TP-Link CPE710 v1

TP-Link CPE710 is an outdoor wireless CPE for 5 GHz with one Ethernet port based on the AP152 reference board.

The device has a built-in 23dBi high-gain directional 2×2 MIMO antenna and a dedicated metal reflector, with a beamwidth of 9° (Azimuth) and 7° (Elevation). The radio support MCS 0-9 (up through 256 QAM) for devices and paths that are compatible with those high-density modulations, up to 867Mbps. Supports DFS channels, from channel 36 up to 173 (may vary on each region).

This is a router based on a Qualcomm QCA9563-AL3A MIPS 74kc @ 775MHz.

It has one PoE 1Gbps LAN port. Power comes from its external 24V, 0.5A power adapter.

• Apply factory image via web-gui.

→ generic.flashing.tftp

• run a TFTP server

• To get to TFTP recovery just hold reset button while powering on for around 30-40 seconds and release.
• Stock device TFTP address: 192.168.0.254
• Set ip address of TFTP server to 192.168.0.100
• Put OpenWrt factory image to tftp folder and rename it to recovery.bin
• Stop device while booting in u-boot
• Run command run flashimg
• Run command setenv boot_part 1
• Run command saveenv
• Reset

• Browse to http://192.168.1.1/cgi-bin/luci/mini/system/upgrade/ LuCI Upgrade URL
• Upload image file for sysupgrade to LuCI
• Wait for reboot

If you don't have a GUI (LuCI) available, you can alternatively upgrade via the command line. Note: It is important that you put the firmware image into the ramdisk (/tmp) before you start flashing.

Login as root via SSH on 192.168.1.1, then enter the following commands:

cd /tmp
wget https://downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/targets/ath79/generic/openwrt-ath79-generic-tplink_cpe710-v1-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin
sysupgrade /tmp/openwrt-ath79-generic-tplink_cpe710-v1-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin

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