Installing OpenWrt 21.02 on the TP-Link AD7200

[Sven Roederer]

Am Freitag, 30. April 2021, 04:49:09 CEST schrieb Alex Henrie:
> I haven't gotten a serial cable hooked up yet, but I tried with
> another AD7200 router that is running stock firmware version 1.0.10
> and was not able to upload OpenWrt to it either. Its web interface
> gives the error "Invalid file type." When started with the reset
> button held down, it looks for a file named
> ArcherC2600_1.0_tp_recovery.bin on TFTP, but again, the file transfers
> and then the device simply reboots back into its stock firmware.
> 

Alex,

not sure if you tried or if it even still applies to TPLink WebIf. But back in 
the days there was a link in the length of the firmware filename to be 
uploaded. The message was teh same "invalid firmware type". 
Probably renaming the file is worth a try ...

Sven