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.
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.
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.
Isn't this link intended for Brazil? https://www.tp-link.com/br/download/Archer-C5-V4.html I mean I see it lists the EU firmware, but the page itself is in Portuguese and it reads /br/ in the URL. So I would presume that it's the correct firmware for your router.
but it did not work...
When I try to update, I get the message:
"Error Code: 4503 Uploaded file was not accepted."
This router uses signature in its firmware. Not accepting firmware from another region.
According to previous posts, the only way to work is through TFTP. But this process is not working either ...
@gaspare
I managed to compile the rtl8367s driver as module and build a firmware with your dts, but still no luck, ethernet is not working at all. swconfig can only detect the switch.
@LGA1150 ... Sorry... The GPIO is wrong in the DTS ... It was an old DTS... The correct line is:
mediatek,reset-pin = <&gpio2 20 0>;
And in ethernet, must remove the rgmii2:
pinctrl-0 = <&rgmii1_pins &mdio_pins>;
This is because I found that the first pin os RGMII2 is the reset pin of the switch.
If you boot the image using the bootloader tftpd and bootm, the old DTS will work because the boot loader do the reset of the switch... But, of course, we want the image to reset the switch ... To find the right pin, I booted the image in memory and switch all pins to 1 until I lost connectivity (proving the switch was reseted)...
Olá! amigo, não é possível queimar os firmware do openwrt na relação do melhoramento dos firmware de TPLINK. Você tem que usar um ferro elétrico para destacar o FLASH, a seguir usa o CH341A para queimar os firmware.
I recently discovered openwrt.
I have installed it in a Nucom R5010UNv2 and it is awsome.
I had previously used DD-WRT in a TP-link 1043N v1.2, but I prefer openwrt interface and its modularity.
Recently (a few days) I have bought an Tp-link Archer C5.
It was supposed to be he model with 2 usb, black and with two antenas (v2 I think).
But when it arrived it is a v4 model with four antennas an 1 usb.
I was reading in your forum and it seems it is not supported yet.
But is somebody working in it? May I expect to get it working with openwrt in the not so far future?
If not, I think I will be able to return it (they promised 2 usb ports in the announcement, which I think is v2 version and compatible with openwrt).
Is Archer C5 v2 fully compatible with openwrt? (the hardware list names it as compatible with current stable version).
Which other router wireless AC in this price tag may be compatible with openwrt with similar specs?
My needs are not very high. I need a clean and usefull interface, with basic router funcionality, I need VPN, I need being able to config a DNS in it to resolve internal resources, and wireless 2.4 and 5G access point.
propietary Firmwares in home router don't provide me some of the services, like DNS (dnsmasq configuration) and in some cases VPN.
Thanks a lot for your attention and thanks for this great soft.
https://wikidevi.com/wiki/TP-LINK_Archer_C5_v4.x should be supportable, but given its older SOC (mt7620 instead of mt7621, small flash and RAM), it's not particularly interesting (meaning I wouldn't expect anyone to jump for it).
Support for new devices is, to a large extent, provided by non-regular contributors (that could even be you), who want to get OpenWrt working on their new, currently unsupported, device and submit their changes to OpenWrt. Accordingly there are no predictions possible which devices will get the attention and land on the desk of anyone capable to add support for a new device - it may happen tomorrow, or never at all.
I have mistakenly thought that Archer C5 was supported, as it is listed in the wiki as compatible.
I did not even know that there were a v4 version, I thought it was v2.
The problem is that when you buy it they don't specify the version of the router.
And oddly tp-link seems to sell quite different routers under the "Archer C5" umbrella.
I have had a tp-link router the 1043N that was quite a good one for the price, and is supported (but just wifi N).
Probably the last tp-link router i would buy as if they change the complete hardware and sell them with the same name.
They even tell you it has 2 usb ports and send you a new model with 1 usb port.
Which router in the same price tag may I buy with a doog wifi n/ac 2.4 and 5 Ghz?
I have been reading the posts here but there are many routers and lots of info that may be obsolete.
My needs are not so demanding, just a router with good wifi access and that I can control and configure with openwrt (the firmware in the archer c5 does not even resolv dns names and you cannot configure dnsmasq in any way).
At the moment I cannot contribute as I have not enough expertize with openwrt.
I can provide info about the router, its hardware and settings if somebody provides me guidance, in order to facilitate openwrt running in it.