ALFA Network AP120C-AX

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abgn+ac (AX1800)
2x2 dual band dual radio indoor ceiling & wall mount enterprise AP
3rd Party Firmware
dd-wrt	Status Unknown
OpenWrt	Supported
Tomato any flavor	Incompatible
Gargoyle	Status Unknown
Platform
Brand • Model • Rev	ALFA Network AP120C-AX
FCC ID	none specified
Type	access point
CPU1 Y	Qualcomm IPQ6000
CPU1 Type	ARM Cortex-A53
CPU1 Speed	1.2 GHz ( 4 cores )
Flash1 Chip	Macronix MX30UF1G18AC
Flash1 Size	128 MiB134,217,728 B <br />1,048,576 Kib <br />131,072 KiB <br />1,024 Mib <br />0.125 GiB <br /> (NAND)
Flash2 Chip	Macronix MX25U12832F
Flash2 Size	16 MiB16,777,216 B <br />131,072 Kib <br />16,384 KiB <br />128 Mib <br />0.0156 GiB <br /> (SPI NOR)
RAM1 Size	512 MiB536,870,912 B <br />4,194,304 Kib <br />524,288 KiB <br />4,096 Mib <br />0.5 GiB <br /> (DDR2)
RAM1 Chip	Micron MT41K256M16TW-107
ETH chip1	Qualcomm IPQ6000
ETH chip2	Qualcomm QCA8072
Ethernet Port Count	1-1GbE-WAN 1-1GbE-LAN
Wired Standard	IEEE 802.3i/3u/3ab
802dot11 OUI: 00:C0:CA (10 E, 31 W) Ethernet OUI: 00:C0:CA (10 E, 31 W)
Stock bootloader	U-Boot
Expansion IF types	none specified
PoE	802.3at, 802.3af, standard
Power	12 VDC, 1.5 A
Connector type	barrel
Serial Port (UART)	yes, USB Micro B, (115200 8N1)
Other
3rd Party Firmware Support	OpenWrt • (List | Dev | DLs)
Radio 1
Chip1	Qualcomm QCN5021
Wireless interface OUI	00:C0:CA
Antenna Connector Type	none specified
MIMO status	2x2:2
Wireless Standard	IEEE 802.11b/g/n/ax
802.11ax	up to 574 Mbps
802.11n	up to 300 Mbps
802.11g	up to 54 Mbps
802.11b	up to 11 Mbps
WiFi Operating Frequency	2.4 GHz
Radio 2
Chip1	Qualcomm QCN5152
Wireless interface OUI	00:C0:CA
Antenna Connector Type	none specified
MIMO status	2x2:2
Wireless Standard	IEEE 802.11a/n/ac/ax
802.11ax	up to 1201 Mbps
802.11ac	up to 867 Mbps
802.11n	up to 300 Mbps
802.11a	up to 54 Mbps
WiFi Operating Frequency	5 GHz
CPU1 brand Radio1 chip1 brand Radio2 chip1 brand ALFA Network AP120C Atheros Atheros Atheros ALFA Network AP120C-AC Qualcomm Qualcomm Qualcomm ALFA Network AP120C-AX Qualcomm Qualcomm Qualcomm

For a list of all currently documented Qualcomm chipsets with specifications, see Qualcomm.

For a list of all currently documented ALFA Network devices with specifications, see ALFA Network.

• 574 Mbps - 2SS 2.4GHz 802.11ax (40MHz chan., 256-QAM),

• 1201 Mbps - 2SS 5GHz 802.11ax (80MHz chan., 1024-QAM) = AX1800 class

Flashing

Flashing OpenWrt

On the OpenWrt ToH (techdata entry)

Target: qualcommax
Subtarget: ipq60xx
Package architecture: aarch64_cortex-a53
Supported Since Commit
Support started version: 25.12.0
Current supported version: 25.12.1

LAN Comment: Qualcomm QCA8072 Phy
WLAN Hardware: Qualcomm QCN5021 / Qualcomm QCN5152
WLAN Comment: 2.4GHz: 2x2:2 MIMO, 5GHz: 2x2:2 MIMO
Installation method(s):
see git-commit
Recovery method(s):
see git-commit

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ipq60xx: add support for ALFA Network AP120C-AX ALFA Network AP120C-AX is a dual-band ceiling AP, based on Qualcomm IPQ6000 + QCN5021 + QCN5052 + QCA8072 chipsets bundle. Specifications: - SOC: Qualcomm IPQ6000 (quad-core Cortex-A53 1.2 GHz) - DRAM: DDR3 512 MB (Micron MT41K256M16TW-107) - Flash: 16 MB SPI NOR (Macronix MX25U12832F, boot device) 128 MB NAND (Macronix MX30UF1G18AC, dual-firmware) - Ethernet: 2x 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet (QCA8072) 802.3at/af PoE input in WAN port - Wi-Fi: 2x2 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi 6 (QCN5021 + RFFM8227 FEM) 2x2 5 GHz Wi-Fi 6 (QCN5152 + QPF4568 FEM) - Antenna: for indoor version: dual-band, internal 2x (or 4x) U.FL antenna connectors on the PCB - LED: for indoor/outdoor versions: 5x on external module (status, 2x Wi-Fi, 2x Ethernet), PoE LED on-board 8-pin on-board header for LED module (1.27 mm pitch, J14) - Button: 1x button (reset) - USB: 1x 4-pin on-board header for USB 2.0 (2.54 mm pitch, J22) - UART: 1x micro USB Type-B for system console (Holtek HT42B534) 1x 4-pin on-board header (2.54 mm pitch, J11) - Power: 802.3at/af PoE or 12 V DC/2 A (DC jack) - Other: 8-pin and 4-pin on-board headers for external Bluetooth module (1.27 mm pitch, J15, J16, unavailable, thus untested) MAC addresses: - WAN: 00:c0:ca:xx:xx:6c (art 0x0, device's label -2) - LAN: 00:c0:ca:xx:xx:6d (art 0x6, device's label -1) - 2.4 GHz (IPQ6000): 00:c0:ca:xx:xx:6e (art 0xc, device's label) - 5 GHz (IPQ6000): 00:c0:ca:xx:xx:6f (device's label + 1) Flash instructions: Due to the lack of direct GUI based update capability and dual-firmware partition configuration, it is recommended to use TFTP + serial console based approach (console is available in micro USB connector): 1. Set a static IP 192.168.1.1/24 on PC and start TFTP server with the '...-factory.ubi' image renamed to 'firmware.bin'. 2. Make sure you can access board's serial console over micro USB. 3. Power up the device, hit any key to enter U-Boot CLI and issue below commands. 3.1 Restore U-Boot's environment to default values (double check first the '0:APPSBLENV' partition offset using 'smem' command): sf probe sf erase 0x510000 0x10000 saveenv 3.2 Download and install OpenWrt in both partitions and reset the board: tftpb 0x44000000 firmware.bin flash rootfs flash rootfs_1 reset