TP-LINK TL-WR2543ND v1

abgn (N450)
450Mbps Dual-Band Wireless N Gigabit Router
Homepage	Product page
Wikipedia	TP-Link
3rd Party Firmware
dd-wrt	Supported
OpenWrt	Supported
Tomato any flavor	Incompatible
Gargoyle	Supported
Platform
Brand • Model • Rev	TP-LINK TL-WR2543ND v1
FCC ID	TE7WR2543N
IC ID	8853A-WR2543N
Board ID	2050500170
Type	wireless router
CPU1	Atheros AR7242
CPU1 Type	MIPS 24Kc
CPU1 Speed	400 MHz 32-bit
Flash1 Chip	Spansion S25FL064PIF
Flash1 Size	8 MiB8,388,608 B <br />65,536 Kib <br />8,192 KiB <br />64 Mib <br />0.00781 GiB <br />
RAM1 Size	64 MiB67,108,864 B <br />524,288 Kib <br />65,536 KiB <br />512 Mib <br />0.0625 GiB <br />
RAM1 Chip	Zentel A4S12D40FTP-G5
ETH chip1	Atheros AR7242
Switch	Realtek RTL8367R
Ethernet Port Count	1-1GbE-WAN 4-1GbE-LAN
Wired Standard	IEEE 802.3i/3u/3ab
802dot11 OUI: none specified
Stock bootloader	U-Boot
Expansion IF types	USB 2.0
USB ports	1
USB Hub Compatible	Untested
Power	12 VDC, 1.5 A
Connector type	barrel
Serial Port (UART)	yes, 4-pin header, JP1
Flags: selectable dual-band
Additional chips 2.4/5GHz Dual-Band Wi-Fi Front End Module;SiGe;SE2595L;;3;
Other
Default IP address: 192.168.1.1 the IP 192.168.1.1 is used by 1324 additional devices of which 111 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	TP-LINK
3rd Party Firmware Support	OpenWrt • (List | Dev | DLs) , DD-WRT • (List) , Gargoyle
Retail
Availability	End of Life
FCC approval date	13 September 2012
UPC	845973051563 (UPC DB, On eBay)
ASIN	B006YCHW5O
Country of manuf	China
Radio 1
Chip1	Atheros AR9380
Wireless interface OUI	none specified
Antenna Connector Type	RP-SMA
MIMO status	3x3:3
Wireless Standard	IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n
802.11n	up to 450/450 Mbps
802.11g	up to 54 Mbps
802.11b	up to 11 Mbps
802.11a	up to 54 Mbps
WiFi Operating Frequency	2.4 or 5 GHz

For a list of all currently documented Atheros (QCA) chipsets with specifications, see Atheros.
For a list of all currently documented Realtek chipsets with specifications, see Realtek.

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

• 450 Mbps - 3SS 2.4GHz 802.11n (40MHz chan.) = N450 class

Overview

"2050500170" and "Rev:1.0" is silkscreened on a v1.2 board.

The processor is a Atheros AR7242-AH1A.

Selectable Dual-Band

Links of Interest

• On the OpenWrt wiki (ath79)
• On the OpenWrt forums (MIPS 24Kc)

with bootlog and cat /proc/cpuinfo

• On the DD-WRT forums, and again
• Gargoyle-router Web

Reviews

• On RedesZone (internal shots)
• Review on the Inquirer (7/10)

Flashing

Flashing dd-wrt

On the DDWRT Forum
Support started version: tl-wr2543 build 20537 20130119
Current supported version: ?

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Flashing OpenWrt

On the OpenWrt ToH (techdata entry)
On the OpenWrt Wiki
OpenWrt Target: ar71xx-ath79
OpenWrt Subtarget: generic
OpenWrt Package architecture: mips_24kc
Support started version: 12.09
Current supported version: 23.05.5

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Pictures

Retail Images

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