Well , recently maxis upgrade my old maxis tplink router to this kaon media ar2140 wifi 6 router , ACTUALLY this isn't an UPGRADE but DOWNGRADE , very limited feature (I bet routers from a decade ago have more features than this crap)

Here's is the lacking features I faced :
-No IP&Mac binding option (for Wake On LAN over mobile network)
-No VPN integration
-No Fttp Server
-No DHCP Internet option (Bridge mode = brick mode )
- and many more , tell me at comments

HELLO now we already at 2021 , where privacy is a huge concern for a lot of people , THIS KAON ROUTER JUST SUCKS , LIKE REALLY SUCKS
... Other than wifi 6 and mesh , I really CAN'T think any more good about this router , I heard the installation guy say this router cost RM600, if it really sells at that msrp that's really a SCAM.. Look online RM600 can get you ROG or flagship kind of router , surely this Kaon router ISN'T...Now stick with my OLD ROUTER ( also from maxis but TP-Link makes it ) is definitely a BETTER option

I'm very disappointed for this wifi 6 router , advertised as LEADING EDGE TECHNOLOGY but LACKS the basic features. If planning to get maxis fiber consider one more time , or you need to pay extra to buy a good router...

Buy your own router, problem solved

Yay janji boleh pakai. In this case free is not always the best.

want everything functions? buy yourself your own router that u can set what u want in it… EZ FIX !! lol!

As mentioned by other respected forumers above, buy your own router. When you have free time, please go through this site, discussing on why should you avoid using ISP router. Even the maxis router supplied by TP-Link through customized ISP firmware, isn't safe either.

Maxis scam people one.

Better u terminate the service on the contract is over.

This is just my guess but all those options could be hidden behind an admin/root account that we don't know

on the old TP-Link Archer c5v, there were 3 levels

user/user - basic, not much, can change wifi name and setup internet and that's about it

administrator/[serial number] - most know this, unlocks most but not all settings

MaxSysAdm/Ng88Mxs@2019! - the "ultimate" root account, has every setting possible on the router afaik.

The problem is getting said credentials for that top tier account for the new Kaon router

Lol all the missing I mentioned before DOES exist in OLD maxis tplink router , I'm just so disappointed for this new router , maybe will flash custom firmware if I found one...

I would like to change to time but isn't available in my neighborhood , then no point changing tm maxis as they share the same line

Celcom, DiGi, Unifi and Maxis used the same fiber backbone but different ISPs and not linked to each other.

U can do a traceroute to check the networks from each ISPs.

This post has been edited by acbc: Sep 20 2021, 10:49 PM

poking around the old archer c5v on the latest 2021 firmware, I found the following credentials, maybe worth a shot trying them on the kaon in case they reuse passwords?

MaxSysAdm
!!bestHOME!!0084

Specs of the kaon WiFi 6 router :
512MiB ram
256MiB nand
3 arm a7

normally, the ISP blobs use around 200MiB of ram, just kill the voice process ( if ur not using it) and u will get 120MiB back.
ssh is enabled by default as well and like what PRSXFENG said, the password is of the same format except that the username is a bit different, you may also try with the administrator acc..
afterwards, you will be greeted with a restricted shell. I cant tell you how to bypass, figure it out urself..
at this point, u already have full access to the router, you may install anything from wireguard to ur custom built binaries!

Guys here's a repo I made specially for AR2140, it includes the way to gain root, and some possible fixes for certain issues ( such as instant disconnection upon connecting to the router )
github.com/B83C/max2140_bin

Does this 2021 firmware work on my Archer C5v, Archer C5v v1 00000000? If yes please give link. Btw none of those MaxSysAdm
password given above work on mine. TIA.

the password follows the scheme below:
!!bestHOME!!xxxx

where xxxx is the last 4 digits of the S/N number of your router.

If it still doesn't work, try using this : github.com/sta-c0000/tpconf_bin_xml to decipher the configuration file and retrieve the password

Oh, thanks for the info.

i thought the selling point of this kaon thingy is about mesh....

Would anyone mind telling me the firmware version your router currently has? Not sure whether mine is bugged or misconfigured...

Mine installed today, same


Firmware version is here lol, login page

This post has been edited by QuantumEdge: Dec 29 2021, 10:59 PM

alright thx for the reply
it seems that the kaon api is still too new to be used in production so I guess we might have to wait a bit longer...
It is the only key to grabbing the full firmware without having to tinker with JTAG or dumping via CFE