Linksys EA8500

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Max-Stream™ AC2600 MU-MIMO Gigabit WiFi Router
Homepage	Product page
Support	Support page
Wikipedia	Linksys routers
WikiDevi.wi-cat.ru	Linksys EA8500
3rd Party Firmware
dd-wrt	Supported
OpenWrt	Supported
Tomato any flavor	Incompatible
Gargoyle	Status Unknown
Platform
Brand • Model • Rev	Linksys EA8500
FCC ID	Q87-EA8500
IC ID	3839A-EA8500
Board ID	EWW604-B1-L5
Type	wireless router, bridge, range extender, repeater
CPU1	Qualcomm IPQ8064
CPU1 Type	ARMv7-A Cortex-A15
CPU1 Speed	1.4 GHz ( 2 cores )
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 />
RAM1 Size	512 MiB536,870,912 B <br />4,194,304 Kib <br />524,288 KiB <br />4,096 Mib <br />0.5 GiB <br />
RAM1 Chip	Samsung K4B2G1646Q-BCK0 x 2
ETH chip1	Qualcomm IPQ8064
Switch	Qualcomm Atheros QCA8337
Ethernet Port Count	1-1GbE-WAN 4-1GbE-LAN
Wired Standard	IEEE 802.3i/3u/3ab
802dot11 OUI: 14:91:82 (3 E, 4 W) Ethernet OUI: 14:91:82 (3 E, 4 W)
Stock bootloader	U-Boot
Expansion IF types	USB 2.0 / eSATA (combo port), USB 3.0
USB ports	2
eSATA Ports	1
USB Hub Compatible	Untested
Power	12 VDC, 3.5 A
Connector type	barrel
Serial Port (UART)	yes, internal, population varies, (115200 8N1)
Flags: Wave2, MU-MIMO
Additional chips 2.4GHz Power Amplifier Module;Skyworks;SE2623L;;4; 5GHz Power Amplifier Module;Skyworks;SKY85405;;4;
Other
Default SSID: LinksysXXXXX (17 addl. devices) , LinksysXXXXX_5GHz (3 addl. devices) Default login user: blank Default login password: admin blank:admin credentials used by 278 additional devices of which 135 are Linksys devices
Manuf/OEM/ODM	CyberTAN EWW604 -B1L5 205 (XC)
3rd Party Firmware Support	DD-WRT • (List) , LEDE Project (obsolete, OpenWrt) • (List) , OpenWrt • (List | Dev | DLs)
Retail
FCC approval date	10 April 2015
(Est.) release date	23 April 2015
ASIN	B00UVN21DK
Country of manuf	China
Radio 1
Chip1	Qualcomm Atheros QCA9980
Wireless interface OUI	14:91:82
Antenna Connector Type	U.FL
MIMO status	4x4:4
Wireless Standard	IEEE 802.11b/g/n
N-QAM	up to 800 Mbps
802.11n	up to 600 Mbps
802.11g	up to 54 Mbps
802.11b	up to 11 Mbps
WiFi Operating Frequency	2.4 GHz
Radio 2
Chip1	Qualcomm Atheros QCA9980
Wireless interface OUI	14:91:82
Antenna Connector Type	U.FL
MIMO status	4x4:4
Wireless Standard	IEEE 802.11a/n/ac
802.11ac	up to 1733 Mbps
802.11n	up to 600 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 Linksys device with specifications, see Linksys.

• 1733 Mbps - 4SS 5GHz 802.11ac (80MHz chan.),

• 800 Mbps - 4SS 2.4GHz 802.11n (40MHz chan., 256-QAM) = AC2600 class

Overview

"EWW604-B1-L5 REV:205 (XC)" is silkscreened on the board in the photos.

CyberTAN EWW604 manuf.

"EWW604-B1-L5 REV:305 (XD)" is silkscreened on one newer revision unit.

Newer revision units omit a populated serial header and likely have newer firmware (which locks out flashing third-party firmware), necessitating flashing via manual TFTP in U-Boot (see here). According to the Product comparison chart of the EA7500, EA8500, E8350 and E8400

from Linksys, the E8500 supports wireless bridge and wireless repeater modes.

• Wi-Fi Certified : WFA59270 (as of 04/14/2015)

See also: CyberTAN and Linksys EA7300

This device was under short-term confidentiality, but that expired 10/06/2015 ⚠.

Links of Interest

Reviews

• Linksys EA8500 Max-Stream AC2600 MU-MIMO Smart Wi-Fi Router
  Reviewed - Part 1 on SmallNetBuilder

Forum threads

• Linksys EA8500 on SmallNetBuilder forums

Flashing

Flashing dd-wrt

On the DDWRT Wiki
Support started version: ea8500- build 28846 20160116
Current supported version: ?

Please insert instructions here

Flashing OpenWrt

On the OpenWrt ToH (techdata entry)
On the OpenWrt Wiki
On the OpenWrt Forum
OpenWrt Target: ipq806x
OpenWrt Subtarget: generic
OpenWrt Package architecture: arm_cortex-a15_neon-vfpv4
Support started version: 17.01.0
Current supported version: 23.05.5

Please insert instructions here

See also

List of Four Stream Hardware

• ASRock G10
• Linksys E8350
• Linksys EA9200
• Netgear R7500
• Netgear R7500v2