NEC Aterm WF1200HP

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WiFi Router
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dd-wrt Status Unknown
OpenWrt Supported
Tomato any flavor Incompatible
Gargoyle Status Unknown
Platform
BrandModelRev NEC Aterm WF1200HP
FCC ID (fcc.io) none specified
FCC ID (fcc.report) none specified
Type wireless router
CPU1 checkY Atheros AR9344
CPU1 Type MIPS 74Kc
CPU1 Speed 560 MHz 32-bit
Flash1 Chip Macronix MX25L6406EM2I-12G
Flash1 Size 8 MiB8,388,608 B <br />65,536 Kib <br />8,192 KiB <br />64 Mib <br />0.00781 GiB <br /> (SPI NOR)
RAM1 Size 128 MiB134,217,728 B <br />1,048,576 Kib <br />131,072 KiB <br />1,024 Mib <br />0.125 GiB <br /> (DDR2)
RAM1 Chip ESMT M14D5121632A-2.5BG2A
ETH chip1 Atheros AR9344
Switch Atheros AR9344
Ethernet Port Count 4-100MbE-LAN
Wired Standard IEEE 802.3i/3u

802dot11 OUI: C0:25:A2 (1 E, 1 W)
Ethernet OUI: C0:25:A2 (1 E, 1 W)

Expansion IF types none specified
Power 12 VDC, 0.7 A
Serial Port (UART) yes, 3.3V TTL, (9600 8N1)
Other
3rd Party Firmware Support OpenWrt • (List | Dev | DLs)
Radio 1
Chip1 Atheros AR9344
Wireless interface OUI C0:25:A2
Antenna Connector Type none specified
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 Qualcomm Atheros QCA9882
Wireless interface OUI C0:25:A2
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
 CPU1 brandRadio1 chip1 brandRadio2 chip1 brand
NEC Aterm WF1200CRQualcomm AtherosQualcomm AtherosQualcomm Atheros
NEC Aterm WF1200HPAtherosAtherosQualcomm Atheros
NEC Aterm WF1200HP2AtherosAtherosQualcomm Atheros

For a list of all currently documented Atheros (QCA) chipsets with specifications, see Atheros.
For a list of all currently documented Qualcomm Atheros (QCA) chipsets with specifications, see Qualcomm Atheros.

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

867 Mbps - 2SS 5GHz 802.11ac (80MHz chan.),
300 Mbps - 2SS 2.4GHz 802.11n (40MHz chan.) = AC1200 class

Flashing

Flashing OpenWrt

Target: ath79
Subtarget: tiny
Package architecture: mips_24kc
Support started version: 25.12.0
Current supported version: 25.12.0
LAN Hardware: Atheros AR9344
WLAN Hardware: Atheros AR9344 / Qualcomm Atheros QCA9882
Installation method(s):
see git-commit
Recovery method(s):
see git-commit
git • >>
ath79: add support for NEC Aterm WF1200HP
NEC Aterm WF1200HP is a 2.4/5 GHz band 11ac (Wi-Fi 5) router with FE
ports, based on AR9344.

Specification:

- SoC              : Atheros AR9344
- RAM              : DDR2 128 MiB (2x ESMT M14D5121632A-2.5BG2A)
- Flash            : SPI-NOR 8 MiB (Macronix MX25L6406EM2I-12G)
- WLAN             : 2.4/5 GHz 2T2R
  - 2.4 GHz        : Atheros AR9344 (SoC)
  - 5 GHz          : Qualcomm Atheros QCA9882
- Ethernet         : 4x 10/100 Mbps
  - switch         : Atheros AR9344 (SoC)
- LEDs/Keys (GPIO) : 12x/4x
  - note           : all LEDs are controlled by ath10k chip (QCA9882)
- UART             : through-hole on PCB (J1)
  - assignment     : 3.3V, GND, NC, TX, RX from tri-angle marking
  - settings       : 9600n8 (U-Boot: 115200n8)
- Power            : 12 VDC, 0.7 A (Max. 8 W)
- Stock OS         : NetBSD based

Flash instruction using initramfs-factory.bin image (StockFW WebUI):

1. Boot WF1200HP with router mode
2. Access to the WebUI ("http://aterm.me/" or "http://192.168.10.1/") on
   the device and open firmware update page ("ファームウェア更新")
3. Select the OpenWrt initramfs-factory.bin image and click update
   ("更新") button
4. After updating, the device will be rebooted and booted with OpenWrt
   initramfs image
5. On the initramfs image, upload (or download) uboot.bin and
   sysupgrade.bin image to the device
6. Replace the bootloader with uboot.bin image

   mtd write <uboot.bin image> bootloader

7. Perform sysupgrade with sysupgrade.bin image

   sysupgrade <sysuppgrade image>

8. Wait ~120 seconds to complete flashing and rebooting

Flash instruction using initramfs-factory.bin image (bootloader CLI):

 1. Connect and open serial console
 2. Power on WF1200HP and interrupt bootloader by ESC key
 3. Login to the bootloader CLI with the password "chiron"
 4. Start TFTP server by "tftpd" command
 5. Upload initramfs-factory.bin via tftp from your computer

    example (Windows): tftp -i 192.168.0.1 PUT initramfs-factory.bin

 6. Boot initramfs image by "boot" command
 7. On the initramfs image, backup the stock bootloader and firmware if
    needed
 8. Upload (or download) uboot.bin and sysupgrade.bin image to the
    device
 9. Replace the bootloader with uboot.bin image (see above)
10. Perform sysupgrade with sysupgrade.bin image (see above)
11. Wait ~120 seconds to complete flashing and rebooting

Notes:

- The stock bootloader requires the unknown filesystem on firmware area
  in the flash chip. Booting OpenWrt from that filesystem cannot be
  handled, so the bootloader needs to be replaced to mainline U-Boot
  before OpenWrt installation.

Known issues:

- All LEDs on the front side are connected to the GPIO controller on the
  ath10k chip (QCA9882) and controlled by it. The current ath10k driver
  supports only one LED as "ath10k-phyN", but using as a GPIO controller
  is not supported yet. As a result, all 12x LEDs on the front side
  cannot be controlled by users.

MAC Addresses:

LAN    : C0:25:A2:xx:xx:44 (config,  0x6 (hex))
WAN    : C0:25:A2:xx:xx:45 (config,  0xc (hex))
2.4 GHz: C0:25:A2:xx:xx:46 (config,  0x0 (hex))
5 GHz  : C0:25:A2:xx:xx:47 (config, 0x12 (hex))