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Title: DIR-895L Difference between HW A1 and A3
Post by: IceBerg on April 03, 2019, 02:00:37 AM

I just picked up one of these as a run out, it has a newer version of fw than what has been posted on this forum 1.21, Wed 18 Apr 2018, any idea on what if any changes were and the difference between HW v A1 and A3?

thanks

Title: Re: DIR-895L Difference between HW A1 and A3
Post by: FurryNutz on April 03, 2019, 06:44:13 AM

No idea. USA only saw A1 and our region has done EOL for the 895L.  :-\

Title: Re: DIR-895L Difference between HW A1 and A3
Post by: IceBerg on April 03, 2019, 11:01:46 AM

Yer they are pretty much EOL here as well, but you can still buy them, I picked this one up for less than 1/3 of retail and less than 1/2 what they are currently selling for plus got a free wifi cam by redemption which retails at $199 so not a bad deal

Title: Re: DIR-895L Difference between HW A1 and A3
Post by: FurryNutz on April 03, 2019, 11:30:15 AM

Thats a awesome deal too. Ya, not sure of the Rev change. Any changes seen going from A1 to next rev means there was a HW change. No idea though.  :-\

Title: Re: DIR-895L Difference between HW A1 and A3
Post by: IceBerg on April 03, 2019, 04:08:04 PM

This model is meant to have 1.4ghz processor I think, the A1 had a 1ghz didn't it? Reading the spec for this model it says 1ghz in some places and 1.4 in other.... ???

Title: Re: DIR-895L Difference between HW A1 and A3
Post by: FurryNutz on April 03, 2019, 04:49:53 PM

no, 1.4Ghz for Rev A1:

https://www.pcmag.com/review/348141/d-link-ac5300-ultra-wi-fi-router-dir-895l-r (https://www.pcmag.com/review/348141/d-link-ac5300-ultra-wi-fi-router-dir-895l-r) and

https://www.smallnetbuilder.com/wireless/wireless-reviews/33010-d-link-dir-895l-r-ac5300-ultra-wi-fi-router-reviewed (https://www.smallnetbuilder.com/wireless/wireless-reviews/33010-d-link-dir-895l-r-ac5300-ultra-wi-fi-router-reviewed)

My 890L is 1Ghz.

Title: Re: DIR-895L Difference between HW A1 and A3
Post by: GreenBay42 on April 08, 2019, 07:44:24 AM

Hardware change from A2 to A3:

1. Real panel wording changed from “Router/Extender" to “Router/AP", due to no full extender mode support from Broadcom.
2. Firmware is compatible with A1/A2, starting from v1.11.

Hardware change from A1 to A2:

1. BRCM internal silence drop in 4366 RF chipset from B1 to C0
2. Firmware backward compatible, starting from v1.11
3. FCC/CE Certification ID remain unchanged.
4. Complies with ErP Lot26: 2017


Rev A1 - A4 all use 1.4GHz CPU.

Title: Re: DIR-895L Difference between HW A1 and A3
Post by: FurryNutz on April 08, 2019, 08:58:37 AM

I bet Rev A3 is better than A1 was.  ::)

Title: Re: DIR-895L Difference between HW A1 and A3
Post by: crogejo on March 12, 2022, 11:34:31 AM

Just bought a used dir-895l A4, does this one have hardware differences that would brick it when installing dd-wrt on it? And does anybody know what the differences are with the other hardware revisions?

Title: Re: DIR-895L Difference between HW A1 and A3
Post by: FurryNutz on March 13, 2022, 11:44:19 AM

You might check with the DD-WRT forums to see if there FW is supported....I presume it should be.