Apple AirPort Extreme Base Station A1143 (MA073LL/A)

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abgn (AN600)
wireless router
Wikipedia	Apple
WikiDevi.wi-cat.ru	Apple AirPort Extreme Base Station A1143 (MA073LL/A)
3rd Party Firmware
dd-wrt	Status Unknown
OpenWrt	Status Unknown
Tomato any flavor	Incompatible
Platform
Brand • Model • Rev	Apple A1143
Model Part Number	MA073LL/A
FCC ID	BCGA1143
IC ID	579C-A1143
Type	wireless router
CPU1	Marvell 88F5181
CPU1 Type	ARMv5
CPU1 Speed	not specified
Flash1 Chip	STMicro M28W128FL
Flash1 Size	16 MiB16,777,216 B <br />131,072 Kib <br />16,384 KiB <br />128 Mib <br />0.0156 GiB <br />
RAM1 Size	64 MiB67,108,864 B <br />524,288 Kib <br />65,536 KiB <br />512 Mib <br />0.0625 GiB <br />
RAM1 Chip	Samsung K4H561638H-UCB3 x 2
ETH chip1	Marvell 88F5181
Switch	Broadcom BCM5325E
Ethernet Port Count	1-WAN 3-100MbE-LAN
Wired Standard	IEEE 802.3i/3u
802dot11 OUI: 00:19:E3 (1 E, 2 W)
Expansion IF types	Mini PCI, USB 2.0
Mini PCI slots	1
USB ports	1
USB Hub Compatible	Untested
Power	? VDC, ? A
Connector type	barrel
Other
Manuf/OEM/ODM	Foxconn U01H335
Retail
Availability	common
FCC approval date	09 January 2007
UPC	718908400050 (UPC DB, On eBay)
ASIN	B000MP831G
Country of manuf	China
Radio 1
Radio1 module	Foxconn U01H367
Radio1 module IF	Mini PCI
Chip1	Atheros AR5416
Chip2	Atheros AR5133
Wireless interface OUI	00:19:E3
Antenna Connector Type	U.FL
MIMO status	3x3:2
Wireless Standard	IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n
802.11n	up to 300 Mbps
802.11g	up to 54 Mbps
802.11b	up to 11 Mbps
802.11a	up to 54 Mbps
WiFi Operating Frequency	2.4 or 5 GHz
FCC ID Apple AirPort Extreme Base Station A1143 (MB053LL/A) BCGA1143
CPU1 brand Radio1 chip1 brand Radio1 chip2 brand Apple AirPort Extreme Base Station A1143 (MA073LL/A) Marvell Atheros Atheros Apple AirPort Extreme Base Station A1143 (MB053LL/A) Marvell Atheros Atheros

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

For a list of all currently documented Apple device with specifications, see Apple.

• 300 Mbps - 2SS 5GHz 802.11n (40MHz chan.),

• 300 Mbps - 2SS 2.4GHz 802.11n (40MHz chan.) = AN600 class

Overview

The Airport Extreme, version n, dissected (noice internal shots)
Evolution of the ABS

Manufactured by Foxconn (internal part U01H335 / U01H335T01)

AirPort devices on Wikipedia
On Amazon.com (reviews)

The device uses three antennas. The MIMO configuration is assumed to be 3x3.

The Mini PCI card is part AR5BMB-0072TA (MB72). The FCC photos show the card labeled with a MAC starting with 00:16:CB.

A teardown of the device was previously featured on iFixit (linked from here), pictures recovered by archive.org are linked below..

• High-res board top
• High-res board bottom