Hi-Link HLK-7688A

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bgn (N150)
Serial to WiFi wireless routing module
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3rd Party Firmware
dd-wrt Status Unknown
OpenWrt Supported
Tomato any flavor Incompatible
Gargoyle Status Unknown
Platform
Brand • Model • Rev Hi-Link HLK-7688A
FCC ID 2AD56HLK-7688A
Type module
CPU1 checkY MediaTek MT7688AN
CPU1 Type MIPS 24KEc
CPU1 Speed 580 MHz
Flash1 Chip Brand? Model?
Flash1 Size 32 MiB 33,554,432 B <br />262,144 Kib <br />32,768 KiB <br />256 Mib <br />0.0313 GiB <br />
RAM1 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 />
RAM1 Chip Brand? Model?
ETH chip1 MediaTek MT7688AN
Switch MediaTek MT7688AN
Ethernet Port Count 1-100MbE-WAN
4-100MbE-LAN
Wired Standard IEEE 802.3i/3u

802dot11 OUI: none specified

Stock bootloader U-Boot
Expansion IF types USB 2.0
USB ports 1
USB Hub Compatible Untested
Power 3.3 VDC, ? A
Serial Port (UART) yes
Other
3rd Party Firmware Support OpenWrt • (List | Dev | DLs)
Radio 1
Chip1 MediaTek MT7688AN
Wireless interface OUI none specified
Antenna Connector Type none specified
MIMO status 1x1:1
Wireless Standard IEEE 802.11b/g/n
802.11n up to 150 Mbps
802.11g up to 54 Mbps
802.11b up to 11 Mbps
WiFi Operating Frequency 2.4 GHz

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

• 150 Mbps - 1SS 2.4GHz 802.11n (40MHz chan.) = N150 class

Flashing

Flashing OpenWrt

Target: ramips
Subtarget: mt76x8
Package architecture: mipsel_24kc
Supported Since Commit
Support started version: 21.02.0
Current supported version: 25.12.2
LAN Hardware: MediaTek MT7688AN
WLAN Hardware: MediaTek MT7688AN
WLAN Comment: MIMO 1x1:1
Installation method(s):
U-Boot TFTP recovery, see git-commit
Recovery method(s):
U-Boot TFTP recovery
git • >>
ramips: add support for Hi-Link HLK-7688A
Specifications:

  - SoC: MediaTek MT7688AN
  - RAM: 128 MB
  - Flash: 32 MB
  - Ethernet: 5x 10/100 (1x WAN, 4x LAN)
  - Wireless: built in 2.4GHz (bgn)
  - USB: 1x USB 2.0 port
  - Buttons: 1x Reset
  - LEDs: 1x (WiFi)

Flash instructions:

  - Configure TFTP server with IP address 10.10.10.3
  - Name the firmware file as firmware.bin
  - Connect any Ethernet port to the TFTP server's LAN
  - Choose option 2 in U-Boot
  - Alternatively choose option 7 to upload firmware to the built-in
    web server

MAC addresses as verified by OEM firmware:

  use   address   source
  2g    *:XX      factory 0x4
  LAN   *:XX+1    factory 0x28
  WAN   *:XX+1    factory 0x2e

Notes:

This board is ostensibly a module containing the MediaTek MT7688AN SoC,
128 MB DDR2 SDRAM and 32 MB flash storage.  The SoC can be operated in
IoT Gateway Mode or IoT Device Mode.

From some vendors the U-Boot that comes installed operates on UART 2
which is inaccessible in gateway mode and operates unreliably in the
Linux kernel when using more than 64 MB of RAM.  For those, updating
U-Boot is recommended.