AVM FRITZ!WLAN Repeater 450E

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bgn (N450)
Range Extender
3rd Party Firmware
dd-wrt Status Unknown
OpenWrt Partial Support
Tomato any flavor Incompatible
Gargoyle Status Unknown
Platform
BrandModelRev AVM FRITZ!WLAN Repeater 450E
FCC ID (fcc.io) none specified
FCC ID (fcc.report) none specified
Type repeater, range extender
CPU1 checkY Qualcomm Atheros QCA9556
CPU1 Type MIPS 74Kc
CPU1 Speed 560 MHz
Flash1 Chip Brand? Model?
Flash1 Size 16 MiB 16,777,216 B <br />131,072 Kib <br />16,384 KiB <br />128 Mib <br />0.0156 GiB <br />
RAM1 Size 64 MiB 67,108,864 B <br />524,288 Kib <br />65,536 KiB <br />512 Mib <br />0.0625 GiB <br />
RAM1 Chip Brand? Model?
ETH chip1 Qualcomm Atheros QCA9556
Ethernet Port Count 1-1GbE-LAN
Wired Standard IEEE 802.3i/3u/3ab

802dot11 OUI: none specified

Stock bootloader EVA
Expansion IF types none specified
Power 230 VAC ~ 50 Hz, ? A
Connector type AC (direct)
Serial Port (UART) yes, (115200 8N1)
Other
3rd Party Firmware Support OpenWrt • (List | Dev | DLs)
Retail
Availability End of Life
End of Life date 2020
Radio 1
Chip1 Qualcomm Atheros QCA9556
Wireless interface OUI none specified
Antenna Connector Type none specified
MIMO status 3x3:3
Wireless Standard IEEE 802.11b/g/n
802.11n up to 450 Mbps
802.11g up to 54 Mbps
802.11b up to 11 Mbps
WiFi Operating Frequency 2.4 GHz
 CPU1 brandRadio1 chip1 brandRadio1 chip2 brand
AVM FRITZ!WLAN Repeater 1750EQualcomm AtherosQualcomm Atheros
AVM FRITZ!WLAN Repeater 300EAtherosAtheros
AVM FRITZ!WLAN Repeater 450EQualcomm AtherosQualcomm Atheros
AVM FRITZ!WLAN Repeater DVB-CQualcomm AtherosQualcomm Atheros

For a list of all currently documented Qualcomm Atheros (QCA) chipsets with specifications, see Qualcomm Atheros.

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

450 Mbps - 3SS 2.4GHz 802.11n (40MHz chan.) = N450 class

Overview


Flashing

Flashing OpenWrt

Target: ath79
Subtarget: generic
Package architecture: mips_24kc
Supported Since Commit
Support started version: 18.06.0
Current supported version: 25.12.0
Unsupported Functions:
RSSI LEDs
WLAN Hardware: Qualcomm Atheros QCA9556
Installation method(s):
EVA FTP, see git-commit
Install Comment:
AVM provides a recovery tool for Windows
Recovery method(s):
EVA FTP
Comment:
See also https://boxmatrix.info/wiki/FRITZ!WLAN_Repeater_450E
git • >>
ar71xx: add support for Fritz!WLAN Repeater 450E
This commit adds support for the AVM Fritz!WLAN Repeater 450E

SOC:    Qualcomm QCA9556 (Scorpion) 560MHz MIPS74Kc
RAM:    64MB Zentel A3R12E40CBF DDR2
FLASH:  16MiB Winbond W25Q128 SPI NOR
WLAN1:  QCA9556 2.4 GHz 802.11b/g/n 3x3
INPUT:  WPS button
LED:    Power, WiFi, LAN, RSSI indicator
Serial: Header Next to Black metal shield
        Pinout is 3.3V - RX - TX - GND (Square Pad is 3.3V)
        The Serial setting is 115200-8-N-1.

Tested and working:
 - Ethernet
 - 2.4GHz WiFi (correct MAC)
 - Installation via EVA bootloader
 - OpenWRT sysupgrade
 - Buttons
 - Most LEDs

Not working:
 - 2 RSSI LEDs
   AVM used for RSSI{0,1} two of the Ethernet PHYs LEDs which they
   control over MDIO. Our driver doesn't expose these LEDs as GPIOs.
   While it is possible to implement this feature, it would require an
   additional kernel patch for a minor functionality.

Installation via EVA:
In the first seconds after Power is connected, the bootloader will
listen for FTP connections on 192.168.178.1. Firmware can be uploaded
like following:

  ftp> quote USER adam2
  ftp> quote PASS adam2
  ftp> binary
  ftp> debug
  ftp> passive
  ftp> quote MEDIA FLSH
  ftp> put openwrt-sysupgrade.bin mtd1

Note that this procedure might take up to two minutes.
You need to powercycle the Device afterwards to boot OpenWRT.