TP-LINK RE500 v1.x

abgn+ac (AC1900)
AC1900 Wi-Fi Range Extender
Homepage	Product page
Support	Support page
Wikipedia	TP-Link
WikiDevi.wi-cat.ru	TP-LINK RE500 v1.x
3rd Party Firmware
dd-wrt	Status Unknown
OpenWrt	Supported
Tomato any flavor	Incompatible
Gargoyle	Status Unknown
Platform
Brand • Model • Rev	TP-LINK RE500 v1.x
FCC ID	TE7RE650
IC ID	8853A-RE650
Board ID	1607132650-1.0
Type	range extender, access point
CPU1	MediaTek MT7621AT
CPU1 Type	MIPS 1004Kc
CPU1 Speed	880 MHz ( 2 cores ) 16-bit
Flash1 Chip	Winbond W25Q128FVSG
Flash1 Size	16 MiB16,777,216 B <br />131,072 Kib <br />16,384 KiB <br />128 Mib <br />0.0156 GiB <br />
RAM1 Size	128 MiB134,217,728 B <br />1,048,576 Kib <br />131,072 KiB <br />1,024 Mib <br />0.125 GiB <br />
RAM1 Chip	Nanya NT5CC64M16GP-DI
ETH chip1	MediaTek MT7621AT
Ethernet Port Count	1-1GbE-LAN
Wired Standard	IEEE 802.3i/3u/3ab
802dot11 OUI: none specified
Expansion IF types	none specified
Power	100-240 VAC ~ ? Hz, 0.4 A
Connector type	AC (direct)
Flags: Wave2, MU-MIMO, flip-up antenna
Other
Default SSID: TP-LINK_Extender_2.4GHz (13 addl. devices) , TP-LINK_Extender_5GHz (13 addl. devices) Default IP address: 192.168.0.254 the IP 192.168.0.254 is used by 49 additional devices of which 24 are TP-LINK devices Default login user: admin Default login password: admin admin:admin credentials used by 1342 additional devices of which 280 are TP-LINK devices
Manuf/OEM/ODM	Proware
3rd Party Firmware Support	OpenWrt • (List | Dev | DLs)
Retail
Availability	End of Life
FCC approval date	18 January 2017
(Est.) initial retail price (in USD):	$110
Newegg	27J-0014-00001
ASIN	B0718ZGS22
Country of manuf	China
Radio 1
Chip1	MediaTek MT7615N
Wireless interface OUI	none specified
Antenna Connector Type	U.FL
MIMO status	3x3:3
Wireless Standard	IEEE 802.11a/n/ac
802.11ac	up to 1300 Mbps
802.11n	up to 450 Mbps
802.11a	up to 54 Mbps
WiFi Operating Frequency	5 GHz
Radio 2
Chip1	MediaTek MT7615N
Wireless interface OUI	none specified
Antenna Connector Type	U.FL
MIMO status	3x3:3
Wireless Standard	IEEE 802.11b/g/n
N-QAM	up to 600 Mbps
802.11n	up to 450 Mbps
802.11g	up to 54 Mbps
802.11b	up to 11 Mbps
WiFi Operating Frequency	2.4 GHz
FCC ID TP-LINK RE650 v1.x TE7RE650

For a list of all currently documented MediaTek chipsets with specifications, see MediaTek.

For a list of all currently documented TP-LINK device with specifications, see TP-LINK.

• 1300 Mbps - 3SS 5GHz 802.11ac (80MHz chan.),

• 600 Mbps - 3SS 2.4GHz 802.11n (40MHz chan., 256-QAM) = AC1900 class

Overview

"1607132650-1.0-A Rev1.0sp3" is silkscreened on the board in the FCC photos.

FCC docs cover the TP-LINK RE650 v1.x and the RE500. Test Report DTS says, "There is nothing different of two models, just for different marketing use." This RE500 might be limited to three-stream operation in software.

Web GUI: http://tplinkrepeater.net

Flashing

Flashing OpenWrt

On the OpenWrt ToH (techdata entry)
On the OpenWrt Wiki
OpenWrt Target: ramips
OpenWrt Subtarget: mt7621
OpenWrt Package architecture: mipsel_24kc
Support started version: 21.02.0
Current supported version: 23.05.5

Please insert instructions here