Netgear XR500

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abgn+ac (AC2600)
Nighthawk Pro Gaming Router
Homepage Product page
Support Support page
Wikipedia Netgear
WikiDevi.wi-cat.ru Netgear XR500
3rd Party Firmware
dd-wrt Status Unknown
OpenWrt Supported
Tomato any flavor Incompatible
Gargoyle Status Unknown
Platform
Brand • Model • Rev Netgear XR500
FCC ID PY315100319
Board ID 29764958
Type wireless router
Series Nighthawk
CPU1 checkY Qualcomm IPQ8065
CPU1 Type ARMv7-A
CPU1 Speed 1.7 GHz ( 2 cores )
Flash1 Chip Brand? Model?
Flash1 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 /> (NAND)
RAM1 Size 512 MiB 536,870,912 B <br />4,194,304 Kib <br />524,288 KiB <br />4,096 Mib <br />0.5 GiB <br />
RAM1 Chip Nanya Model? x 2
ETH chip1 Qualcomm IPQ8065
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
Stock FW OS Linux DumaOS
Expansion IF types USB 3.0
USB ports 2
USB Hub Compatible Untested
Power 12 VDC, 3.5 A
Connector type barrel
Serial Port (UART) yes, 3.3V TTL, (115200 8N1)

Flags:
Wave2, MU-MIMO, 256QAM, VHT160, DFS

Other

Default IP address: http://www.routerlogin.net
the IP http://www.routerlogin.net is used by 3 additional devices
of which 3 are Netgear 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 OpenWrt • (List | Dev | DLs)
Retail
(Est.) release date 08 January 2018
(Est.) initial retail price (in USD): $300
Newegg 9SIAB278JT9892
ASIN B078GWJ44Z , 
multiple uses
Radio 1
Chip1 Qualcomm Atheros QCA9984
Wireless interface OUI none specified
Antenna Connector Type none specified
MIMO status 4x4:4
Wireless Standard IEEE 802.11b/g/n
n-QAM up to 800 Mbps
802.11n up to 600 Mbps
802.11g up to 54 Mbps
802.11b up to 11 Mbps
WiFi Operating Frequency 2.4 GHz
Radio 2
Chip1 Qualcomm Atheros QCA9984
Wireless interface OUI none specified
Antenna Connector Type none specified
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
 FCC ID
Netgear R7800PY315100319
Netgear XR450PY315100319

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.

• 800 Mbps - 4SS 2.4GHz 802.11n (40MHz chan., 256-QAM),
• 1733 Mbps - 4SS 5GHz 802.11ac (80MHz chan.) = AC2600 class

Overview

Hardware ID: 29764958+0+256+512+4x4+4x4+Cascade
See also: Netgear XR450, Netgear XR700 and Netgear
nqam enabled on 2.4GHz 802.11n radio (800Mbps)

Links of Interest

Forum threads

Netgear CES 2018 Announcements on SmallNetBuilder

"What the XR500 has that the R7800 doesn't, however, is a Gaming Dashboard that shows

'real-time bandwidth utilization by device, ping delays, and many other parameters'
and a Geo Filter aimed at minimizing gaming lag by limiting distance to servers or
other players, getting a guaranteed local connection, and creating black/white lists
of your preferred servers. Other features include QoS for gaming device prioritization,
OpenVPN support and network monitor."

Flashing

Flashing OpenWrt

Target: ipq806x
Subtarget: generic
Package architecture: arm_cortex-a15_neon-vfpv4
Supported Since Commit
Support started version: 22.03.0
Current supported version: fix
LAN Hardware: Qualcomm Atheros QCA8337
WLAN Hardware: 2x Qualcomm Atheros QCA9984
WLAN Comment: 4x4:4 MU-MIMO on both bands
Installation method(s):
GUI OEM, see git-commit
Recovery method(s):
See git-commit
Comment:
Hardware is similar to R7800 but with eSATA port removed and double the NAND
git • >> 
ipq806x: add support for Netgear Nighthawk Pro Gaming XR500
This adds support for the Netgear Nighthawk Pro Gaming XR500.
It is the successor to the Netgear Nighthawk R7800 and shares almost
identical hardware to that device.
The stock firmware is a heavily modified version of OpenWRT.

Specifications:
  SoC: Qualcomm Atheros IPQ8065
  RAM: 512 MB
  Storage: 256 MiB NAND Flash
  Wireless: 2x Qualcomm Atheros QCA9984
  Ethernet: 2x 1000/100/10 dedicated interfaces
  Switch: 5x 1000/100/10 external ports
  USB: 2x 3.0 ports

More information:
Manufacturer page: https://www.netgear.com/gaming/xr500/
Almost identical to Netgear R7800
Differences (r7800 > xr500):
  Flash: 128MiB > 256MiB
  Removed esata
  swapped leds:
    usb1 (gpio 7 > 8)
    usb2 (gpio 8 > 26)
    guest/esata (gpio 26 > 7)

MAC addresses:

On the OEM firmware, the mac addresses are:

  WAN: *:50  art 0x6
  LAN: *:4f  art 0x0 (label)
  2G:  *:4f  art 0x0
  5G:  *:51  art 0xc

Installation:
Install via Web Interface (preferred):
Utilize openwrt-ipq806x-netgear_xr500-squashfs-factory.img

Install via TFTP recovery:
1.Turn off the power, push and hold the reset button (in a hole on
  backside) with a pin
2.Turn on the power and wait till power led starts flashing white
  (after it first flashes orange for a while)
3.Release the reset button and tftp the factory img in binary mode.
  The power led will stop flashing if you succeeded in transferring
  the image, and the router reboots rather quickly with the new
  firmware.
4.Try to ping the router (ping 192.168.1.1). If does not respond,
  then tftp will not work either.

Uploading the firmware image with a TFTP client
$ tftp 192.168.1.1
bin
put openwrt-ipq806x-netgear_xr500-squashfs-factory.img

Note:

The end of the last partition is at 0xee00000. This was chosen
by the initial author, but nobody was able to tell why this
particular arbitrary size was chosen. Since it's not leaving
too much empty space and it's the only issue left, let's just
keep it for now.

Pictures

Retail Images

See also

List of Netgear Nighthawk Products
List of Costco Exclusive Wireless Devices
Nighthawk X10 - AD7200 Smart WiFi Router
Nighthawk X8 - AC5300 Tri-Band Wi-Fi Router • PR
Nighthawk X6 - AC3200 Smart Wi-Fi Router
Nighthawk X4S - AC26000 Smart Wi-Fi Router
IPQ8065 Dual-core SoC @1.7GHz and QCA9984 radio
4x4 design supports 160MHz (or 80+80MHz), MU-MIMO
Nighthawk X4S - AC2600 VDSL/ADSL Modem Router
Nighthawk X4 - AC2350 Smart Wi-Fi Router
Nighthawk X4 - AC2350 Smart Wi-Fi Router
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