Netgear R6250

abgn+ac (AC1600)
AC1600 Smart Wi-Fi Router
Support	Support page
Downloads	Download page
Wikipedia	Netgear
WikiDevi.wi-cat.ru	Netgear R6250
3rd Party Firmware
dd-wrt	Supported
OpenWrt	Partial Support
Tomato any flavor	Supported
Gargoyle	Status Unknown
Platform
Brand • Model • Rev	Netgear R6250
FCC ID	PY312400219
IC ID	4054A-12400219
Board ID	U12H264T00_NETGEAR
Type	wireless router
CPU1	Broadcom BCM4708A0
CPU1 Type	ARM Cortex-A9
CPU1 Speed	800 MHz ( 2 cores )
Flash1 Chip	Samsung K9F1G08U0D-SCB0
Flash1 Size	128 MiB134,217,728 B <br />1,048,576 Kib <br />131,072 KiB <br />1,024 Mib <br />0.125 GiB <br />
Flash2 Chip	Macronix MX25L1606EM2I-12G
Flash2 Size	2 MiB2,097,152 B <br />16,384 Kib <br />2,048 KiB <br />16 Mib <br />0.00195 GiB <br />
RAM1 Size	256 MiB268,435,456 B <br />2,097,152 Kib <br />262,144 KiB <br />2,048 Mib <br />0.25 GiB <br />
RAM1 Chip	Samsung K4B2G1646E-BCK0
nvram Size	64K
ETH chip1	Broadcom BCM4708A0
Switch	Broadcom BCM4708A0
Ethernet Port Count	1-1GbE-WAN 4-1GbE-LAN
Wired Standard	IEEE 802.3i/3u/3ab
802dot11 OUI: none specified
Stock bootloader	CFE
Expansion IF types	USB 3.0
USB ports	1
USB Hub Compatible	Untested
Power	12 VDC, 2.5 A
Connector type	barrel
Serial Port (UART)	yes, 4-pin header
Other
Default IP address: 192.168.1.1 the IP 192.168.1.1 is used by 1326 additional devices of which 107 are Netgear devices Default login user: admin Default login password: password admin:password credentials used by 425 additional devices of which 306 are Netgear devices
Manuf/OEM/ODM	Foxconn U12H245 T00
3rd Party Firmware Support	DD-WRT • (List) , FreshTomato • (List | DLs) , OpenWrt • (List | Dev | DLs)
Retail
Availability	End of Life
FCC approval date	18 March 2013
UPC	606449096064 (UPC DB, On eBay)
ASIN	B00BR3ZYIW
Country of manuf	China
Radio 1
Chip1	Broadcom BCM43217
Wireless interface OUI	none specified
Antenna Connector Type	U.FL
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 cor_rev	24
Radio 2
Chip1	Broadcom BCM4360
Wireless interface OUI	none specified
Antenna Connector Type	U.FL
MIMO status	3x3:3
Wireless Standard	IEEE 802.11a/n/ac
802.11ac	up to 1300 Mbps
802.11n	up to 450 Mbps
802.11a	up to 54 Mbps
WiFi Operating Frequency	5 GHz
Radio cor_rev	40

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

For a list of all currently documented Netgear device with specifications, see Netgear.

• 1300 Mbps - 3SS 5GHz 802.11ac (80MHz chan.),

• 300 Mbps - 2SS 2.4GHz 802.11n (40MHz chan.) = AC1600 class

Overview

• OEM: Foxconn (Ambit) U12H245T00

Additional specifications, per NETGEAR's manual, follow...

• Dimensions: 195 mm x 199 mm x 65 mm
• Weight: 417 g

The RAM chip is shown as a single Samsung K4B1G1646G in the FCC photos.

Links of Interest

Reviews

• NETGEAR R6250 Smart WiFi Router Reviewed on SmallNetBuilder
• NETGEAR puts an AC Router in the middle on SmallNetBuilder

Forum threads

• Netgear R6250 (ARM, 256MB RAM, 128MB Flash) on the DD-WRT forum

(w/ nvram show, dmesg, and /proc/meminfo/cpuinfo output)

/proc/cpuinfo output notes the processor as ARMv7 Processor rev 0 (v7l)

and hardware platform as Northstar Prototype.

• Thread regarding DD-WRT support on the DD-WRT forum

Tathagata Das's BETA DD-WRT build on MyOpenRouter

Wikis

• https://openwrt.org/toh/netgear/r6250

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Support started version: r6250 build 23082 20131212
Current supported version: ?

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On the OpenWrt ToH (techdata entry)
On the OpenWrt Wiki
On the OpenWrt Forum
OpenWrt Target: bcm53xx
OpenWrt Subtarget: generic
OpenWrt Package architecture: arm_cortex-a9
Support started version: 15.05
Current supported version: 23.05.5
Unsupported Functions:
WiFi 2.4GHz partly, WiFi 5GHz

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