TP-LINK Archer A9 v6.x
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TP-LINK Archer A9 v6.x (US)
FCC approval date: 30 November 2018
(Est.) release date: 21 March 2019
(Est.) initial retail price (in USD): $90
Country of manuf.: China
Series: AC1900
Type: wireless router
FCC ID: TE7A9V6
IC ID: 8853A-A9V6
PCB ID: 2050501217
Power: 12 VDC, 1.5 A
Connector type: barrel
CPU1: Qualcomm QCN5502 (775 MHz)
FLA1: 16 MiB16,777,216 B <br />131,072 Kib <br />16,384 KiB <br />128 Mib <br />0.0156 GiB <br /> (GigaDevice GD25Q127CSIG)
RAM1: 128 MiB134,217,728 B <br />1,048,576 Kib <br />131,072 KiB <br />1,024 Mib <br />0.125 GiB <br /> (ESMT M14D1G1664A-2.5B)
Expansion IFs: USB 2.0
USB ports: 1
Serial: yes, 4-pin header
WI1 chip1: Qualcomm QCN5502
WI1 802dot11 protocols: bgn
WI1 MIMO config: 4x4:3
WI1 antenna connector: U.FL
WI2 chip1: Qualcomm Atheros QCA9984
WI2 802dot11 protocols: an+ac
WI2 MIMO config: 4x4:3
WI2 antenna connector: U.FL
ETH chip1: Qualcomm QCN5502
Switch: Qualcomm Atheros QCA8337N
LAN speed: 1G
LAN ports: 4
WAN speed: 1G
WAN ports: 1
abgn+ac
Additional chips
5GHz WLAN RF FEM;Microsemi;LX5589H;;4;
Stock bootloader: U-Boot 1.1.4
Stock FW OS: Linux 3.3.8
Flags: Wave2, MU-MIMO, 256QAM
Default SSID: TP-Link_XXXX (38 addl. devices)
, TP-Link_XXXX_5G (27 addl. devices)
Default IP address: 192.168.1.1
the IP 192.168.1.1 is used by 1304 additional devices
of which 109 are TP-LINK devices
Default login user: blank
Default login password: admin
blank:admin credentials used by 296 additional devices
of which 0 are TP-LINK devices
| CPU1 brand | WI1 chip1 brand | WI2 chip1 brand | |
|---|---|---|---|
| TP-LINK Archer A9 v5.x | Broadcom | Broadcom | Broadcom |
| TP-LINK Archer A9 v6.x | Qualcomm | Qualcomm | Qualcomm Atheros |
For a list of all currently documented Qualcomm chipsets with specifications, see Qualcomm.
For a list of all currently documented Qualcomm Atheros (QCA) chipsets with specifications, see Qualcomm Atheros.
AC1900 Wireless MU-MIMO Gigabit Router
- Product page • Support page (US) • Datasheet
"2050501217" is silkscreened on the board in the FCC photos.
- Web GUI: http://tplinkwifi.net
- UI Emulator
Not much information has been made public about the QCN5502
- Qualcomm QCN5502 4T4R 802.11bgn WiSoC (180-DRQFN)
See also: TP-LINK Archer A series and Qualcomm § WiSoC
Specifications
- 802.11n 4T4R:3SS (600Mbps, 2.4GHz)
- 802.11ac 4T4R:3SS (1300Mbps, 5GHz)
- USB: 1x USB 2.0 ports
Reviews
Serial
Boot log
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U-Boot 1.1.4-g859dd656-dirty (Sep 20 2018 - 22:02:50) apjet01 - Dragonfly 1.0 DRAM: 128 MB Flash Manuf Id 0xc8, DeviceId0 0x40, DeviceId1 0x18 flash size 16MB, sector count = 256 Flash: 16 MB Using default environment In: serial Out: serial Err: serial Setting 0x181162c0 to 0x4b962100 extra-para:01 01 [393]factory boot check integer ok. factory boot load fs uboot len 131072 to addr 0x80010000. press CTRL+C to stop factory u-boot autoboot: 0 ## Starting application at 0x80010000 ... U-Boot 1.1.4-g859dd656-dirty (Sep 20 2018 - 22:02:34) apjet01 - Dragonfly 1.0 DRAM: 128 MB Flash Manuf Id 0xc8, DeviceId0 0x40, DeviceId1 0x18 flash size 16MB, sector count = 256 Flash: 16 MB Using default environment In: serial Out: serial Err: serial Net mini: ath_gmac_enet_initialize... Fetching MAC Address from 0x87ff3e3c ath_gmac_enet_initialize: reset mask:c02200 athr_mgmt_init ::done JET ----> S17 PHY * athrs17_reg_init: complete SGMII in forced mode athr_gmac_sgmii_setup SGMII done : cfg1 0x80000000 cfg2 0x7114 eth0: 00:00:2e:27:00:00 Setting 0x181162c0 to 0x4b962100 press ENTER to stop autoboot: 0 ## Booting image at 9f0c0000 ... Image Name: MIPS OpenWrt Linux-3.3.8 Created: 2019-01-08 9:07:29 UTC Image Type: MIPS Linux Multi-File Image (lzma compressed) Data Size: 1092324 Bytes = 1 MB Load Address: 80060000 Entry Point: 80060000 Contents: Image 0: 1092316 Bytes = 1 MB Verifying Checksum at 0x9f0c0040 ...OK Uncompressing Multi-File Image ... OK Starting kernel ... [ 0.000000] Linux version 3.3.8 (leo@leo-MS-7529) (gcc version 4.6.3 20120201 (prerelease) (Linaro GCC 4.6-2012.02) ) #3 Fri Sep 21 18:40:40 HKT 2018 [ 0.000000] bootconsole [early0] enabled [ 0.000000] CPU revision is: 00019750 (MIPS 74Kc) [ 0.000000] SoC: Qualcomm Atheros QCA5502 rev 0 [ 0.000000] Clocks: CPU:775.000MHz, DDR:650.000MHz, AHB:258.333MHz, Ref:25.000MHz [ 0.000000] Determined physical RAM map: [ 0.000000] memory: 08000000 @ 00000000 (usable) [ 0.000000] User-defined physical RAM map: [ 0.000000] memory: 08000000 @ 00000000 (usable) [ 0.000000] Initrd not found or empty - disabling initrd [ 0.000000] Zone PFN ranges: [ 0.000000] Normal 0x00000000 -> 0x00008000 [ 0.000000] Movable zone start PFN for each node [ 0.000000] Early memory PFN ranges [ 0.000000] 0: 0x00000000 -> 0x00008000 [ 0.000000] Built 1 zonelists in Zone order, mobility grouping on. Total pages: 32512 [ 0.000000] Kernel command line: console=ttyS0,115200 board=APJET01 rootfstype=squashfs init=/etc/preinit mtdparts=spi0.0:128k(factory-uboot),192k(u-boot),64k(ART),1536k(uImage),14464k@0x1e0000(rootfs) mem=128M rootfstype=squashfs,jffs2 noinitrd crashkernel=10M@20M oops=panic [ 0.000000] PID hash table entries: 512 (order: -1, 2048 bytes) [ 0.000000] Dentry cache hash table entries: 16384 (order: 4, 65536 bytes) [ 0.000000] Inode-cache hash table entries: 8192 (order: 3, 32768 bytes) [ 0.000000] Primary instruction cache 64kB, VIPT, 4-way, linesize 32 bytes. [ 0.000000] Primary data cache 32kB, 4-way, VIPT, cache aliases, linesize 32 bytes [ 0.000000] Writing ErrCtl register=00000000 [ 0.000000] Readback ErrCtl register=00000000 [ 0.000000] Memory: 126204k/131072k available (2334k kernel code, 4868k reserved, 591k data, 180k init, 0k highmem) [ 0.000000] SLUB: Genslabs=9, HWalign=32, Order=0-3, MinObjects=0, CPUs=1, Nodes=1 [ 0.000000] NR_IRQS:83 [ 0.000000] Calibrating delay loop... 385.84 BogoMIPS (lpj=1929216) [ 0.060000] pid_max: default: 32768 minimum: 301 [ 0.060000] Mount-cache hash table entries: 512 [ 0.070000] NET: Registered protocol family 16 [ 0.070000] gpiochip_add: registered GPIOs 0 to 20 on device: ath79 [ 0.080000] MIPS: machine is TP-LINK Archer a9 v6 support [ 0.080000] [ 0.080000] WLAN firmware dump buffer allocation of 2097152 bytes @ address 0x87a00000- SUCCESS !!! [ 0.090000] registering PCI controller with io_map_base unset [ 0.300000] bio: create slab <bio-0> at 0 [ 0.300000] PCI host bridge to bus 0000:00 [ 0.300000] pci_bus 0000:00: root bus resource [mem 0x12000000-0x13ffffff] [ 0.310000] pci_bus 0000:00: root bus resource [io 0x0001] [ 0.310000] pci 0000:00:00.0: BAR 0: assigned [mem 0x12000000-0x121fffff 64bit] [ 0.320000] pci 0000:00:00.0: using irq 40 for pin 1 [ 0.320000] Switching to clocksource MIPS [ 0.330000] NET: Registered protocol family 2 [ 0.330000] IP route cache hash table entries: 1024 (order: 0, 4096 bytes) [ 0.330000] TCP established hash table entries: 4096 (order: 3, 32768 bytes) [ 0.340000] TCP bind hash table entries: 4096 (order: 2, 16384 bytes) [ 0.340000] TCP: Hash tables configured (established 4096 bind 4096) [ 0.350000] TCP reno registered [ 0.350000] UDP hash table entries: 256 (order: 0, 4096 bytes) [ 0.360000] UDP-Lite hash table entries: 256 (order: 0, 4096 bytes) [ 0.360000] NET: Registered protocol family 1 [ 0.380000] squashfs: version 4.0 (2009/01/31) Phillip Lougher [ 0.380000] msgmni has been set to 246 [ 0.390000] io scheduler noop registered [ 0.390000] io scheduler deadline registered (default) [ 0.400000] Serial: 8250/16550 driver, 1 ports, IRQ sharing disabled [ 0.420000] serial8250.0: ttyS0 at MMIO 0x18020000 (irq = 11) is a 16550A [ 0.430000] console [ttyS0] enabled, bootconsole disabled [ 0.430000] console [ttyS0] enabled, bootconsole disabled [ 0.440000] m25p80 spi0.0: found gd25q128, expected m25p80 [ 0.450000] m25p80 spi0.0: gd25q128 (16384 Kbytes) [ 0.450000] 5 cmdlinepart partitions found on MTD device spi0.0 [ 0.460000] Creating 5 MTD partitions on "spi0.0": [ 0.460000] 0x000000000000-0x000000020000 : "factory-uboot" [ 0.470000] 0x000000020000-0x000000050000 : "u-boot" [ 0.480000] 0x000000050000-0x000000060000 : "ART" [ 0.480000] 0x000000060000-0x0000001e0000 : "uImage" [ 0.490000] 0x0000001e0000-0x000001000000 : "rootfs" [ 0.500000] mtd: partition "rootfs" set to be root filesystem [ 0.500000] m25p80 spi0.1: found pm25lv512, expected m25p80 [ 0.510000] m25p80 spi0.1: pm25lv512 (64 Kbytes) [ 0.510000] flash_chrdev : flash_chrdev_init [ 0.660000] ag71xx_mdio: probed [ 0.660000] eth0: Atheros AG71xx at 0xb9000000, irq 4 [ 1.240000] eth0: Atheros AR8327 switch driver attached. [ 3.660000] eth0: Atheros AR8327 switch phy power down. [ 3.670000] ag71xx ag71xx.0: eth0: connected to PHY at ag71xx-mdio.0:00 [uid=004dd036, driver=Atheros AR8216/AR8236/AR8316] [ 3.680000] TCP cubic registered [ 3.680000] NET: Registered protocol family 17 [ 3.690000] Bridge firewalling registered [ 3.690000] 8021q: 802.1Q VLAN Support v1.8 [ 3.700000] ### of_selftest(): No testcase data in device tree; not running tests [ 3.710000] VFS: Mounted root (squashfs filesystem) readonly on device 31:4. [ 3.720000] Freeing unused kernel memory: 180k freed - preinit - - regular preinit - jffs2 not ready yet; using ramdisk Support to copy caldata is not there for unknown - init - [ 6.730000] liblog: module license 'unspecified' taints kernel. [ 6.730000] Disabling lock debugging due to kernel taint [ 7.000000] NET: Registered protocol family 10 [ 7.160000] SCSI subsystem initialized [ 7.260000] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs [ 7.270000] usbcore: registered new interface driver hub [ 7.280000] usbcore: registered new device driver usb [ 7.430000] PPP generic driver version 2.4.2 [ 7.470000] tun: Universal TUN/TAP device driver, 1.6 [ 7.480000] tun: (C) 1999-2004 Max Krasnyansky <maxk@qualcomm.com> [ 7.520000] PPP MPPE Compression module registered [ 7.560000] NET: Registered protocol family 24 [ 7.630000] L2TP core driver, V2.0 [ 7.640000] L2TP netlink interface [ 7.690000] IPv6 over IPv4 tunneling driver [ 7.720000] GRE over IPv4 demultiplexor driver [ 7.760000] GRE over IPv4 tunneling driver [ 7.830000] bonding: Ethernet Channel Bonding Driver: v3.7.1 (April 27, 2011) [ 7.910000] ip_tables: (C) 2000-2006 Netfilter Core Team [ 8.150000] nf_conntrack version 0.5.0 (1974 buckets, 7896 max) [ 8.340000] PPPoL2TP kernel driver, V2.0 [ 8.360000] PPTP driver version 0.8.5 [ 8.750000] xt_time: kernel timezone is -0000 [ 9.260000] nf_conntrack_rtsp v0.6.21 loading [ 9.290000] nf_nat_rtsp v0.6.21 loading [ 9.350000] Netfilter messages via NETLINK v0.30. [ 9.380000] ctnetlink v0.93: registering with nfnetlink. [ 9.660000] ssdk_plat_init start [ 9.660000] Register QCA PHY driver [ 9.780000] qca-ssdk module init succeeded! [ 9.800000] AR71XX_RESET_REG_WDOG_CTRL: 0x0 [ 9.800000] [ 9.860000] Initializing USB Mass Storage driver... [ 9.870000] usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage [ 9.870000] USB Mass Storage support registered. [ 9.970000] fuse init (API version 7.18) reload_profile() begin reload_profile() end reloadconfig() begin user-config size is OK, size = 11538 1.untar result is : 0 ................................start of merge user and default........................ ................................parse userconf to get mode............................. ................................end of parse userconf.................................. ................................mode : ap............................... ................................end of merge user and default.......................... ................................new configs merged..................................... reloadconfig() end ########merge_mfconfig() start######## ########merge_mfconfig() end######## |
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CPU QCN5502 WiSoC
