COMFAST CF-WR650AC v2

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abgn+ac (AC1750)
1750Mbps 11AC Dual Band AC Routing
Homepage	Product page
3rd Party Firmware
dd-wrt	Status Unknown
OpenWrt	Supported
Tomato any flavor	Incompatible
Gargoyle	Status Unknown
Platform
Brand • Model • Rev	COMFAST CF-WR650ACv2
FCC ID	none specified
Type	wireless router
CPU1 Y	Qualcomm Atheros QCA9558
CPU1 Speed	720 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	? MiB (256)
RAM1 Chip	Brand? Model?
ETH chip1	Qualcomm Atheros QCA9558
Switch	Atheros AR8327
Ethernet Port Count	1-1GbE-WAN 4-1GbE-LAN
Wired Standard	IEEE 802.3i/3u/3ab
802dot11 OUI: none specified
Stock bootloader	U-Boot
Expansion IF types	none specified
Power	12 VDC, 2 A
Other
3rd Party Firmware Support	OpenWrt • (List | Dev | DLs)
Radio 1
Chip1	Qualcomm Atheros QCA9558
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
Radio 2
Chip1	Qualcomm Atheros QCA9880
Wireless interface OUI	none specified
Antenna Connector Type	none specified
MIMO status	3x3:3
Wireless Standard	IEEE 802.11a/n/ac
802.11ac	up to 1300 Mbps
802.11n	up to 450 Mbps
802.11a	up to 54 Mbps
WiFi Operating Frequency	5 GHz
CPU1 brand Radio1 chip1 brand Radio2 chip1 brand COMFAST CF-WR650AC v1 Qualcomm Atheros Qualcomm Atheros Qualcomm Atheros COMFAST CF-WR650AC v2 Qualcomm Atheros Qualcomm Atheros Qualcomm Atheros

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

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

• 450 Mbps - 3SS 2.4GHz 802.11n (40MHz chan.),

• 1300 Mbps - 3SS 5GHz 802.11ac (80MHz chan.) = AC1750 class

Flashing

Flashing OpenWrt

On the OpenWrt ToH (techdata entry)

Target: ath79
Subtarget: generic
Package architecture: mips_24kc
Supported Since Commit
Support started version: 21.02.0
Current supported version: 25.12.2

LAN Hardware: Atheros AR8327
WLAN Hardware: Qualcomm Atheros QCA9558, Qualcomm Atheros QCA9880
Installation method(s):
GUI OEM, see git-commit

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ath79: add support for Comfast WR650AC v1/v2 This is a dual band 11a/11n router with 1x wan and 4x gig lan ports. There are two versions of this router which can be identified through the factory web interface, v1 has 128mb ram and a uboot size of 128k, v2 has 256mb ram and a uboot size of 256k, the remaining hardware and PCB markings are the same. Short specification: SoC: Qualcomm Atheros QCA9558 - 720 MHz Switch: Atheros AR8327 Second radio : Qualcomm Atheros QCA9880 802.11ac 4 LAN/1 WAN 1000Mps Ethernet 256 MB of RAM (DDR2) 16 MB of FLASH 3x2.4 GHz, 3x5GHz antennas Steps to install : Option A : Use vendor UI Option B (if A is not working) : (a) Download 'backup' from vendor UI and rename it backup.tar.gz (b) Open the archive, and update the root password in /etc/shadow by '$1$9wX3HGfB$X5Sb3kqzzBLdKRUR2kfFd0' (c) 'Restore' from the archive using the vendor UI. Root password is now 'aaa' (d) Scp the firwmware to the device: $ scp <openwrt-sysupgrade>.bin root@192.168.1.1:/ (d) ssh to the device and flash the firmware: $ cd / $ mtd -e firmware -r write <openwrt-sysupgrade>.bin firmware