Linksys HomeWRK

abgn+ac+ax (AX4200)
AX4200 MU-MIMO Tri-Band Gigabit Wireless Router
Wikipedia	Linksys routers
3rd Party Firmware
dd-wrt	Status Unknown
OpenWrt	Supported
Tomato any flavor	Incompatible
Gargoyle	Status Unknown
Platform
Brand • Model • Rev	Linksys HomeWRK (LN1301)
FCC ID	2AYRA-08315
Type	wireless router
CPU1 Y	Qualcomm IPQ8174
CPU1 Type	ARM Cortex-A53
CPU1 Speed	1.4 GHz ( 4 cores )
Flash1 Chip	Micron MT29F8G08ABBCAH4
Flash1 Size	1 GiB 1,024 MiB <br />1,073,741,824 B <br />8,388,608 Kib <br />1,048,576 KiB <br />8,192 Mib <br /> (NAND)
RAM1 Size	2 GiB 2,048 MiB <br />2,147,483,648 B <br />16,777,216 Kib <br />2,097,152 KiB <br />16,384 Mib <br /> (DDR3L)
RAM1 Chip	Kingston B5116ECMDXGJD
ETH chip1	Qualcomm IPQ8174
Switch	Qualcomm QCA8075
Ethernet Port Count	4-1GbE-LAN
Wired Standard	IEEE 802.3i/3u/3ab
802dot11 OUI: none specified
Stock bootloader	U-Boot
Expansion IF types	USB 3.0
USB ports	1
USB Hub Compatible	Untested
Serial Port (UART)	yes, 3.3V TTL, (115200 8N1)
Flags: Wi-Fi 6
Other
3rd Party Firmware Support	OpenWrt • (List | Dev | DLs)
Retail
Availability	End of Life
End of Life date	2024
FCC approval date	14 April 2022
Radio 1
Chip1	Qualcomm QCN5024
Wireless interface OUI	none specified
Antenna Connector Type	none specified
MIMO status	2x2:2
Wireless Standard	IEEE 802.11b/g/n/ax
802.11ax	up to 574 Mbps
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	Qualcomm QCN5054
Wireless interface OUI	none specified
Antenna Connector Type	none specified
MIMO status	2x2:2
Wireless Standard	IEEE 802.11a/n/ac/ax
802.11ax	up to 1201 Mbps
802.11ac	up to 867 Mbps
802.11n	up to 300 Mbps
802.11a	up to 54 Mbps
WiFi Operating Frequency	5.2 GHz
Radio 3
Chip1	Qualcomm QCN5054
Wireless interface OUI	none specified
Antenna Connector Type	none specified
MIMO status	4x4:4
Wireless Standard	IEEE 802.11a/n/ac/ax
802.11ax	up to 2402 Mbps
802.11ac	up to 1733 Mbps
802.11n	up to 600 Mbps
802.11a	up to 54 Mbps
WiFi Operating Frequency	5.8 GHz
FCC ID Linksys MX4300 (LN1301) 2AYRA-08315

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

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

• 2402 Mbps - 4SS 5GHz 802.11ax (80MHz chan.)

• 1201 Mbps - 2SS 5GHz 802.11ax (80MHz chan.)

• 574 Mbps - 2SS 2.4GHz 802.11ax (40MHz chan.) = AX4200 class

Flashing

Flashing OpenWrt

On the OpenWrt ToH (techdata entry)
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Target: qualcommax
Subtarget: ipq807x
Package architecture: aarch64_cortex-a53
Supported Since Commit
Support started version: 24.10.3
Current supported version: 25.12.5

Unsupported Functions:
WiFi-6 160Mhz Channel
LAN Hardware: Qualcomm QCA8075
WLAN Hardware: Qualcomm QCN5024, 2x Qualcomm QCN5054
WLAN Comment: 2.4GHz: 2x2:2 MIMO, 5GHz: 2x2:2 MIMO (low bands) + 5Ghz:4x4:4 MIMO (high bands)
Installation method(s):
see git-commit
Recovery method(s):
see git-commit
Comment:
HomeWRK and MX4300 share the same hardware but have different u-boot layout, hence use different OpenWrt firmware images. See more: https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/pull/16070#issuecomment-2568366740

git • >>

qualcommax: ipq807x: add support for Linksys HomeWRK Hardware specification: ======== SoC: Qualcomm IPQ8174 Flash: 1GB (Micron MT29F8G08ABBCAH4 or AMD/Spansion S34MS08G2) RAM: 2GB (2x Kingston B5116ECMDXGJD or ESMT M15T2G16128A DDR3L) Ethernet: 4x 10/100/1000Mbps (Qualcomm QCA8075) WiFi1: 5GHz ax 2x2 (Qualcomm QCN5054 + Skyworks SKY85755-11) - channels 36-64 (low band) WiFi2: 2.4GHz ax 2x2 (Qualcomm QCN5024 + Skyworks SKY85340-11) WiFi3: 5GHz ax 4x4 (Qualcomm QCN5054 + Skyworks SKY85755-11) - channels 100-177 (high band) LED: 1x RGB status (NXP PCA9633) USB: 1x USB 3.0 Button: WPS, Reset Flash instructions: ======== 1. Installation from initramfs image using USB drive: Put the initramfs image on the USB drive: - dd bs=1M if=openwrt-qualcommax-ipq807x-linksys_homewrk-initramfs-uImage.itb of=/dev/sdX Connect serial console (JST PH 6-pin connector): - 1 - GND, 2 - TX, 4 - RX (115200, 8N1, 3.3V) Stop u-boot and run: - usb start && usbboot 44000000 0 && bootm 44000000 Write firmware to the flash from initramfs: - sysupgrade -n openwrt-qualcommax-ipq807x-linksys_homewrk-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin or - ubiformat /dev/mtd22 -y -f openwrt-qualcommax-ipq807x-linksys_homewrk-squashfs-factory.ubi 2. USB recovery: Put the initramfs image on the USB: - dd bs=1M if=openwrt-qualcommax-ipq807x-linksys_homewrk-initramfs-uImage.itb of=/dev/sdX Set u-boot env: - fw_setenv bootusb 'usb start && usbboot 44000000 0 && bootm 44000000' - fw_setenv bootcmd 'run bootusb; bootipq'