
make boot_build

2)Build linux kernel image
make kernel_build

3)Build some kernel modules, such as netfilter, netsched.
make modules_build

4)Build some application, such as busybox, iptables and so on.
make apps_build

5)Build rootfs
make fs_build

6)Build image
make image_build

HTH,
C

lscorci · March 8, 2019, 7:58pm

Good afternoon people

Could someone teach me how to flash the firmware version (EUWISP) of the link: https://www.tp-link.com/bg/download/Archer-C5-V4.html to my archer C5 V4 (BRWISP) through TFTP?

Archer_C5 (EUWISP) v4_3.16.0_0.9.1_up_boot (181119) _2018-11-20_13.35.25.bin

I have researched several sites and forums and found no tutorial on how to do this. I only found recovery tutorials where the file can not have the boot name in the description.

Thank you, Leandro.

lscorci · March 13, 2019, 1:10am

Good night,

I tried several ways to get into TFTP mode but to no avail.
I did the procedure I found in the Openwrt forums, put the computer's ip in: 192.168.0.66

I changed the firmware name to tp_recovery.bin. I opened the TFTP (32bits / 64bits), I directed the file folder. I inserted the network cable and it does not work.
I tried to start by holding the WPS button, then holding the Reset button and holding the 2 at the same time. But nothing worked.

Can someone please help me?

Thank you, Leandro.

Hegabo · March 15, 2019, 10:59pm

Is the router currently available or not? What firmware it currently has? If it's stock, does this document help http://static.tp-link.com/2018/201805/20180517/Archer%20C5%20W.pdf. This is your router's page on TP-Link site and it has link to the firmware https://www.tp-link.com/br/download/Archer-C5-V4.html

lscorci · March 16, 2019, 7:47pm

Hi mhegab

Yes, the router is avaliable. Yes, it has the firmware stock.

I tried to access the document link, but the following message appears:

" Access Denied

You don't have permission to access "http://static.tp-link.com/2018/201805/20180517/Archer%20C5%20W.pdf" on this server.
Reference #18.87d8f648.1552765217.78305076"

I am trying to install the firmware of the European region (EU-WISP) on my device BR (BR-WISP).
There is no firmware available on Tp Link Brasil website. I contact the support and has no prediction to release new firmware.

I am trying to install via TFTP, but without success.

Can you help me with TFTP?

Thanks, Leandro.

Hegabo · March 16, 2019, 7:59pm

I edited the link. Just removed the "s" from http. The browser will put it back but it will open the page