Support for TP-Link AX1800

For Developers
#1

I am planning to buy TP-Link Ax1800, the reasons are many, first it's available, cheaper than other hardware (got a quadcore processor) although wouldn't know which one it is as tp-link documentation doesn't tell. I'm sure there is a way to figure that out.

I did see a few topics before I broach the subject, namely -

as well as -

The reason is if there is a possibility of no support for Ax1800 either now or in the future, then I might go in for Archer 6 3.2 which is also available.

One of the big reasons for thinking about the above is OpenWRT SQM. I am sure there are many more utilities or whatnot that may drag the cpu.

Looking forward to knowing more.

#2

As already stated in the 1st thread you linked to, the ax20 is a Broadcom device, it'll never have any good wifi support, if at all.

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#3

So the Ax1800 is also a Broadcom device, didn't know that. :frowning:

#4

I assumed they were the same, I might have been wrong, it appears to be a Qualcomm device.
So it's supportable, but currently no Qualcomm AX devices are.

https://fccid.io/2AXJ4AX20V3/

#5

Thank you, so I will use the stock till a build becomes available. Good to know it's a Qualcomm chip.

#6

Yeah, but it will be 1+ away, and if I remember correctly, the Qualcomm AX software requires at least 512MB of RAM, you might want to make sure the device doesn't ship with less.

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#7

hmmm.... Sadly that information seems to be missing -

Interestingly, it says it works only broadband connection (RJ-45) and is silent about fiber :frowning:

#8

it'll be in the fccid.io photos, you "just" need to decode the chip markings into real MBs :wink:

note, the specs are usually in mbits, so whatever it says, you need to divide it by 8.

#9

Beyond me, although I did get the link of the photos and I did download the photos, but it's pretty greek to me -

https://fccid.io/2AXJ4AX20V3/Internal-Photos/18-Internal-Photos-5798990.pdf

Somebody did share it has 1 GB of RAM but was that real or somebody talking out of their ass not known :frowning:

#10

it's the ESMT chip on the 3rd photo, I think it's 512MB, but I'm not 100% sure, not familiar with the math used for calculating the capacity, but 32M x 16bit * 8 banks / 8 = 512.

#11

Right, thank you for the datasheet you linked to, makes the whole thing clearer.

Ironically, now we have DDR4, but that is entirely a different argument -

#12

@frollic, can you figure it out whether the router/modem is broadband-only or also fiber???

#13

it works for both, but if you have fast fiber, it might be to slow.

#14

cool, thank you :slight_smile:

#17

First of thanks for the clarification and info @frollic.

I'm new in the community and not sure what it means to be 1+ away. Is it that is more than 1 release away or more than 1 release series away?

Is it likely to be out for the next 22.03 or do we need to wait for a 23.xx series (which is not that far I assume).

As a side note, I'm assuming the versions follow the format last_two_digits_of_year.release_number.