Netgear WNDR4500v1
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N900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router | |||||||||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||||||||
Expansion IF types | USB 2.0 | ||||||||||||||||
USB ports | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
USB Hub Compatible | Untested | ||||||||||||||||
Power | 12 VDC, 5 A | ||||||||||||||||
Connector type | barrel | ||||||||||||||||
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Additional chips | |||||||||||||||||
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Default SSID: NETGEARXX (37 addl. 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 | ||||||||||||||||
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For a list of all currently documented Broadcom chipsets with specifications, see Broadcom.
For a list of all currently documented Netgear devices with specifications, see Netgear.
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 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).
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
![]() | NOTE: During configuration or flashing a device, the only things that should be hooked to the device is the computer and power. |
Flashing dd-wrt
Supported by dd-wrt as of = wndr4500 build 21606 20130516
Please insert instructions here
Flashing Tomato
Please insert instructions here
Pictures
All pictures are from Netgear France.
- Netgear
- Embedded system/wireless router
- Embedded system/print server
- Embedded System Broadcom
- Embedded System BCM4706
- Broadcom
- Embedded System MIPS 74Kc
- Embedded System
- Embedded System BCM53115
- Manuf Foxconn
- DD-WRT Supported
- Tomato Supported
- Embedded System BCM4331
- Has Mimo Status
- Embedded System IEEE 802.11a/n
- Embedded System IEEE 802.11b/g/n
- Dual-Radio Wireless Embedded System
- Wireless Embedded System
- Dual-Band
- English Documentation