Buffalo WCR-1166DS

abgn+ac (AC1200)
wireless router
Homepage	Product page
Wikipedia	Buffalo Inc.
3rd Party Firmware
dd-wrt	Status Unknown
OpenWrt	Supported
Tomato any flavor	Incompatible
Gargoyle	Status Unknown
Platform
Brand • Model • Rev	Buffalo WCR-1166DS
FCC ID	none specified
Type	wireless router
CPU1 Y	MediaTek MT7628AN
CPU1 Type	MIPS 24KEc
CPU1 Speed	580 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 /> (SPI)
RAM1 Size	64 MiB 67,108,864 B <br />524,288 Kib <br />65,536 KiB <br />512 Mib <br />0.0625 GiB <br /> (DDR2 SDRAM)
RAM1 Chip	Brand? Model?
ETH chip1	MediaTek MT7628AN
Switch	MediaTek MT7628AN
Ethernet Port Count	2-100MbE-LAN
Wired Standard	IEEE 802.3i/3u
802dot11 OUI: none specified
Stock bootloader	U-Boot
Expansion IF types	none specified
Serial Port (UART)	yes, 3.3V TTL
Other
3rd Party Firmware Support	OpenWrt • (List | Dev | DLs)
Radio 1
Chip1	MediaTek MT7628AN
Wireless interface OUI	none specified
Antenna Connector Type	none specified
MIMO status	2x2:2
Wireless Standard	IEEE 802.11b/g/n
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 MT7612E
Wireless interface OUI	none specified
Antenna Connector Type	none specified
MIMO status	2x2:2
Wireless Standard	IEEE 802.11a/n/ac
802.11ac	up to 867 Mbps
802.11n	up to 300 Mbps
802.11a	up to 54 Mbps
WiFi Operating Frequency	5 GHz

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

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

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

• 867 Mbps - 2SS 5GHz 802.11ac (80MHz chan.) = AC1200 class

Overview

Buffalo WCR-1166DS is a small wireless router

Flashing

Flashing OpenWrt

On the OpenWrt ToH (techdata entry)

Target: ramips
Subtarget: mt76x8
Package architecture: mipsel_24kc
Supported Since Commit
Support started version: 18.06.0
Current supported version: 25.12.2

LAN Hardware: MediaTek MT7628AN
WLAN Hardware: MediaTek MT7628AN, MediaTek MT7612E
WLAN Comment: 2x2:2 MIMO both channels
Installation method(s):
GUI OEM
Comment:
Due to the "dual image" function in the bootloader, the second half of the SPI flash ("firmware2" partition) cannot be used as a part of the file system

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ramips: add support for Buffalo WCR-1166DS Buffalo WCR-1166DS is a small wireless router with - MT7628AN + MT7612E - 64MiB DDR2 SDRAM - 16MiB SPI flash - 2T2R 11ac/a/b/g/n Wi-Fi - 2x 10/100M ethernet switch - 8x programmable LED - 3x button - UART pad on PCB (J2: 3.3V, GND, TX, RX) factory image can be installed via stock web UI. due to the "dual image" function in the bootloader, the second half of the SPI flash ("firmware2" partition) cannot be used as a part of the file system.