Arcadyan/Astoria AW1000

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abgn+ac+ax (AX36002R)
Telstra 5G Home Modem
Arcadyan aw1000.png
3rd Party Firmware
dd-wrt Status Unknown
OpenWrt Supported
Tomato any flavor Incompatible
Gargoyle Status Unknown
Platform
BrandModelRev Arcadyan/Astoria AW1000
FCC ID none specified
Type wireless router, CPE
CPU1 checkY Qualcomm IPQ8072A
CPU1 Type ARM Cortex-A53
CPU1 Speed 2.0 GHz ( 4 cores ) 64-bit
Flash1 Chip Toshiba Model?
Flash1 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 /> (NAND)
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 /> (DDR3 466 MHz)
RAM1 Chip Brand? Model?
ETH chip1 Qualcomm IPQ8072A
ETH chip2 Qualcomm Atheros QCA8081
Switch Qualcomm Atheros QCA8075
VOIP Ports 1
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
Expansion IF types USB 3.0
USB ports 1
USB Hub Compatible Untested
Power 12 VDC, 4 A
Connector type barrel
Serial Port (UART) yes, (115200 8N1)

Flags:
Mobile Wireless/Cellular network

Other
3rd Party Firmware Support OpenWrt • (List | Dev | DLs)
Radio 1
Chip1 Qualcomm QCN5024
Wireless interface OUI none specified
Antenna Connector Type none specified
MIMO status 4x4:4
Wireless Standard IEEE 802.11b/g/n/ax
802.11ax up to 1148 Mbps
802.11n up to 600 Mbps
802.11g up to 54 Mbps
802.11b up to 11 Mbps
WiFi Operating Frequency 2.4 GHz
Radio 2
Chip1 Qualcomm QCN5054
Wireless interface OUI none specified
Antenna Connector Type none specified
MIMO status 4x4:4
Wireless Standard IEEE 802.11a/n/ac/ax
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

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

2402 Mbps - 4SS 5GHz 802.11ax (80MHz chan.)
1148 Mbps - 4SS 2.4GHz 802.11ax (40MHz chan.) = AX3600 class

Flashing

Flashing OpenWrt

On the OpenWrt ToH (techdata entry)
On the OpenWrt Wiki
On the OpenWrt Forum
OpenWrt Target: qualcommax
OpenWrt Subtarget: ipq807x
OpenWrt Package architecture: aarch64_cortex-a53
Support started version: 24.10.0
Current supported version: 24.10.2
LAN Comment:
5G modem RG500Q-EA, Qualcomm Atheros QCA8081 Phy for 2.5Gbit port
WLAN Comment:
4x4:4 MU-MIMO on both bands
Comment:
VoIP port

Arcadian AW1000 is a 5G(NR) Wifi Router marketed by Telstra as Smart Modem. It has a built-in Quectel RG500Q-EA 5G modem.

Installation

Via TFTP boot

1. Download the initramfs image, rename it to initramfs.bin, and host it with tftp server.

2. Set your PC’s IP address to 192.168.1.10 and connect it to your router's yellow port 1.

3. Connect to your router via serial using an USB to UART/TTL adapter (serial parameters: 115200 8N1)

4. In your serial software, press Esc-key to interrupt U-Boot while turning on the router and run these commands: setenv serverip 192.168.1.10 setenv ipaddr 192.168.1.1 tftpboot initramfs.bin bootm 5. Continue with ubiformat or sysupgrade.

Via USB flash drive

1. Prepare a USB drive and insert to USB port. Adjust of=/dev/sd**X** to match your USB device. dd bs=1M if=openwrt-qualcommax-ipq807x-arcadyan_aw1000-initramfs-uImage.itb of=/dev/sdX 2. Set your clients’s IP address to 192.168.1.10 and connect it to your router's yellow port 1.

3. Connect to your router via serial using an USB to UART/TTL adapter (serial parameters: 115200 8N1)

4. In your serial software, press Esc-key to interrupt U-Boot while turning on the router, and run these commands:

usb start usbboot 0x44000000 0 bootm 0x44000000

5. Continue with ubiformat or sysupgrade.

Ubiformat: Coming from Telstra stock firmware

6. SCP ubiformat steps scp factory.ubi root@192.168.1.1:/tmp/factory.ubi ssh root@192.168.1.1 ubiformat /dev/mtd18 -y -f /tmp/factory.ubi

Sysupgrade: Coming from an OpenWRT firmware

7. SCP sysupgrade steps scp sysupgrade.bin root@192.168.1.1:/tmp/sysupgrade.bin ssh root@192.168.1.1 sysupgrade -n /tmp/sysupgrade.bin

Making USB boot permanent

1. Set your PC’s Ip address to 192.168.1.10 and connect it to your router on port 1 of the yellow ports 2. Connect to your router via Serial using the usb to uart/ttl adapter (serial parameters: 115200 8N1) 3. In your serial software, press Esc-key to interrupt U-Boot while turning on the router and run these commands:

       setenv bootusb 'usb start && usbboot 0x44000000 0 && bootm 0x44000000'
       setenv bootcmd 'run bootusb; bootipq'
       saveenv
       reboot

4. If you have a USB device with a compatible initramfs attached it will boot from it. Otherwise it'll boot like normal.

Modem configuration

Embedded Quectel RG500Q-EA modem can be configured according to the general recommendations: How to use LTE modem in QMI mode for WAN connection

Both QMI and MBIM modes are supported by this modem.

Upgrade modem firmware

The modem firmware can be upgraded from OpenWrt console. Be careful! Depending on the firmware version downgrade may not be possible. The modem might be bricked or it might not reboot into the correct operating mode!

1. Install qfirehose firmware upgrade tool: root@OpenWrt:~# opkg update root@OpenWrt:~# opkg install qfirehose

2. Copy the folder containing firmware to /tmp on the router using your favourite tool supporting scp protocol (WinSCP on Windows needs to be configured to use "scp" instead of "sftp").

3. Run the upgrade: root@OpenWrt:~# cd /tmp root@OpenWrt:~# qfirehose -f firmware_folder/