D-Link DIR-842 rev C1

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abgn+ac (AC1200)
AC1200 Wi-Fi Gigabit Router
Homepage	Product page
Support	Support page
Wikipedia	D-Link
WikiDevi.wi-cat.ru	D-Link DIR-842 rev C1
3rd Party Firmware
dd-wrt	Status Unknown
OpenWrt	Supported
Tomato any flavor	Incompatible
Gargoyle	Status Unknown
Platform
Brand • Model • Rev	D-Link DIR-842 C1
FCC ID	KA2IR842C1
IC ID	4216A-IR842C1
Type	wireless router
Series	DIR-842
CPU1	Qualcomm Atheros QCA9563
CPU1 Type	MIPS 74Kc
CPU1 Speed	750 MHz
Flash1 Chip	Brand? Model?
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	128 MiB134,217,728 B <br />1,048,576 Kib <br />131,072 KiB <br />1,024 Mib <br />0.125 GiB <br />
RAM1 Chip	Winbond W971GG6SB-25
ETH chip1	Qualcomm Atheros QCA9563
Switch	Qualcomm Atheros QCA8337N
Ethernet Port Count	1-1GbE-WAN 4-1GbE-LAN
Wired Standard	IEEE 802.3i/3u/3ab
802dot11 OUI: 40:9B:CD (1 E, -) Ethernet OUI: 40:9B:CD (1 E, -)
Stock bootloader	U-Boot
Expansion IF types	none specified
Power	12 VDC, 1 A
Connector type	barrel
Flags: Wave2, MU-MIMO, VHT160
Other
Default SSID: dlink-XXXX (35 addl. devices) , dlink-XXXX-5GHz (5 addl. devices) Default IP address: 192.168.0.1 the IP 192.168.0.1 is used by 799 additional devices of which 224 are D-Link devices Default login user: Admin Default login password: blank Admin:blank credentials used by 81 additional devices of which 76 are D-Link devices
3rd Party Firmware Support	OpenWrt • (List | Dev | DLs)
Retail
Availability	End of Life
FCC approval date	03 July 2017
Newegg	N82E16833127702
ASIN	B00PVDVYIS ,  multiple uses
Country of manuf	China
Radio 1
Chip1	Qualcomm Atheros QCA9563
Wireless interface OUI	40:9B:CD
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	Qualcomm Atheros QCA9888
Wireless interface OUI	40:9B:CD
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
FCC ID D-Link DIR-843 rev A1 KA2IR842C1
CPU1 brand Radio1 chip1 brand Radio2 chip1 brand D-Link DIR-842 rev A1 Realtek Realtek Realtek D-Link DIR-842 rev C1 Qualcomm Atheros Qualcomm Atheros Qualcomm Atheros D-Link DIR-842 rev C2 Qualcomm Atheros Qualcomm Atheros Qualcomm Atheros D-Link DIR-842 rev C3 Qualcomm Atheros Qualcomm Atheros Qualcomm Atheros D-Link DIR-842 rev G1 Realtek Realtek Realtek

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

For a list of all currently documented D-Link device with specifications, see D-Link.

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

• 300 Mbps - 2SS 2.4GHz 802.11n (40MHz chan.) = AC1200 class

Overview

Web GUI: http://dlinkrouter.local

Although D-Link does not appear to be claiming Wave2 MU-MIMO or VHT160 (VHT80+80) support in its marketing literature for this product, the QCA9888 chip should support these features and the Test Report NII document at the FCC mentions VHT80+80 support for 802.11ac. FCC documents also cover the, as yet unreleased, D-Link DIR-843 rev A1 model which may have been intended to be differentiated from this DIR-842 by enabling these features in software.

The default SSID format for the device would seem to be dlink- followed by the last two octets of the MAC indicated on the label.

Flashing

Flashing OpenWrt

On the OpenWrt ToH (techdata entry)
On the OpenWrt Wiki
OpenWrt Target: ath79
OpenWrt Subtarget: generic
OpenWrt Package architecture: mips_24kc
Support started version: 21.02.0
Current supported version: 23.05.5

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Pictures

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