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abgn+ac+ax (AX6000)
AX6000 8-Stream Wi-Fi 6 Router
WikiDevi.wi-cat.ru Mercusys MR90X v1
3rd Party Firmware
dd-wrt Status Unknown
OpenWrt Supported
Tomato any flavor Incompatible
Gargoyle Status Unknown
Platform
BrandModelRev Mercusys MR90X v1
FCC ID (fcc.io) none specified
FCC ID (fcc.report) none specified
Type wireless router
CPU1 checkY MediaTek MT7986B
CPU1 Type ARM Cortex-A53
CPU1 Speed 1.6 GHz ( 4 cores ) 64-bit
Flash1 Chip GigaDevice GD5F1GQ5UEYIGY
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 /> (SPI NAND)
RAM1 Size 512 MiB 536,870,912 B <br />4,194,304 Kib <br />524,288 KiB <br />4,096 Mib <br />0.5 GiB <br />
RAM1 Chip MediaTek MT7986B
ETH chip1 MediaTek MT7986B
ETH chip2 MaxLinear GPY211C0VC
Switch MediaTek MT7531AE
Ethernet Port Count 1-2.5GbE-WAN
3-1GbE-LAN
Wired Standard IEEE 802.3i/3u/3ab/3bz

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, 3.3V TTL, (115200 8N1)
Other
3rd Party Firmware Support OpenWrt • (List | Dev | DLs)
Retail
(Est.) release date 2023
Radio 1
Chip1 MediaTek MT7975N
Wireless interface OUI none specified
Antenna Connector Type none specified
MIMO status 4x4:4
Wireless Standard IEEE 802.11b/g/n/ax
802.11ax up to 1148 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 MediaTek MT7975P
Wireless interface OUI none specified
Antenna Connector Type none specified
MIMO status 4x4:4
Wireless Standard IEEE 802.11a/n/ac/ax
AX-QAM up to 4804 Mbps
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 GHz

For a list of all currently documented MaxLinear (Intel) chipsets with specifications, see MaxLinear (Intel).
For a list of all currently documented MediaTek chipsets with specifications, see MediaTek.

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

4804 Mbps - 4SS 5GHz 802.11ax (160MHz chan., 1024-QAM),
1148 Mbps - 4SS 2.4GHz 802.11ax (40MHz chan., 1024-QAM) = AX6000 class

Flashing

Flashing OpenWrt

Target: mediatek
Subtarget: filogic
Package architecture: aarch64_cortex-a53
Support started version: 23.05.0
Current supported version: 25.12.1
LAN Hardware: MediaTek MT7531AE
LAN Comment: MaxLinear GPY211C0VC 2.5Gbe Phy
WLAN Hardware: MediaTek MT7975N, MediaTek MT7975P(N)
WLAN Comment: MIMO 4x4
Installation method(s):
See devicepage
Recovery method(s):
U-Boot TFTP recovery, U-Boot web recovery
git • >>
mediatek: add support for Mercusys MR90X v1
This commit adds support for Mercusys MR90X(EU) v1 router.

Device specification
--------------------
SoC Type:   MediaTek MT7986BLA, Cortex-A53, 64-bit
RAM:        MediaTek MT7986BLA (512MB)
Flash:      SPI NAND GigaDevice GD5F1GQ5UEYIGY (128 MB)
Ethernet:   MediaTek MT7531AE + 2.5GbE MaxLinear GPY211C0VC (SLNW8)
Ethernet:   1x2.5Gbe (WAN/LAN 2.5Gbps), 3xGbE (WAN/LAN 1Gbps, LAN1, LAN2)
WLAN 2g:    MediaTek MT7975N, b/g/n/ax, MIMO 4x4
WLAN 5g:    MediaTek MT7975P(N), a/n/ac/ax, MIMO 4x4
LEDs:       1 orange and 1 green status LEDs, 4 green gpio-controlled
            LEDs on ethernet ports
Button:     1 (Reset)
USB ports:  No
Power:      12 VDC, 2 A
Connector:  Barrel
Bootloader: Main U-Boot - U-Boot 2022.01-rc4. Additionally, both UBI
            slots contain "seconduboot" (also U-Boot 2022.01-rc4)

Serial console (UART)
---------------------
                            V
+-------+-------+-------+-------+
| +3.3V |  GND  |  TX   |  RX   |
+---+---+-------+-------+-------+
    |
    +--- Don't connect

The R3 (TX line) and R6 (RX line) are absent on the PCB. You should
solder them or solder the jumpers.

Installation (UART)
-------------------
1. Place OpenWrt initramfs image on tftp server with IP 192.168.1.2
2. Attach UART, switch on the router and interrupt the boot process by
   pressing 'Ctrl-C'
3. Load and run OpenWrt initramfs image:
      tftpboot initramfs-kernel.bin
      bootm
4. Once inside OpenWrt, set / update env variables:
      fw_setenv baudrate 115200
      fw_setenv bootargs "ubi.mtd=ubi0 console=ttyS0,115200n1 loglevel=8 earlycon=uart8250,mmio32,0x11002000 init=/etc/preinit"
      fw_setenv fdtcontroladdr 5ffc0e70
      fw_setenv ipaddr 192.168.1.1
      fw_setenv loadaddr 0x46000000
      fw_setenv mtdids "spi-nand0=spi-nand0"
      fw_setenv mtdparts "spi-nand0:2M(boot),1M(u-boot-env),50M(ubi0),50M(ubi1),8M(userconfig),4M(tp_data)"
      fw_setenv netmask 255.255.255.0
      fw_setenv serverip 192.168.1.2
      fw_setenv stderr serial@11002000
      fw_setenv stdin serial@11002000
      fw_setenv stdout serial@11002000
      fw_setenv tp_boot_idx 0
5. Run 'sysupgrade -n' with the sysupgrade OpenWrt image

Installation (without UART)
---------------------------
1.  Login as root via SSH (router IP, port 20001, password - your web
    interface password)
2.  Open for editing /etc/hotplug.d/iface/65-iptv (e.g., using WinSCP and
    SSH settings from the p.1)
3.  Add a newline after "#!/bin/sh":
       telnetd -l /bin/login.sh
4.  Save "65-iptv" file
5.  Toggle "IPTV/VLAN Enable" checkbox in the router web interface and
    save
6.  Make sure that telnetd is running:
       netstat -ltunp | grep 23
7.  Login via telnet to router IP, port 23 (no username and password are
    required)
8  Upload OpenWrt "initramfs-kernel.bin" to the "/tmp" folder of the
    router (e.g., using WinSCP and SSH settings from the p.1)
9.  Stock busybox doesn't contain ubiupdatevol command. Hence, we need to
    download and upload the full version of busybox to the router. For
    example, from here:
    https://github.com/xerta555/Busybox-Binaries/raw/master/busybox-arm64
    Upload busybox-arm64 to the /tmp dir of the router and run:
    in the telnet shell:
       cd /tmp
       chmod a+x busybox-arm64
10. Check "initramfs-kernel.bin" size:
       du -h initramfs-kernel.bin
11. Delete old and create new "kernel" volume with appropriate size
    (greater than "initramfs-kernel.bin" size):
       ubirmvol /dev/ubi0 -N kernel
       ubimkvol /dev/ubi0 -n 1 -N kernel -s 9MiB
12. Write OpenWrt "initramfs-kernel.bin" to the flash:
       ./busybox-arm64 ubiupdatevol /dev/ubi0_1 /tmp/initramfs-kernel.bin
13. u-boot-env can be empty so lets create it (or overwrite it if it
    already exists) with the necessary values:
       fw_setenv baudrate 115200
       fw_setenv bootargs "ubi.mtd=ubi0 console=ttyS0,115200n1 loglevel=8 earlycon=uart8250,mmio32,0x11002000 init=/etc/preinit"
       fw_setenv fdtcontroladdr 5ffc0e70
       fw_setenv ipaddr 192.168.1.1
       fw_setenv loadaddr 0x46000000
       fw_setenv mtdids "spi-nand0=spi-nand0"
       fw_setenv mtdparts "spi-nand0:2M(boot),1M(u-boot-env),50M(ubi0),50M(ubi1),8M(userconfig),4M(tp_data)"
       fw_setenv netmask 255.255.255.0
       fw_setenv serverip 192.168.1.2
       fw_setenv stderr serial@11002000
       fw_setenv stdin serial@11002000
       fw_setenv stdout serial@11002000
       fw_setenv tp_boot_idx 0
14. Reboot to OpenWrt initramfs:
       reboot
15. Login as root via SSH (IP 192.168.1.1, port 22)
16. Upload OpenWrt sysupgrade.bin image to the /tmp dir of the router
17. Run sysupgrade:
       sysupgrade -n /tmp/sysupgrade.bin

Recovery
--------
1. Press Reset button and power on the router
2. Navigate to U-Boot recovery web server (http://192.168.1.1/) and
   upload the OEM firmware

Recovery (UART)
---------------
1. Place OpenWrt initramfs image on tftp server with IP 192.168.1.2
2. Attach UART, switch on the router and interrupt the boot process by
   pressing 'Ctrl-C'
3. Load and run OpenWrt initramfs image:
      tftpboot initramfs-kernel.bin
      bootm
4. Do what you need (restore partitions from a backup, install OpenWrt
   etc.)

Stock layout
------------
0x000000000000-0x000000200000 : "boot"
0x000000200000-0x000000300000 : "u-boot-env"
0x000000300000-0x000003500000 : "ubi0"
0x000003500000-0x000006700000 : "ubi1"
0x000006700000-0x000006f00000 : "userconfig"
0x000006f00000-0x000007300000 : "tp_data"

ubi0/ubi1 format
----------------
U-Boot at boot checks that all volumes are in place:
+-------------------------------+
| Volume Name: uboot   Vol ID: 0|
| Volume Name: kernel  Vol ID: 1|
| Volume Name: rootfs  Vol ID: 2|
+-------------------------------+

MAC addresses
-------------
+---------+-------------------+-----------+
|         | MAC               | Algorithm |
+---------+-------------------+-----------+
| label   | 00:eb:xx:xx:xx:be | label     |
| LAN     | 00:eb:xx:xx:xx:be | label     |
| WAN     | 00:eb:xx:xx:xx:bf | label+1   |
| WLAN 2g | 00:eb:xx:xx:xx:be | label     |
| WLAN 5g | 00:eb:xx:xx:xx:bd | label-1   |
+---------+-------------------+-----------+
label MAC address was found in UBI partition "tp_data", file
"default-mac". OEM wireless eeprom is also there (file
"MT7986_EEPROM.bin").

See also

MercusysMercuryDevices
Mercury MW305R v1.x
Mercury MW305R v3.x
Mercury MW300R v3.x