Archer MR600(EU) V1 - BETA Firmware - Allowing selection of 4G+bands for Archer MR600 manually
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Hi all,
Following the long thread on the same subject discssing the BETA FW, as I said I would, TPLink have given me permission to share the FW download llink.
From TPLink - We recently released a beta firmware for Archer MR600(EU) V1 which can allow us to select 4G+bands for Archer MR600 manually.
https://static.tp-link.com/2020/202004/20200420/Archer_MR600v1_1.1.0_0.9.1_[200417-rel75138]_up_boot_2020-04-20_08.44.31.zip
For Archer MR600, if you want to use its 4G+network, your SIM card should support the CA bands group Archer MR400 supports. Please check the attached picture and check if your SIM card supports the band groups on the list or not.
They asked me to state that, this BETA FW is for the Archer MR600(EU) V1 ONLY!
Neither TPLink nor me take any respnsbility if you flash a none-EU router.
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@darant Does the patch panel MIMO gives better parameters than LPDA. If yes can you please share the following information.
- Cell Tower distance from your place
- RSRP
- RSRQ
- SNR
- Bands Locked
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@darant Can't answer this as I have not loaded the firmware. Sent router back as it was no better than my DWR-921.
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@darant Its been a long time we are eagerly waiting for the 40A+40A CA support on MR600 and there is no such feedback or timelines for the 40A+40A supported firmware.
As we have already given sufficient proof that 40A+40A is working great on the other mobile phone devices but still we cannot see any progress after several discussions here.
It looks that TP-Link will unable to provide the firmware for this MR-600 V1 router to support 40A+40A CA combinations because the internal detachable PCIe CAt-6 LTE modem must support the same 40A+40A combination first which may require hardware design changes and due to this issue TP-Link is facing difficulties to provide 40A+40A support on this MR600-V1 router.
As per my knowledge and past experiences with other brands of PCIe and M.2 CAT6 LTE modems, additional carrier aggregation band supports require re-design of the physical CAT-6 modem along with revised software/firmware support. For example, I am facing a similar carrier aggregation issue with my M.2 LTE modem on my Dell laptop which is Sierra Wireless Airprime EM7455 LTE CAT-6 modem module where Dell Technical Support told me that it is not possible to add additional CA support combination bands on EM7455 modem through firmware updates which require hardware redesigns on EM7455 modem to support the additional 40A+40A CA.
Finally, I would like to say that I am not fully sure that TP-Link can make a beta firmware to support 40A+40A on our existing MR600 V1 routers. But TP-Link must say something about the roadmap/timelines if TP-Link is going to provide the same support through the revised firmware or not.
Also, my kind request to TP-Link to provide full CA band combination support information must be made available on the TP-Link website under product technical specification, so that before purchase this costly MR600v1 router, we can make sure that our requirement of CA support will be fulfilled.
Looking for a possitive response from TP-Link support.
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@darant that's why I was flagging up that V2 of this router was now available and asking if anyone knew wether it supported selecting bands as V1 with the beta firmware. TP-Link stated it would be.
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@ishanjain28 thanks for that info. Great.
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@Albut @ishanjain28 Thank you very much for notifying about version 2, I am very disappointed now to see that TP-Link is just released a new version 2 of the MR600 router with mentioning 40A+40A CA support in the specification sheet.
The version 1 specification sheet is useless and does not have any CA band combination support technical specifications.
@TP-Link support, Pls Advice what to do now with our existing version 1 of the costly MR600 router for 40A+40A CA support? Awaiting your positive valuable answer.
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Are you sure Tp link v2 has 40A-40A CA support? They just mention 40+40 in their PDF. So maybe it's 40c-40c?
Here is the PDF, https://static.tp-link.com/2020/202009/20200907/Archer%20MR600(EU)2.0_datasheet.pdf
Tagging @Sunshine since they work are part of tp link customer care.
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Hi @ishanjain28
Thanks for your query about 40+40 CA combinations, In general as per my knowledge which I saw on the various portals/websites, the manufacturer of the Device/Phones/LTE Modems are mentioning in a standard format like the above you shown the screenshot as 40+40 which is by default considered as A, In case of C, they are mentioning it like 40C.
I would say, If it is 40C, then C must be mentioned with the band number.
@Sunshine Can you please clarify if I am wrong about the MR600 V2 specification which is mentioned on TP-Link website under the specification in the PDF file as 40+40 and it is 40A+40A not 40C.
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does latest firmware have option to choose band? if not il stick with beta
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