Linksys RE6500

abgn+ac (AC1200)
AC1200 MAX Wi-Fi Range Extender
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 RE6500 (HG)
FCC ID	Q87-RE6500
IC ID	3839A-RE6500
Board ID	0500-2540411000
Type	range extender, audio streamer
CPU1	MediaTek MT7621AT
CPU1 Type	MIPS 1004Kc
CPU1 Speed	880 MHz ( 2 cores ) 16-bit
Flash1 Chip	Macronix MX25L6406E
Flash1 Size	8 MiB8,388,608 B <br />65,536 Kib <br />8,192 KiB <br />64 Mib <br />0.00781 GiB <br />
RAM1 Size	64 MiB67,108,864 B <br />524,288 Kib <br />65,536 KiB <br />512 Mib <br />0.0625 GiB <br />
RAM1 Chip	Winbond W9751G6KB-25
ETH chip1	MediaTek MT7621AT
Switch	MediaTek MT7621AT
Ethernet Port Count	4-1GbE-LAN
Wired Standard	IEEE 802.3i/3u/3ab
802dot11 OUI: none specified
Expansion IF types	none specified
Power	12 VDC, 1 A
Connector type	barrel
Serial Port (UART)	yes, 4-pin header, J4
Flags: Audio out (3.5 mm)
Additional chips Audio Hub (Codec);Wolfson;WM8960;;1;
Other
Manuf/OEM/ODM	U-MEDIA WST-C41L N02 R1.0
3rd Party Firmware Support	OpenWrt • (List | Dev | DLs)
Retail
Availability	common
FCC approval date	24 April 2014
ASIN	B00KTLG9AK
Country of manuf	Taiwan
Radio 1
Chip1	MediaTek MT7602EN
Wireless interface OUI	none specified
Antenna Connector Type	U.FL, RP-SMA
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	RP-SMA
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 Linksys device with specifications, see Linksys.

• 867 Mbps - 2SS 5GHz 802.11ac (80MHz chan.),

• 300 Mbps - 2SS 2.4GHz 802.11n (40MHz chan.) = AC1200 class

Overview

"0500-2540411000" and "1436" (09/2014) is silkscreened on the board.

OEM: U-MEDIA WST-C41L N02 R1.0 (see also WST-385L)

• Wi-Fi Certified : WFA53443 (as of 06/26/2014)

See also: Linksys RE6500HG and U-MEDIA

Links of Interest

Wikis

• Linksys RE6500 on OpenWrt Wiki (PCB images)

Reviews

• Linksys RE6500 AC1200 MAX Wi-Fi Range Extender on SNB

CPU: MediaTek MT7621AT @880MHz MIPS 1004Kc

Flash: Macronix MX25L6406E 8MB (SPI SOP8)

RAM: EtronTech EM68B16CWQD (64MB DDR2)

WLAN 2.4GHz: MediaTek MT7602E 2T2R 802.11bgn

WLAN 5GHz: MediaTek MT7612E 2T2R 802.11ac

Audio: Wolfson WM8960 Audio Hub (Codec)

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On the OpenWrt ToH (techdata entry)
On the OpenWrt Wiki
On the OpenWrt Forum
OpenWrt Target: ramips
OpenWrt Subtarget: mt7621
OpenWrt Package architecture: mipsel_24kc
Support started version: 15.05
Current supported version: 23.05.5

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See also

Repeaters/Range Extenders • Wireless Range Extenders

• Linksys RE6300 - AC750 BOOST Wi-Fi Range Extender

• FCC ID: Q87-RE6300 (2015-09-17) • PPage

• Linksys RE6400 - AC1200 BOOST EX Wi-Fi Range Extender

• FCC ID: Q87-RE6400 (2015-09-21) • PPage

• Linksys RE6500 - AC1200 Dual-Band Wireless Range Extender

• FCC ID: Q87-RE6500 (2014-04-24) AC1200 MAX WiFi • PPage

• Linksys RE6500HG - AC1200 Dual-Band Wireless Range Extender

High-Gain antennas AMPLIFY Wi-Fi signal • PPage

• Linksys RE6700 - AC1200 AMPLIFY Dual-Band Wi-Fi Range Extender

• FCC ID: Q87-RE6700 (2015-04-17) Wireless Extender

• Linksys RE6800 - AC1900 Dual-Band Wireless Range Extender

• FCC ID: Q87-RE6800 (2016-12-15) ex-RE7000

• Linksys RE7000 - Max-Stream AC1900+ Wi-Fi Range Extender

• FCC ID: Q87-RE7000 (2016-04-14) AC1733/N300 • PPage