{
  "id": "tp-link/tl-wpa8630-v1",
  "vendor": "TP-Link",
  "model": "TL-WPA8630 v1",
  "category": "router",
  "identifiers": {
    "chips": [
      "Qualcomm Atheros QCA9563"
    ],
    "fcc_id": [
      "TE7WPA8630"
    ]
  },
  "status": "open-firmware",
  "projects": [
    {
      "name": "OpenWrt",
      "url": "https://openwrt.org/toh/hwdata/tp-link/tp-link_tl-wpa8630",
      "kind": "firmware",
      "license": "GPL-2.0"
    }
  ],
  "install": [
    {
      "project": "OpenWrt",
      "method": "vendor-upload",
      "guide": "https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-quick-start/factory_installation",
      "installer": "https://firmware-selector.openwrt.org/?version=25.12.1&target=ath79%2Fgeneric&id=tplink_tl-wpa8630-v1",
      "difficulty": "easy",
      "tools": [
        "Computer with a web browser"
      ],
      "opens_device": false,
      "brick_risk": "low",
      "notes": "Table of Hardware method: GUI generic (upload the factory image through the stock firmware's upgrade page). Table of Hardware note: Special image needed to flash out of the box, can be found at https://web.archive.org/web/20190515104413/http://www.netadair.de/lede/lede-17.01.4-ar71xx-generic-tl-wpa8630pv1-squashfs-initial.bin"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "sources": [
      "openwrt"
    ]
  },
  "updated": "2026-10-17"
}