Netgear WNDR4500v1

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N900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router
WNDR4500 angled front.jpg
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3rd Party Firmware
dd-wrt Supported
OpenWrt Not Supported
Tomato any flavor Supported
Gargoyle Status Unknown
Platform
BrandModelRev Netgear WNDR4500 v1
FCC ID PY311200162
IC ID 4054A-11200162
Board ID U12H189T00
Type wireless router, print server
CPU1 checkY 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 1335 additional devices
of which 111 are Netgear devices
Default login user: admin
Default login password: password
admin:password credentials used by 426 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 Flag of the United States.svg
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 brandRadio1 chip1 brandRadio2 chip1 brand
Netgear WNDR4500v1BroadcomBroadcomBroadcom
Netgear WNDR4500v2BroadcomBroadcomBroadcom
Netgear WNDR4500v3Qualcomm AtherosQualcomm AtherosAtheros

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.

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 ToH (techdata entry)

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

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

Please insert instructions here

Pictures

All pictures are from Netgear France.