HiWiFi HC5661A

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bgn (N300)
WiFi Router
3rd Party Firmware
dd-wrt	Status Unknown
OpenWrt	Partial Support
Tomato any flavor	Incompatible
Gargoyle	Status Unknown
Platform
Brand • Model • Rev	HiWiFi HC5661A
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 />
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 MT7628AN
Switch	MediaTek MT7628AN
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	none specified
Power	5 VDC, 1 A
Connector type	(µUSB)
Serial Port (UART)	yes
Other
3rd Party Firmware Support	OpenWrt • (List | Dev | DLs)
Retail
Availability	End of Life
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
CPU1 brand Radio1 chip1 brand Radio1 chip2 brand HiWiFi HC5661 MediaTek MediaTek HiWiFi HC5661A MediaTek MediaTek

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

• 300 Mbps - 2SS 2.4GHz 802.11n (40MHz chan.) = N300 class

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

Unsupported Functions:
SD card
LAN Hardware: MediaTek MT7628AN
WLAN Hardware: MediaTek MT7628AN
WLAN Comment: 2x2:2 MIMO
Installation method(s):
see git-commit

git • >>

ramips: add support for HiWiFi HC5661A HC5661A is almost the same as HC5661 but MT7628AN is used instead of MT7620A. - MT7628AN - 128 MiB DDR2 RAM (W971GG6KB-25) - 16 MiB SPI NOR flash (W25Q128) - SD slot (not work yet) - 1+4 x 100M Ethernet - 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi - 3 x LED - 1 x button - UART pad on PCB (JP1: TX, RX, GND, 3.3V) The factory flash layout seems different from HC5661. "hwf_config" is renamed to "oem" and its size changes to 0x20000. It is modified accordingly in the dts file. 0x000000000000-0x000000030000 : "u-boot" 0x000000030000-0x000000040000 : "hw_panic" 0x000000040000-0x000000050000 : "Factory" 0x000000050000-0x000000160000 : "kernel" 0x000000160000-0x000000fc0000 : "rootfs" 0x000000bb0000-0x000000fc0000 : "rootfs_data" 0x000000fc0000-0x000000fe0000 : "oem" 0x000000fe0000-0x000000ff0000 : "bdinfo" 0x000000ff0000-0x000001000000 : "backup" 0x000000050000-0x000000fc0000 : "firmware" To install LEDE, enabled the "developer mode", which will *void your warranty* and open the SSH server at port 1022. sysupgrade -n -F lede-ramips-mt7628-hc5661a-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin SD slot: - Tried to add modules kmod-sdhci kmod-sdhci-mt7620, and corresponding dts block. - It will block WAN + 3xLAN ports, only one LAN works. - I'm not sure why, everything else works fine.