Linksys EA4500 v3

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abgn (AN900)
Dual-Band N900 Router with Gigabit and USB
Homepage	Product page
Support	Support page
Wikipedia	Linksys routers
3rd Party Firmware
dd-wrt	Status Unknown
OpenWrt	Supported
Tomato any flavor	Incompatible
Gargoyle	Status Unknown
Platform
Brand • Model • Rev	Linksys EA4500 v3
FCC ID	Q87-EA4500V3
Type	wireless router
CPU1	Qualcomm Atheros QCA9558
CPU1 Type	MIPS 74Kc
CPU1 Speed	720 MHz
Flash1 Chip	Spansion S34ML01G100TFI00
Flash1 Size	128 MiB134,217,728 B <br />1,048,576 Kib <br />131,072 KiB <br />1,024 Mib <br />0.125 GiB <br /> (SPI NAND)
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 /> (DDR2)
RAM1 Chip	Winbond W971GG6KB-25
ETH chip1	Qualcomm Atheros QCA9558
Switch	Atheros AR8337
Ethernet Port Count	1-1GbE-WAN 4-1GbE-LAN
Wired Standard	IEEE 802.3i/3u/3ab
802dot11 OUI: none specified
Stock bootloader	U-Boot
Expansion IF types	USB 2.0
USB ports	1
USB Hub Compatible	Untested
Power	12 VDC, 2 A
Connector type	barrel
Serial Port (UART)	yes, 3.3, (115200 8N1)
Other
Default IP address: 192.168.1.1 the IP 192.168.1.1 is used by 1324 additional devices of which 155 are Linksys devices Default login user: admin Default login password: admin admin:admin credentials used by 1342 additional devices of which 59 are Linksys devices
Manuf/OEM/ODM	Wistron NeWeb SAQ1-L1
3rd Party Firmware Support	OpenWrt • (List | Dev | DLs)
Retail
Availability	End of Life
End of Life date	2023
FCC approval date	12 February 2015
ASIN	B007IL7AKM ,  multiple uses
Country of manuf	China
Radio 1
Chip1	Qualcomm Atheros QCA9558
Wireless interface OUI	none specified
Antenna Connector Type	none specified
MIMO status	3x3:3
Wireless Standard	IEEE 802.11b/g/n
802.11n	up to 450 Mbps
802.11g	up to 54 Mbps
802.11b	up to 11 Mbps
WiFi Operating Frequency	2.4 GHz
Radio 2
Chip1	Atheros AR9580
Wireless interface OUI	none specified
Antenna Connector Type	U.FL
MIMO status	3x3:3
Wireless Standard	IEEE 802.11a/n
802.11n	up to 450 Mbps
802.11a	up to 54 Mbps
WiFi Operating Frequency	5 GHz
CPU1 brand Radio1 chip1 brand Radio2 chip1 brand Linksys EA4500 v1 (Cisco) Marvell Marvell Marvell Linksys EA4500 v2 Marvell Marvell Marvell Linksys EA4500 v3 Qualcomm Atheros Qualcomm Atheros Atheros

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

For a list of all currently documented Linksys device with specifications, see Linksys.

• 450 Mbps - 3SS 5GHz 802.11n (40MHz chan.),

• 450 Mbps - 3SS 2.4GHz 802.11n (40MHz chan.) = AN900 class

Links of Interest

• Product comparison chart between EA4500 v1 and EA4500 v3

Hardware

• Linksys EA4500 on OpenWrt Wiki
• Linksys EA4500 not supported anymore? on OpenWrt forum

Flashing

Flashing OpenWrt

On the OpenWrt ToH (techdata entry)
On the OpenWrt Wiki
OpenWrt Target: ath79
OpenWrt Subtarget: nand
OpenWrt Package architecture: mips_24kc
Support started version: 22.03.3
Current supported version: 23.05.5
Unsupported Functions:
dual firmware layout

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