Acer Predator Connect W6

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3rd Party Firmware
dd-wrt	Status Unknown
OpenWrt	Partial Support
Tomato any flavor	Incompatible
Gargoyle	Status Unknown
Platform
Brand • Model • Rev	Acer Predator Connect W6 (YX6)
Model Part Number	FF.G22AA.001
FCC ID	HLZW6
Board ID	DAOYX6MB4A0
Type	wireless router
CPU1	MediaTek MT7986AV
CPU1 Type	ARM Cortex-A53
CPU1 Speed	2.0 GHz ( 4 cores ) 64-bit
Flash1 Chip	Toshiba THGBMTG5D1LBAIL
Flash1 Size	4 GiB 4,096 MiB <br />4,294,967,296 B <br />33,554,432 Kib <br />4,194,304 KiB <br />32,768 Mib <br /> (eMMC)
Flash2 Chip	Winbond W25Q16JVSIG
Flash2 Size	2 MiB2,097,152 B <br />16,384 Kib <br />2,048 KiB <br />16 Mib <br />0.00195 GiB <br />
RAM1 Size	1 GiB 1,024 MiB <br />1,073,741,824 B <br />8,388,608 Kib <br />1,048,576 KiB <br />8,192 Mib <br /> (DDR4)
RAM1 Chip	Nanya NT5AD512M16C4-JR
ETH chip1	MediaTek MT7986AV
ETH chip2	MaxLinear GPY211C
Switch	MediaTek MT7531AE
Ethernet Port Count	1-2.5GbE-WAN; 4-1GbE-LAN
Wired Standard	IEEE 802.3i/3u/3ab/3bz
	802dot11 OUI: none specified;
Stock bootloader	U-Boot 2022.07-rc3
Stock FW OS	Linux 5.4.225
Expansion IF types	USB 3.0
USB ports	1
USB Hub Compatible	Untested
Power	12 VDC, 3 A
Connector type	barrel
Serial Port (UART)	yes, 3.3V TTL, (115200 8N1)
	Flags:; Wi-Fi 6E, BW160
Other
3rd Party Firmware Support	OpenWrt • (List \| Dev \| DLs);
Retail
(Est.) release date	20 December 2022
ASIN	‎B0BTK93SLB
Country of manuf	China
Physical
Dimensions	10.43 x 10.24 x 4.37 inches
Weight	1.93 pounds
Radio 1
Chip1	MediaTek MT7916AN
Chip2	MediaTek MT7976DAN
Wireless interface OUI	none specified
Antenna Connector Type	MHF4
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	MediaTek MT7986AV
Chip2	MediaTek MT7976AN
Wireless interface OUI	none specified
Antenna Connector Type	MHF4
MIMO status	4x4:4
Wireless Standard	IEEE 802.11a/n/ac/ax
AX-QAM	up to 4804 Mbps
802.11ax	up to 2402 Mbps
802.11ac	up to 1733 Mbps
802.11n	up to 600 Mbps
802.11a	up to 54 Mbps
WiFi Operating Frequency	5 GHz
Radio 3
Chip1	MediaTek MT7916AN
Chip2	MediaTek MT7976DAN
Wireless interface OUI	none specified
Antenna Connector Type	MHF4
MIMO status	2x2:2
Wireless Standard	IEEE 802.11a/n/ac/ax
AX-QAM	up to 2402 Mbps
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	6 GHz

For a list of all currently documented MaxLinear (Intel) chipsets with specifications, see MaxLinear (Intel).
For a list of all currently documented MediaTek chipsets with specifications, see MediaTek.

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

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

• 4804 Mbps - 4SS 5GHz 802.11ax (160MHz chan., 1024-QAM),

• 2402 Mbps - 2SS 6GHz 802.11ax (160MHz chan., 1024-QAM) = AXE7800 class

Flashing

NOTE: During configuration or flashing a device, the only things that should be hooked to the device is the computer and power.

Flashing OpenWrt

On the OpenWrt ToH (techdata entry)
On the OpenWrt Wiki
On the OpenWrt Forum

Target: mediatek
Subtarget: filogic
Package architecture: aarch64_cortex-a53
Supported Since Commit
Support started version: 23.05.2
Current supported version: 25.12.5

Unsupported Functions:
Mood-LED (Kinetic KTD2601)
LAN Hardware: MediaTek MT7531AE
LAN Comment: MaxLinear GPY211C 2.5Gbe Phy
WLAN Hardware: MediaTek MT7986AV, MediaTek MT7976AN,
MediaTek MT7976DAN, MediaTek MT7916AN
Installation method(s):
see git-commit
Install Comment:
attention to additional installation instruction
Recovery method(s):
see git-commit

git • >>

mediatek: add support for Acer Predator W6
Hardware
--------
SOC:   MediaTek MT7986A
RAM:   1GB DDR4
FLASH: 4GB eMMC
WiFi:  2x2 2.4 GHz 802.11 b/g/n/ax MT7916 DBDC
       4x4 5 GHz   802.11 a/n/ac/ax MT7986
       2x2 6 GHz   802.11ax MT7916 DBDC
ETH:   4x LAN 1Gbit/s (MT7531)
       1x WAN 2.5Gbit/s (GPY211)
BTN:   RESET, WPS
LED:   Antenna LEDs (GPIO)
       Mood-LED (Kinetic KTD2601) - unsupported
UART:  Header nest to USB port - 3V3 115200 8N1
       [BUTTON] GND - RX - TX [USB]

Installation
------------

1. Connect to the device using serial console.

2. Interrupt the Autoboot process when promted by sending '0' twice.

3. Serve the OpenWrt initramfs image using TFTP at 192.168.1.66. Name
   the image "predator.bin" and conenct the TFTP server to the routers
   LAN port.

4. Configure U-Boot to allow loading unsigned images from MMC

   $ setenv bootcmd 'mmc read 0x40000000 0x00004400 0x0010000;
     fdt addr $(fdtcontroladdr); fdt rm /signature; bootm 0x40000000';
     saveenv

5. Transfer the image from U-Boot

   $ setenv serverip 192.168.1.66; setenv ipaddr 192.168.1.1;
     tftpboot 0x46000000 predator.bin; fdt addr $(fdtcontroladdr);
     fdt rm /signature; bootm

6. Wait for OpenWrt to boot

7. Transfer the OpenWrt sysupgrade image to the router using scp.

8. Install OpenWrt using sysupgrade.

Signed-off-by: David Bauer

Acer Predator Connect W6

Flashing

Flashing OpenWrt

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