It even uses the same TPlink OEM firmware.
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#DD WRT TP LINK AC1200 UPDATE#
Update Jul 2020: The A5 v5 (US version) appears to be same hardware as the C50 v5. The C50 v5 appears to be only sold in the USA. Update Jan 2020: It has been reported the C50 v4 sysupgrade image also works with C50 v5 (US version). Using a pre-built image for v4 (at your own risk) To create a sysupgrade image to revert from OpenWrt to stock TPlink firmware follow the procedure described here here.
#DD WRT TP LINK AC1200 HOW TO#
The commit notes describe in detail how to modify the sysupgrade.bin image (linked above, on the “Downloads” section) to create a image file for the TPlink web GUI or TFTP installation. A tp_recovery.bin TFTP installation image is not currently available. Support for Archer C50 v4 was added with this commit (Please do not remove the link). It is believed the C50 v4 hardware (except for AC power adapter) is the same for all regions. bin firmware file for EU version 'Archer C50(EU)_V4_190125' has same checksum as the Brazil version 'Archer C50(BR)_V4_190125'. KNOWN ISSUE (Jan 2020): Reports of poor 2.4 GHz range.
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WARNING: Do NOT flash the tplink_C50-v4-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin from the “Downloads” section to the C50 v4 via the TPlink firmware's web GUI. It is even faster than the latest stock firmware. But you can use instead the 18.06.8 release. This is not tolerable and the problem not solved. I cross checked this with different firmwares and clients. The performance in the 2.4 GHZ range is degraded/buggy. One big problem is the 19.07.2 OpenWrt release. If everything is set up correct the router will load the image and restarts with a working OpenWrt firmware. To trigger the TFTP flashing just restart (on/off) the router and shortly after it turns on press the small reset button for a while. Just use this image: (check the hash!) rename it to tp_recovery.bin and put it in your tftpboot directory. This is also the prefered way to flash the first OpenWrt firmware.
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In this case you must use the TFTP recover method as described below. Unfortunately the smaller sysupgrade firmware is accepted by the stock router firmware but will brick the device. But you can flash between different official firmwares. Flash via WebGUI will not work because the OpenWrt firmware is not accepted by the router. Installation is not so trival as the before short mentioned procedures suggest. WARNING: Do NOT flash the openwrt-19.07.2-ramips-mt76x8-tplink_c50-v3-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin from the “Downloads” section to the C50 v3 via the TPlink firmware's web GUI.