{"id":471,"date":"2018-02-22T02:29:27","date_gmt":"2018-02-22T02:29:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/netpipe.ca\/?page_id=471"},"modified":"2020-01-16T23:38:38","modified_gmt":"2020-01-16T23:38:38","slug":"archer-c7","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/netpipe.ca\/?page_id=471","title":{"rendered":"Archer c7"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"landingImage\" class=\"a-dynamic-image a-stretch-horizontal a-stretch-horizontal\" style=\"max-width: 500px; max-height: 375px;\" src=\"https:\/\/images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/41pas-QhAGL.jpg\" alt=\"TP-Link AC1750 Dual Band Wireless AC Gigabit Router, 2.4GHz 450Mbps + 5Ghz 1350Mbps, 1 USB 2.0 Ports, IPv6, Guest Network, WPS (Archer C7)\" data-old-hires=\"\" data-a-dynamic-image=\"{&quot;https:\/\/images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/41pas-QhAGL.jpg&quot;:[375,500],&quot;https:\/\/images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/41pas-QhAGL._SX450_.jpg&quot;:[338,450],&quot;https:\/\/images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/41pas-QhAGL._SX425_.jpg&quot;:[319,425],&quot;https:\/\/images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/41pas-QhAGL._SX466_.jpg&quot;:[350,466],&quot;https:\/\/images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/41pas-QhAGL._SX355_.jpg&quot;:[266,355]}\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Very nice router for the price since 5ghz routers entered the scene.<\/p>\n<p>make sure its a v2+ from the sticker on the bottom of the box or the bottom of the router its a great buy for 60-80 dollars.\u00a0 web update the 700 mhz router with the latest factory image of LEDE 17.10. nice to get matching pair if you are to be connecting them as access points.<\/p>\n<p>rename to something shorter like openwrt.bin then use the tplink firmware updater lede-17.01.4-ar71xx-generic-archer-c7-v2-squashfs-factory.bin\u00a0 should work everytime.<\/p>\n<p>one of my v2 routers had an issue with openwrt that just worked on another v2 router. this router features 5 ghz\u00a0\u00a0 which over short ranges 150 &#8211; 250 feet works great. some say 1km range are doable but i dont see how it could.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>telnet 192.168.1.1<\/p>\n<p>opkg update\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 with the network plugged into the wan or connect via wireless using luci http:\/\/192.168.1.1<\/p>\n<p>opkg install block-mount kmod-fs-ext4 kmod-usb-storage-extras kmod-usbip kmod-usbip-server kmod-usbip-client kmod-sound-soc-ac97 kmod-input-core swap-utils kmod-rt2800-lib kmod-rt2800-usb kmod-rt2x00-lib kmod-rt2x00-usb kmod-usb-uhci kmod-usb2-pci kmod-usb-storage-extras kmod-usb-audio kmod-usb3 kmod-usbmon usbutils libusb-1.0 ll libusb-compat kmod-usb-storage-<ins>uas<\/ins> e2fsprogs cfdisk fdisk<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>dev libs<\/p>\n<p>opkg install automake gcc libusb-1.0 libudev-fbsd<\/p>\n<p>custom building libusb needs work still for had to include my own header. also things seem to be missing from dynamic library.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Once you get these on plug in a usb drive with a ext 3 partition and a swap partition . goto the luci\/lede web mount interface and select the drive you just plugged in set it to overlay root, add swap after.<\/p>\n<p>reboot router.<\/p>\n<p>If you had a password set before it should be a new config asking for a new password, is an easy way to check if it worked.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Extras<\/p>\n<p>opkg install libffmpeg-full ffmpeg libogg sox pulseaudio-daemon alsa-utils madplay mpd moc kmod-rtlwifi kmod-rtlwifi-usb kmod-usb-serial-pl2303 r8188eu-firmware<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Recovery<\/p>\n<p>the procedure during boot is turn power on with reset WDS button pressed till the 2 circle arrows show then wait 5 seconds then start pressing the reset button again it should fastblink the star on the left that shows you are in failsafe&#8230; then telnet or putty into 192.168.1.1 and either &#8220;mount_root&#8221; and fix problem or type firstboot to reset settings<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>sample client\/server setup for paired wireless routers on 5g.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/netpipe.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Screenshot-at-2020-01-11-09-11-18.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3812 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/netpipe.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Screenshot-at-2020-01-11-09-11-18-300x169.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/netpipe.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Screenshot-at-2020-01-11-09-11-18-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/netpipe.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Screenshot-at-2020-01-11-09-11-18-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/netpipe.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Screenshot-at-2020-01-11-09-11-18-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/netpipe.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Screenshot-at-2020-01-11-09-11-18-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/netpipe.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Screenshot-at-2020-01-11-09-11-18.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/netpipe.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/server.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3813 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/netpipe.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/server-300x169.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/netpipe.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/server-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/netpipe.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/server-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/netpipe.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/server-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/netpipe.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/server-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/netpipe.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/server.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/netpipe.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/server2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3814 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/netpipe.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/server2-300x169.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/netpipe.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/server2-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/netpipe.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/server2-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/netpipe.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/server2-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/netpipe.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/server2-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/netpipe.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/server2.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/netpipe.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/clays.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3815 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/netpipe.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/clays-300x169.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/netpipe.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/clays-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/netpipe.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/clays-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/netpipe.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/clays-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/netpipe.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/clays-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/netpipe.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/clays.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Very nice router for the price since 5ghz routers entered the scene. make sure its a v2+ from the sticker on the bottom of the box or the bottom of the router its a great buy for 60-80 dollars.\u00a0 web update the 700 mhz router with the latest factory image of LEDE 17.10. nice to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":469,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-471","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/netpipe.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/471","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/netpipe.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/netpipe.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/netpipe.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/netpipe.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=471"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/netpipe.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/471\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3848,"href":"https:\/\/netpipe.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/471\/revisions\/3848"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/netpipe.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/469"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/netpipe.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}