Linksys Velop (WHW03)

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Tri-Band Whole Home Wi-Fi Mesh Node
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 Velop
Model Part Number	WHW0301
FCC ID	Q87-WHW03
IC ID	3839A-WHW03
Type	wireless router, mesh node
Series	Velop
CPU1	Qualcomm IPQ4019
CPU1 Type	ARMv7 Cortex-A7
CPU1 Speed	716 MHz ( 4 cores )
Flash1 Chip	Samsung KLM4G1FEPD
Flash1 Size	4 GiB 4,096 MiB <br />4,294,967,296 B <br />33,554,432 Kib <br />4,194,304 KiB <br />32,768 Mib <br /> (eMMC)
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	Nanya NT5CC256M16DP-DI
ETH chip1	Qualcomm IPQ4019
ETH chip2	Qualcomm Atheros QCA8072
Ethernet Port Count	1-1GbE-WAN 1-1GbE-LAN
Wired Standard	IEEE 802.3i/3u/3ab
802dot11 OUI: none specified
Stock bootloader	U-Boot
Expansion IF types	none specified
Power	12 VDC, 2 A
Connector type	barrel
Serial Port (UART)	yes, 3.3, (115200 8N1)
Flags: Wave2, MU-MIMO, SON, Bluetooth 4.0 LE, ZigBee
Other
Default SSID: VelopSetupXXX
3rd Party Firmware Support	OpenWrt • (List | Dev | DLs)
Retail
FCC approval date	21 November 2016
(Est.) initial retail price (in USD):	$230
Newegg	N82E16833124640
ASIN	B01N2NLRSD
Country of manuf	China
Radio 1
Chip1	Qualcomm IPQ4019
Wireless interface OUI	none specified
Antenna Connector Type	none specified
MIMO status	2x2:2
Wireless Standard	IEEE 802.11b/g/n
N-QAM	up to 400 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 IPQ4019
Wireless interface OUI	none specified
Antenna Connector Type	none specified
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
Radio 3
Chip1	Qualcomm Atheros QCA9886
Wireless interface OUI	none specified
Antenna Connector Type	none specified
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
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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.

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

• 1x 400 Mbps - 2SS 2.4GHz 802.11n (40MHz chan., 256-QAM) = AC2200 class

Overview

Setup URL: http://LinksysSmartWiFi.com

• Linksys Velop WHW0301: 1-pack starter / Add-on unit
• Linksys Velop WHW0302: 2-pack
• Linksys Velop WHW0303: 3-pack

2x WAN/LAN auto-sensing Gigabit Ethernet ports.

Links of Interest

News

• Linksys Enters Mesh Wi-Fi Market with Velop Whole Home Wi-Fi,
  Expands MAX-STREAM Lineup on AnandTech

Reviews

• Linksys Velop Whole Home Mesh Wi-Fi Reviewed on SmallNetBuilder

CPU: Qualcomm IPQ4019 (Quad-core Wave2 2T2R abgn/ac WiSoC)

Flash: Samsung KLM4G1FEPD (4GB eMMC), RAM: 512MB (DDR3)

2.4GHz Radio: Qualcomm IPQ4019 + 2x MSC5533621E (2.4GHz PA)

5GHz Radio #1: Qualcomm IPQ4019 + 2x Skyworks SKY85408-11 (PA)

5GHz Radio #2: QCA QCA9886 (2T2R) + 2x Skyworks SKY85408-11 (PA)

ZigBee: Silicon Labs EM3581 (SoC) + SiGe SE2432L (2.4GHz FEM)

Bluetooth: CSR (CSR1021/CSR8510 ?) Bluetooth 4.0 LE SoC

Switch: Qualcomm Atheros QCA8072 GbE (1x LAN/1x WAN)

• Linksys Velop Whole Home Mesh Wi-Fi Reviewed on TweakTown
• Linksys Velop WHW03 Reviewed on Digital Citizen

Flashing

Flashing OpenWrt

On the OpenWrt ToH (techdata entry)
On the OpenWrt Wiki
On the OpenWrt Forum
OpenWrt Target: ipq40xx
OpenWrt Subtarget: generic
OpenWrt Package architecture: arm_cortex-a7_neon-vfpv4
Support started version: ?
Current supported version: snapshot

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See also

• List of Wireless Systems