TP-Link RE450 v2 OpenWrt Firmware

CPU
Qualcomm Atheros QCA9563
RAM
64 MB
Flash
8 MB

The TP-Link RE450 v2 is supported by OpenWrt/ImmortalWrt on the ath79/tiny target. 3 firmware images are available from the official OpenWrt 25.12.5 and ImmortalWrt 25.12.1 stable releases — download one below, or build a custom OpenWrt image for this device with your own package selection.

Specs

Specifications

CPUQualcomm Atheros QCA9563
CPU cores1
CPU frequency775 MHz
RAM64 MB
Flash8 MB
1 Gbit Ethernet ports1
WLAN hardwareQualcomm Atheros QCA9563, Qualcomm Atheros QCA9880-BR4A
SwitchAtheros AR8033

Hardware data from the OpenWrt Table of Hardware; verify against your unit before flashing.

Build matrix

Supported firmware versions

DistributionVersionTargetProfile
OpenWrt25.12.5ath79/tinytplink_re450-v2
ImmortalWrt25.12.1ath79/tinytplink_re450-v2

Downloads

Download images

OpenWrt 25.12.5 · ath79/tiny

ImageTypesha256
openwrt-25.12.5-ath79-tiny-tplink_re450-v2-initramfs-kernel.bin

Minimal kernel image, useful for first install or recovery.

kerneld4c5c35fc065…
openwrt-25.12.5-ath79-tiny-tplink_re450-v2-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin

Not sure? Pick this if upgrading from OpenWrt.

sysupgraded6abfe671928…

ImmortalWrt 25.12.1 · ath79/tiny

ImageTypesha256
immortalwrt-25.12.1-ath79-tiny-tplink_re450-v2-initramfs-kernel.bin

Minimal kernel image, useful for first install or recovery.

kernel80599b4fb070…

Downloads are served by the official OpenWrt/ImmortalWrt mirrors — unchanged upstream stable builds.

Packages & install

Default packages & installation

Default packages

Every image for the TP-Link RE450 v2 ships these packages by default. The customize option below lets you add or remove packages before the image is assembled.

OpenWrt 25.12.5 · ath79/tiny

Device packages (2)

kmod-ath10k-ct-smallbuffers ath10k-firmware-qca988x-ct

Target default packages (28)

apk-mbedtls base-files ca-bundle dnsmasq dropbear firewall4 fstools kmod-ath9k kmod-gpio-button-hotplug kmod-nft-offload libc libgcc libustream-mbedtls logd mtd netifd nftables odhcp6c odhcpd-ipv6only ppp ppp-mod-pppoe swconfig uboot-envtools uci uclient-fetch urandom-seed urngd wpad-basic-mbedtls

ImmortalWrt 25.12.1 · ath79/tiny

Device packages (2)

kmod-ath10k-ct-smallbuffers ath10k-firmware-qca988x-ct

Target default packages (32)

apk-openssl base-files block-mount ca-bundle default-settings-chn dnsmasq-full dropbear firewall4 fstools kmod-ath9k kmod-gpio-button-hotplug kmod-nf-nathelper kmod-nft-offload libc libgcc libustream-openssl logd luci mtd netifd nftables odhcp6c odhcpd-ipv6only ppp ppp-mod-pppoe swconfig uboot-envtools uci uclient-fetch urandom-seed urngd wpad-basic-openssl

Installation notes

  • Already running OpenWrt or ImmortalWrt: flash the sysupgrade image from LuCI (System → Backup / Flash Firmware) or with the sysupgrade command.
  • The kernel / initramfs image boots from RAM without writing to flash — useful for a first install or for recovering from a failed flash.
  • Verify your download against the published checksum before flashing:
    $ sha256sum openwrt-25.12.5-ath79-tiny-tplink_re450-v2-initramfs-kernel.bin
d4c5c35fc0652cf0c7effcf6b2ffab9f085b9b02e66aef1ab9626178060162d6  openwrt-25.12.5-ath79-tiny-tplink_re450-v2-initramfs-kernel.bin

Build custom firmware

Need more than the default image for the TP-Link RE450 v2? Pick your packages — LuCI apps, themes, VPN clients — set the basics, and get a ready-to-flash OpenWrt image assembled from official packages in minutes.

Customize firmware for this device

Related

Related devices

More TP-Link devices

More devices on ath79/tiny

Upstream

Upstream & source

Images are assembled from packages compiled and published by the upstream OpenWrt and ImmortalWrt projects. The complete corresponding source code is available from those projects under the GPL.