ipTIME A3

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abgn+ac (AC1200)
AC1200 Dual Band Wi-Fi Router
3rd Party Firmware
dd-wrt Status Unknown
OpenWrt Supported
Tomato any flavor Incompatible
Gargoyle Status Unknown
Platform
BrandModelRev ipTIME A3
FCC ID none specified
Type wireless router
CPU1 checkY MediaTek MT7628AN
CPU1 Type MIPS 24KEc
CPU1 Speed not specified
Flash1 Chip Brand? Model?
Flash1 Size 8 MiB 8,388,608 B <br />65,536 Kib <br />8,192 KiB <br />64 Mib <br />0.00781 GiB <br /> (SPI NOR)
RAM1 Size 64 MiB 67,108,864 B <br />524,288 Kib <br />65,536 KiB <br />512 Mib <br />0.0625 GiB <br /> (DDR2)
RAM1 Chip Brand? Model?
ETH chip1 MediaTek MT7628AN
Switch MediaTek MT7628AN
Ethernet Port Count 3-100MbE-LAN
Wired Standard IEEE 802.3i/3u

802dot11 OUI: none specified

Stock bootloader U-Boot
Expansion IF types none specified
Serial Port (UART) yes, 3.3V TTL, (57600 8N1)
Other
3rd Party Firmware Support OpenWrt • (List | Dev | DLs)
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
Radio 2
Chip1 MediaTek MT7612EN
Wireless interface OUI none specified
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

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

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

300 Mbps - 2SS 2.4GHz 802.11n (40MHz chan.),
867 Mbps - 2SS 5GHz 802.11ac (80MHz chan.) = AC1200 class

Overview

ipTIME A3 is a 2.4/5GHz band AC1200 router, based on MediaTek MT7628AN.

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 MT7628AN
WLAN Hardware: MediaTek MT7628AN, MediaTek MT7612EN
WLAN Comment: 2x2:2 MIMO both channels
Installation method(s):
see git-commit
git • >>
ramips: add support for ipTIME A3
ipTIME A3 is a 2.4/5GHz band AC1200 router, based on MediaTek
MT7628AN.

Specifications:
- SoC: MT7628AN
- RAM: DDR2 64MB
- Flash: SPI NOR 8MB
- WiFi:
  - 2.4GHz: SoC internal
  - 5GHz: MT7612EN
- Ethernet: 3x 10/100Mbps
  - Switch: SoC internal
- UART:
  - J1: 3.3V, TX, RX, GND (3.3V is the square pad) / 57600 8N1

Installation via web interface:
1.  Flash **initramfs** image through the stock web interface.
2.  Boot into OpenWrt and perform sysupgrade with sysupgrade image.

Revert to stock firmware:
1.  Perform sysupgrade with stock image.

JTAG-Serial Info

Serial

Serial Pinouts

J1: 3.3V, TX, RX, GND (3.3V is the square pad) / 57600 8N1