Netgear WNDR4500v1

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abgn (AN900)
N900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router
Homepage	Product page
Support	Support page
Wikipedia	Netgear
InfoDepot Wiki	Netgear WNDR4500
WikiDevi.wi-cat.ru	Netgear WNDR4500
3rd Party Firmware
dd-wrt	Supported
OpenWrt	Not Supported
Tomato any flavor	Supported
Gargoyle	Status Unknown
Platform
Brand • Model • Rev	Netgear WNDR4500 v1
FCC ID	PY311200162
IC ID	4054A-11200162
Board ID	U12H189T00
Type	wireless router, print server
CPU1	Broadcom BCM4706
CPU1 Type	MIPS 74Kc
CPU1 Speed	600 MHz 8-bit
Flash1 Chip	Samsung K9F1G08U0D-SCB0 x 2
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 />
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 />
RAM1 Chip	Samsung K4T51163Q1-HCE6 x 2
ETH chip1	Broadcom BCM4706
Switch	Broadcom BCM53115
Ethernet Port Count	4-1GbE-LAN
Wired Standard	IEEE 802.3/3u/3ab
802dot11 OUI: 20:4E:7F (17 E, 17 W), 74:44:01 (7 E, 6 W), 84:1B:5E (8 E, 10 W), E0:46:9A (14 E, 15 W) Ethernet OUI: 20:4E:7F (17 E, 17 W), 74:44:01 (7 E, 6 W), 84:1B:5E (8 E, 10 W), E0:46:9A (14 E, 15 W)
Expansion IF types	USB 2.0
USB ports	2
USB Hub Compatible	Untested
Power	12 VDC, 5 A
Connector type	barrel
Additional chips 2.4GHz Power Amplifier IC;Skyworks;SE2605L;SiGe, 2605L, 151AJ;3; 5GHz Power Amplifier IC;Skyworks;SE5003L1;5003L1, 142AU;3;
Other
Default SSID: NETGEARXX (37 addl. devices) , NETGEARXX-5G (15 addl. devices) Default IP address: 192.168.1.1 the IP 192.168.1.1 is used by 1324 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 U12H189 T00
3rd Party Firmware Support	DD-WRT (Kong-AC) • (List) , DD-WRT • (List) , FreshTomato • (List | DLs)
Retail
FCC approval date	29 July 2011
(Est.) release date	14 September 2011
(Est.) initial retail price (in USD):	$180
UPC	606449077360 (UPC DB, On eBay)
ASIN	B005KG44V0
Radio 1
Chip1	Broadcom BCM4331
Wireless interface OUI	20:4E:7F, 74:44:01, 84:1B:5E, E0:46:9A
Antenna Connector Type	U.FL
MIMO status	3x3:3
Wireless Standard	IEEE 802.11a/n
802.11n	up to 450 Mbps
802.11a	up to 54 Mbps
WiFi Operating Frequency	5 GHz
Radio cor_rev	29
Radio 2
Chip1	Broadcom BCM4331
Wireless interface OUI	20:4E:7F, 74:44:01, 84:1B:5E, E0:46:9A
Antenna Connector Type	U.FL
MIMO status	3x3:3
Wireless Standard	IEEE 802.11b/g/n
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 cor_rev	29
CPU1 brand Radio1 chip1 brand Radio2 chip1 brand Netgear WNDR4500v1 Broadcom Broadcom Broadcom Netgear WNDR4500v2 Broadcom Broadcom Broadcom Netgear WNDR4500v3 Qualcomm Atheros Qualcomm Atheros Atheros

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.

• 450 Mbps - 3SS 5GHz 802.11n (40MHz chan.),

• 450 Mbps - 3SS 2.4GHz 802.11n (40MHz chan.) = AN900 class

Overview

Manuf. by Foxconn/Hon Hai (per this firmware file, the internal model

is probably U12H189 [U12H189T00], file is nearly 8MB)

The source code for the device is available on Netgear's FTP server.

Each wireless interface has three U.FL connectors.

The BCM4706 has a MIPS32 74K core and identifies as a BCM5300.

The default SSIDs appear to be NETGEARXX and NETGEARXX-5G

where XX is a number.

Links of Interest

Links

• On the OpenWrt forums
• Netgear WNDR4500v1:

 • On the OpenWrt ToH (techdata entry)

• On the OpenWrt Wiki

• On the DD-WRT forums
• On the TomatoUSB forums
• Tathagata Das' initial DD-WRT build for this router
• and discussion of this build on the DD-WRT forums
• Netgear WNDR4500 info with INTERNAL PICS + CFE DUMP on the DD-WRT forums

This router is sold by Costco as the R4500 (OUI 84:1B:5E).

The Readyshare Cloud and Apple's Time Machine
are not supported on the R4500.

Reviews

• Reviewed on SmallNetBuilder and retested
• Reviewed on MaximumPC
• Reviewed on SlashGear
• Reviewed on CNet
• Reviewed on FoxNetwork
• Reviewed by shibby (PL), *in English

Dual Flash, 2MB and 128MB NAND (74:44:01 OUI)

NETGEAR and NETGEAR-5G SSIDs, not NETGEARXX(-5G)

Flashing

Flashing dd-wrt

On the DD-WRT Wiki

Supported by dd-wrt as of = wndr4500 build 21606 20130516

Please insert instructions here

Flashing Tomato

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Pictures

All pictures are from Netgear France.

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