Netgear R7500

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abgn+ac (AC2350)
Nighthawk X4 - AC2350 Smart Wi-Fi Router
Homepage	Product page
Support	Support page
Wikipedia	Netgear
3rd Party Firmware
dd-wrt	Status Unknown
OpenWrt	Partial Support
Tomato any flavor	Incompatible
Gargoyle	Status Unknown
Platform
Brand • Model • Rev	Netgear R7500-100NAS v1
FCC ID	PY314100258, PY314300288
IC ID	4054A-14100258
Board ID	2976484100
Type	wireless router
Series	Nighthawk X4
CPU1	Qualcomm IPQ8064
CPU1 Type	ARMv7-A Cortex-A15
CPU1 Speed	1.4 GHz ( 2 cores )
CPU2	Quantenna QT3840BC
CPU2 Type	ARC700
CPU2 Speed	500 MHz ( 2 cores )
Flash1 Chip	Micron MT29F1G08ABBEAH4:E
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 /> (NAND)
Flash2 Size	16 MiB16,777,216 B <br />131,072 Kib <br />16,384 KiB <br />128 Mib <br />0.0156 GiB <br /> (Serial(SPI))
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	Winbond W631GU6KB-15 x 2
RAM2 Size	128 MiB134,217,728 B <br />1,048,576 Kib <br />131,072 KiB <br />1,024 Mib <br />0.125 GiB <br />
RAM2 Chip	Winbond W631GG6KB-12
ETH chip1	Qualcomm IPQ8064
Switch	Qualcomm Atheros QCA8337
Ethernet Port Count	1-1GbE-WAN 4-1GbE-LAN
Wired Standard	IEEE 802.3i/3u/3ab
802dot11 OUI: E4:F4:C6 (2 E, 3 W) Ethernet OUI: E4:F4:C6 (2 E, 3 W)
Stock bootloader	U-Boot
Expansion IF types	USB 3.0, eSATA
USB ports	2
eSATA Ports	1
USB Hub Compatible	Untested
Power	12 VDC, 3.5 A
Connector type	barrel
Serial Port (UART)	yes, internal, 4-pin header, populated, 3.3V TTL
Flags: DFS
Other
Default SSID: NETGEARXX (37 addl. 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	Delta Networks
3rd Party Firmware Support	OpenWrt • (List | Dev | DLs) , Voxel
Retail
Availability	End of Life
End of Life date	2016
FCC approval date	10 June 2014
(Est.) release date	03 September 2014
(Est.) initial retail price (in USD):	$280
UPC	606449104110 (UPC DB, On eBay)
Country of manuf	China
Radio 1
Chip1	Qualcomm Atheros QCA9880
Wireless interface OUI	E4:F4:C6
Antenna Connector Type	RP-SMA
MIMO status	3x3:3
Wireless Standard	IEEE 802.11b/g/n
N-QAM	up to 600 Mbps
802.11n	up to 450 Mbps
802.11g	up to 54 Mbps
802.11b	up to 11 Mbps
WiFi Operating Frequency	2.4 GHz
Radio 2
Chip1	Quantenna QT3840BC
Chip2	Quantenna QT2518B
Wireless interface OUI	E4:F4:C6
Antenna Connector Type	RP-SMA
MIMO status	4x4:4
Wireless Standard	IEEE 802.11a/n/ac
802.11ac	up to 1733 Mbps
802.11n	up to 600 Mbps
802.11a	up to 54 Mbps
WiFi Operating Frequency	5 GHz
CPU1 brand Radio1 chip1 brand Radio2 chip1 brand Netgear R7500 Qualcomm Qualcomm Atheros Quantenna Netgear R7500v2 Qualcomm Qualcomm Atheros Qualcomm Atheros

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 Quantenna chipsets with specifications, see Quantenna.

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

• 1733 Mbps - 4SS 5GHz 802.11ac (80MHz chan.),

• 600 Mbps - 4SS 2.4GHz 802.11n (40MHz chan.) = AC2350 class

Overview

"2976484100" appears to be silkscreened on the board.

See also: Netgear R7500v2, Netgear and Delta Networks

Note: There are currently multiple FCC IDs which purport to

be for the R7500: PY314100258 and PY314300288.

Per the FCC photos..

• The NAND flash is marked w/ 4EE17 NW360 (FBGA code NW360):

MT29F1G08ABBEAH4:E, 1Gbit SLC NAND

Hardware

According to these slides (referenced at the SmallNetBuilder link below),

this device is using a dual-core processor running at 1.4 GHz.

This would indicate that it is not using Broadcom's BCM4709,

but more likely a Qualcomm Atheros IPQ8064

(w/ a noted max. clock of 1.4 GHz, per Anandtech)

... or perhaps a Marvell Armada XP/375/385.

Links of Interest

News

• Netgear Readies 4 Radio Router on DailyWireless
• Netgear AC2350 Router On The Way on SmallNetBuilder
• World premiere, Netgear Netgear R7500 AC2350 wireless router
  detailed evaluation of the box, comes teardown map on KoolShare

Forum threads

• How to open R7500 and connect the serial header to a Linux computer
• Mediatrek's thread (NETGEAR R7500 Nighthawk X4 AC2350 Router)
  on the SmallNetBuilder forums

Internal images on KoolShare

DDR3 SDRAM on Winbond

• Netgear R7500 on ChipHell

Reviews

• Tim Higgins review on SmallNetBuilder
• Review on FoxNetwork
• Review on iXBT.com (RU)
• Review on OpenITForum (PL)
• Andrew Van Til's review on Missing Remote

Flashing

Flashing OpenWrt

On the OpenWrt ToH (techdata entry)
On the OpenWrt Wiki
OpenWrt Target: ipq806x
OpenWrt Subtarget: generic
OpenWrt Package architecture: arm_cortex-a15_neon-vfpv4
Support started version: 17.01.0
Current supported version: 23.05.5
Unsupported Functions:
WiFi 5GHz

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