Flash/Upgrade TPlink WA5210G to Ubiquiti Nano Station 2

Hello Internet,

Today I am going to write on, “How to Flash/Upgrade TPlink WA5210G to Ubiquiti Nano Station 2”.

First of all let’s talk, why we are interested to do this.

As UBNT is one of the famous wireless equipment maker companies. And on the other hand, TPlink concentrate more on price than quality.

In my personal experience I found that, TPlink devices takes more delay in request processing then UBNT. In my personal point of view, the algorithms used in TPlink’s software are not good then UBNT.

So finally most of the UBNT’s lovers want to use TPlink’s outdoor AP (WA5210g) in UBNT’s taste.

For this, I am going to show you how you can flash it.

NOTE:

Before doing this there are some important things that you should keep in mind,

• After flashing/upgrading to UBNT, you could not be come back to TPlink again.
• It will only be work with TPlink 5210’s version 01.
• In this all process do not power off your device.
• This is not officially recommended, so we are not responsible in case of any damage of your hardware/software.

Let’s start,

(I am going to show on Windows 7)

Step 1:  Download Software/UBNT firmware package from here Download.

Step 2:  Reset your TPlink WA5210g by pressing/holding “reset” button on it.

Step 3:  Manually change your IP address to 192.168.1.2

Step 4:  Check ping with “ping 192.168.1.254 –t” command.

Step 5: Extract downloaded software package, open “prog5210” file and press “Next”.

Step 6:  press again “Next”

Step 7:  Press “Check host” button hand compare things like this,

Step 8:  Then open “MAC.txt” file from extracted folder and copy and paste MAC and MD5 into the below fields accordingly. And then press “Next”.

Step 9:  Press “Flash it”

Step 10:                Wait some time, until completion of the process.

Step 11:                Write 192.168.1.20 (UBNT’s default IP) and (Username = ubnt, Password = ubnt) and press “login”.

Step 12:                Go on the “System” tab and upload newly firmware’s file from extracted folder.

That’s all,

Now it’s ready to use, you can now use it as Nano Station M2… EEEEnjoy….