Edimax iMax Pro CAX1800

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abgn+ac+ax (AX1800)
AX1800 Dual-Band Ceiling-Mount PoE AP
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3rd Party Firmware
dd-wrt Status Unknown
OpenWrt Status Unknown
Tomato any flavor Supported
Gargoyle Status Unknown
Platform
BrandModelRev Edimax iMax Pro
Model Part Number CAX1800
FCC ID NDD9574791906
Type enterprise access point
CPU1 checkY Qualcomm IPQ8070A
CPU1 Type ARM Cortex-A53
CPU1 Speed 1.4 GHz ( 4 cores )
Flash1 Chip Macronix MX30UF1G18AC-XKI-T
Flash1 Size 128 MiB 134,217,728 B <br />1,048,576 Kib <br />131,072 KiB <br />1,024 Mib <br />0.125 GiB <br /> (NAND)
Flash2 Size 8 MiB8,388,608 B <br />65,536 Kib <br />8,192 KiB <br />64 Mib <br />0.00781 GiB <br /> (NOR)
RAM1 Size 512 MiB 536,870,912 B <br />4,194,304 Kib <br />524,288 KiB <br />4,096 Mib <br />0.5 GiB <br /> (DDR3)
RAM1 Chip Nanya NT5CC256M16ER-EK
ETH chip1 Qualcomm IPQ8070A
ETH chip2 Qualcomm Atheros QCA8072
Ethernet Port Count 1-1GbE-LAN
Wired Standard IEEE 802.3i/3u/3ab

802dot11 OUI: none specified

Stock bootloader U-Boot
Stock FW OS Linux
Expansion IF types none specified
PoE 802.3af, standard
Power 12 VDC, 1 A
Connector type barrel
Serial Port (UART) yes, 4-pin header, 3.3V TTL

Flags:
Wi-Fi 6, 1024QAM, VHT80, HEW80, MU-MIMO

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Other

Default IP address: 192.168.2.1
the IP 192.168.2.1 is used by 303 additional devices
of which 58 are Edimax devices
Default login user: admin
Default login password: 1234
admin:1234 credentials used by 190 additional devices
of which 73 are Edimax devices

Manuf/OEM/ODM Edimax
3rd Party Firmware Support OpenWrt • (List | Dev | DLs)
Retail
FCC approval date 11 December 2019
ASIN B0B9TTDVYQ
Country of manuf China
Radio 1
Chip1 Qualcomm QCN5024
Wireless interface OUI none specified
Antenna Connector Type none specified
MIMO status 2x2:2
Wireless Standard IEEE 802.11b/g/n/ax
802.11ax up to 574 Mbps
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 QCN5054
Wireless interface OUI none specified
Antenna Connector Type none specified
MIMO status 2x2:2
Wireless Standard IEEE 802.11a/n/ac/ax
802.11ax up to 1201 Mbps
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 Qualcomm chipsets with specifications, see Qualcomm.
For a list of all currently documented Qualcomm Atheros (QCA) chipsets with specifications, see Qualcomm Atheros.

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

574 Mbps - 2SS 2.4GHz 802.11ax (40MHz chan., 256-QAM),
1201 Mbps - 2SS 5GHz 802.11ax (80MHz chan., 1024-QAM) = AX1800 class

Overview

FCC ID: NDD9574791906 (2019-12-11), FCC ST (06/08/2020)
AX1800 (2T2R, VHT80, HEW80), 192.168.2.1, admin/1234, 12V/1A


This device was under short-term confidentiality, but that expired 06/08/2020 ⚠.

Flashing

Flashing OpenWrt

Target: qualcommax
Subtarget: ipq807x
Package architecture: aarch64_cortex-a53
Supported Since Commit
Support started version: 23.05.0
Current supported version: 24.10.5
LAN Comment: Atheros QCA8072 Phy, PoE
WLAN Hardware: Qualcomm QCN5024, Qualcomm QCN5054
WLAN Comment: 2x2:2 MIMO on both bands
Installation method(s):
U-Boot TFTP + serial recovery
Recovery method(s):
U-Boot TFTP + serial recovery
git • >>
ipq807x: add Edimax CAX1800
Edimax CAX1800 is a 802.11 ax dual-band AP
with PoE. AP can be ceiling or wall mount.

Specifications:

    •     CPU: Qualcomm IPQ8070A Quad core Cortex-A53 1.4GHz
    •     RAM: 512MB of DDR3
    •     Storage: 128MB NAND (contains rootfs) / 8MB NOR (contains art and uboot-env)
    •     Ethernet: 1x 1G RJ45 port (QCA8072) PoE
    •     WLAN:
          2.4GHz: Qualcomm QCN5024 2x2 802.11b/g/n/ax 574 Mbps PHY rate
          5GHz: Qualcomm QCN5054 2x2 802.11a/b/g/n/ac/ax 1201 PHY rate

    •     LEDs:
          3 x GPIO-controlled System-LEDs
          (form one virtual RGB System-LED)
            black_small_square  Buttons: 1x soft reset
            black_small_square  Power: 12V DC jack or PoE (802.3af )

        An unpopulated serial header is onboard.
        RX/TX is working, bootwait is active, secure boot is not enabled.

        SSH can be activated in the stock firmware, but it drops only
        to a limited shell .

        Installation Instructions:

            black_small_square obtain serial access
            black_small_square stop auto boot

            black_small_square tftpboot the initramfs image (serverip is set to 192.168.99.8 in uboot)
            black_small_square bootm

            black_small_square copy openwrt-ipq807x-generic-edimax_cax1800-squashfs-nand-factory.ubi
	      to the device
            black_small_square write the image to the NAND:
            black_small_square cat /proc/mtd and look for rootfs partition (should be mtd0)
            black_small_square ubiformat /dev/mtd0 -f -y  openwrt-ipq807x-generic-edimax_cax1800-squashfs-
              nand-factory.ubi
            black_small_square reboot

	Note: Device is not using dual partitioning (NAND contains other partitions
        with different manufacture data etc.)
	Draytek VigorAP 960C and Lancom LW-600 both look similar, but I haven't checked them.

See also

List of 802.11ax HardwareEdimax Pro AP series