Linksys EA9500 v1

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Max-Stream AC5400 MU-MIMO Gigabit Router
Homepage Product page
Support Support page
Wikipedia Linksys routers
WikiDevi.wi-cat.ru Linksys EA9500 v1
3rd Party Firmware
dd-wrt Status Unknown
OpenWrt Partial Support
Tomato any flavor Status Unknown
Gargoyle Status Unknown
Platform
BrandModelRev Linksys EA9500 v1
FCC ID (fcc.io) Q87-EA9500
FCC ID (fcc.report) Q87-EA9500
IC ID 3839A-EA9500
Type wireless router
CPU1 checkY Broadcom BCM4709C0
CPU1 Type ARM Cortex A9
CPU1 Speed 1.4 GHz ( 2 cores )
Flash1 Chip Toshiba TC58BVG0S3HTA00
Flash1 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 /> (NAND)
RAM1 Size 256 MiB 268,435,456 B <br />2,097,152 Kib <br />262,144 KiB <br />2,048 Mib <br />0.25 GiB <br /> (DDR3)
RAM1 Chip EtronTech EM6GD16EWXC-12H
ETH chip1 Broadcom BCM4709C0
ETH chip2 Broadcom B50212EB1
Switch 1 Broadcom BCM53125S
Switch 2 Broadcom BCM53012
Ethernet Port Count 1-1GbE-WAN
8-1GbE-LAN
Wired Standard IEEE 802.3i/3u/3ab

802dot11 OUI: none specified

Stock bootloader CFE
Stock FW OS Linux
Expansion IF types USB 3.0, USB 2.0
USB ports 2
USB Hub Compatible Untested
Power 12 VDC, 5 A
Connector type barrel
Serial Port (UART) yes, 10-pad header, 3.3V TTL, (115200 8N1)
JTAG Port yes

Flags:
MU-MIMO

Additional chips
2.4GHz RF Power Amplifier Module;Skyworks;SE2623L;;4;
5GHz RF Power Amplifier Module;RFMD;RFPA5542;;8;
3-lane, 3-port PCIe Gen2 Switch;PLX Technology;PEX8603;;1;

Other
Manuf/OEM/ODM Arcadyan WG9117B AC44 -ALU
3rd Party Firmware Support OpenWrt • (List | Dev | DLs)
Retail
FCC approval date 08 October 2015
ASIN B017NT8Q24
multiple uses
Country of manuf China
Radio 1
Chip1 Broadcom BCM4366
Wireless interface OUI none specified
Antenna Connector Type U.FL
MIMO status 4x4:4
Wireless Standard IEEE 802.11b/g/n
N-QAM up to 1000 Mbps
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 cor_rev 40
Radio 2
Chip1 Broadcom BCM4366
Wireless interface OUI none specified
Antenna Connector Type U.FL
MIMO status 4x4:4
Wireless Standard IEEE 802.11a/n/ac
802.11ac up to 2165 Mbps
N-QAM up to 1000 Mbps
802.11n up to 450 Mbps
802.11a up to 54 Mbps
WiFi Operating Frequency 5 GHz
Radio cor_rev 40
Radio 3
Chip1 Broadcom BCM4366
Wireless interface OUI none specified
Antenna Connector Type U.FL
MIMO status 4x4:4
Wireless Standard IEEE 802.11a/n/ac
802.11ac up to 2165 Mbps
N-QAM up to 1000 Mbps
802.11n up to 450 Mbps
802.11a up to 54 Mbps
WiFi Operating Frequency 5 GHz
 CPU1 brandRadio1 chip1 brandRadio2 chip1 brand
Linksys EA9500 v1BroadcomBroadcomBroadcom
Linksys EA9500 v1.1BroadcomBroadcomBroadcom
Linksys EA9500 v2BroadcomBroadcomBroadcom

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

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

• 2x 2167 Mbps - 4SS 5GHz 802.11ac (80MHz chan., 1024-QAM),
• 1x 1000 Mbps - 4SS 2.4GHz 802.11n (40MHz chan., 1024-QAM) = AC5400 class

Overview

"PN: 141911720044J R0A1" is silkscreened on the LED board.
"PN: 141911720043J R0A2" is silkscreened on the main board.

Wi-Fi Certified : WFA62427 (as of 10/13/2015)

Specifications

SoC (ARM Cortex A7), 4x4 MU-MIMO, 40/80MHz, QAM-1024
DualBand, acqam, 5GHz (2x 2165Mbps), 2.4GHz (1000Mbps)

Links of Interest

Reviews

  • On SmallNetBuilder
    • CPU: Broadcom BCM4709C0 (KFEBG) @1.4 GHz (Dual-Core ARM)
    • RAM: 256 MB (DDR3), Flash: 128 MB (NAND)
    • 2.4 GHz Radio: Broadcom BCM4366 4x4 802.11n SoC
      • Skyworks SE2623L 2.4 GHz Power Amplifier (x4)
    • 5 GHz radio: 2x Broadcom BCM4366 4x4 802.11ac SoC
      • RFMD RFPA5542 5 GHz Power Amplifier Module (x8)
    • PCIe: PLX Technology PEX8603 - 3-lane, 3-port PCIe switch
    • Switch: in Broadcom BCM53125 - GbE (1x WAN, 8x LAN)

Flashing

Flashing OpenWrt

Target: bcm53xx
Subtarget: generic
Package architecture: arm_cortex-a9
Supported Since Commit
Support started version: 21.02.0
Current supported version: 24.10.4
Unsupported Functions:
WiFi 2.4GHz partly, WiFi 5GHz partly, MU-MIMO front 8 level LEDs
LAN Hardware: Internal: Broadcom BCM53012, External: Broadcom BCM53125S
LAN Comment: It has 2 switches for all 8 LAN Gigabit ports
WLAN Hardware: 3x Broadcom BCM4366
WLAN Comment: radio0 just supports channel 36 up to 48 + radio2 only 100 up to 140
Installation method(s):
GUI OEM, CFE TFTP + serial recovery, see forum
Install Comment:
For external image see forum
Recovery method(s):
CFE TFTP + serial recovery
git • >>
bcm53xx: enhance support for Linksys EA9500
1. Add leds and configs
2. Add network configs
3. Add script to clear partial boot flag
4. Hack to use port 5 as cpu port as port 8 connected to eth2
   wont pass any frames
5. Enable EA9500 image generation

Hardware Info:

- Processor - Broadcom BCM4709C0KFEBG dual-core @ 1.4 GHz
- Switch - BCM53012 in BCM4709C0KFEBG & external BCM53125
- DDR3 RAM - 256 MB
- Flash - 128 MB (Toshiba TC58BVG0S3HTA00)
- 2.4GHz - BCM4366 4×4 2.4/5G single chip 802.11ac SoC
- Power Amp - Skyworks SE2623L 2.4 GHz power amp (x4)
- 5GHz x 2 - BCM4366 4×4 2.4/5G single chip 802.11ac SoC
- Power Amp - PLX Technology PEX8603 3-lane, 3-port PCIe switch
- Ports - 8 Ports, 1 WAN Ports
- Antennas - 8 Antennas
- Serial Port - @j6 [GND,TX,RX] (VCC NC) 115200 8n1

Flashing Instructions:

1. Connect a USB-TTL table to J6 on the router as well as a
   ethernet cable to a lan port and your PC.
2. Power-on the router.
3. Use putty or a serial port program to view the terminal.
   Hit Ctrl+C and interrupt the CFE terminal terminal.
4. Setup a TFTP server on your local machine at setup you
   local IP to 192.168.1.2
5. Start the TFTP Server
6. Run following commands at the CFE terminal

   flash -noheader 192.168.1.2:/openwrt.trx nflash0.trx
   flash -noheader 192.168.1.2:/openwrt.trx nflash0.trx2
   nvram set bootpartition=0 && nvram set partialboots=0 && nvram commit

7. Reboot router to be presented by OpenWrt

Note: Only installation method via serial cable is supported at the moment.
The trx firmware has to be flashed to both the partitions using following
commands from CFE prompt. This will cover US and Non-US variants.

Pictures

Retail Images

See also

List of Tri-Band Wireless Devices