Netgear R7500v2

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Nighthawk X4 - AC2350 Smart Wi-Fi Router
Homepage	Product page
Support	Support page
Wikipedia	Netgear
WikiDevi.wi-cat.ru	Netgear R7500v2
3rd Party Firmware
dd-wrt	Supported
OpenWrt	Supported
Tomato any flavor	Incompatible
Gargoyle	Status Unknown
Platform
Brand • Model • Rev	Netgear R7500 v2
FCC ID	PY315100301
Type	wireless router
Series	Nighthawk X4
CPU1 Y	Qualcomm IPQ8064
CPU1 Type	ARMv7-A Cortex-A15
CPU1 Speed	1.4 GHz ( 2 cores )
Flash1 Chip	Brand? Model?
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 /> (NAND)
RAM1 Size	256 MiB 268,435,456 B <br />2,097,152 Kib <br />262,144 KiB <br />2,048 Mib <br />0.25 GiB <br />
RAM1 Chip	Nanya Model? x 2
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: none specified
Stock bootloader	U-Boot
Expansion IF types	USB 3.0, eSATA
USB ports	2
SATA 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: MU-MIMO
Other
Default SSID: NETGEARXX (37 addl. devices) Default login user: admin Default login password: password admin:password credentials used by 428 additional devices of which 307 are Netgear devices
Manuf/OEM/ODM	Delta Networks
3rd Party Firmware Support	DD-WRT • (List) , OpenWrt • (List | Dev | DLs) , OpenWRT ((Kong))
Retail
Availability	End of Life
End of Life date	2021
FCC approval date	26 May 2015
ASIN	B01GPAOJJG
Country of manuf	China
Radio 1
Chip1	Qualcomm Atheros QCA9880-BR4A
Wireless interface OUI	none specified
Antenna Connector Type	U.FL, 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	Qualcomm Atheros QCA9980
Wireless interface OUI	none specified
Antenna Connector Type	U.FL, 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 Netgear devices with specifications, see Netgear.

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

• 1733 Mbps - 4SS 5GHz 802.11ac (80MHz chan.) = AC2350 class

Overview

• "2976495801" appears to be silkscreened on the board R7500v2.
• "2976484100" appears to be silkscreened on the board R7500v1.

See also: Delta Networks and Netgear R7500

This device was under short-term confidentiality, but that expired 11/22/2015 ⚠.

Links of Interest

• Kong's OpenWrt Repo on Kong's Website

News

• NETGEAR AC2350 Router On The Way on SmallNetBuilder

Reviews

• Tim Higgins' review on SmallNetBuilder

Forum threads

• R7500v2 internal images on SNB forums
• R7500v1 internal images on SNB forums
• Netgear R7500v2 on DD-WRT forums

DD-WRT FW beta on ftp.dd-wrt.com

• Netgear R7500v2 on OpenWrt Wiki

Flashing

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Support started version: r7500v2 build 30432 20160816
Current supported version: ?

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Flashing OpenWrt

On the OpenWrt ToH (techdata entry)
On the OpenWrt Wiki

Target: ipq806x
Subtarget: generic
Package architecture: arm_cortex-a15_neon-vfpv4
Supported Since Commit
Support started version: 17.01.0
Current supported version: 25.12.6

LAN Hardware: Qualcomm Atheros QCA8337
WLAN Hardware: Qualcomm Atheros QCA9880-BR4A, Qualcomm Atheros QCA9980
Installation method(s):
GUI OEM, U-Boot TFTP recovery
Recovery method(s):
U-Boot TFTP recovery

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