Planex MZK-W04N

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bgn (N300)
802.11n Wireless Broadband Router
Homepage	Product page
3rd Party Firmware
dd-wrt	Incompatible
OpenWrt	Incompatible
Tomato any flavor	Incompatible
Platform
Brand • Model • Rev	Planex MZK-W04N
FCC ID	NDD9577580705
Type	wireless router
CPU1	Ralink RT1310A
CPU1 Type	ARM926EJS
CPU1 Speed	300 MHz
Flash1 Chip	Brand? Model?
Flash1 Size	4 MiB4,194,304 B <br />32,768 Kib <br />4,096 KiB <br />32 Mib <br />0.00391 GiB <br />
RAM1 Size	32 MiB33,554,432 B <br />262,144 Kib <br />32,768 KiB <br />256 Mib <br />0.0313 GiB <br />
RAM1 Chip	Brand? Model?
ETH chip1	Ralink RT1310A
Switch	Realtek RTL8305SC
Ethernet Port Count	1-WAN 4-100MbE-LAN
Wired Standard	IEEE 802.3i/3u
802dot11 OUI: 00:90:CC (3 E, 6 W) Ethernet OUI: 00:90:CC (3 E, 6 W)
Expansion IF types	Mini PCI
Mini PCI slots	1
Power	5 VDC, 3 A
Connector type	barrel
Other
Default IP address: 192.168.1.1 the IP 192.168.1.1 is used by 1326 additional devices of which 8 are Planex devices Default login user: Admin Default login password: 0000
Manuf/OEM/ODM	Edimax
Retail
FCC approval date	02 July 2007
ASIN	B000UK76OS
Country of manuf	China
Radio 1
Radio1 module	Edimax EW-7758Mn
Radio1 module IF	Mini PCI
Chip1	Ralink RT2860
Chip2	Ralink RT2820
Wireless interface OUI	00:90:CC
Antenna Connector Type	RP-SMA
MIMO status	2x3:2
Wireless Standard	IEEE 802.11b/g/n
802.11n	up to 300 Mbps
802.11g	up to 54 Mbps
802.11b	up to 11 Mbps
WiFi Operating Frequency	2.4 GHz
FCC ID Edimax EW-7758Mn NDD9577580705
CPU1 brand Radio1 chip1 brand Radio1 chip2 brand Planex MZK-W04N Ralink Ralink Ralink Planex MZK-W04NU Atheros Atheros Atheros

For a list of all currently documented Ralink chipsets with specifications, see Ralink.
For a list of all currently documented Realtek chipsets with specifications, see Realtek.

For a list of all currently documented Planex device with specifications, see Planex.

• 300 Mbps - 2SS 2.4GHz 802.11n (40MHz chan.) = N300 class

Specifications

Additional specifications, per the datasheet, follow...

• Transmit Power
  • 802.11b: 16~18 dBm
  • 802.11g: 14~16 dBm
  • 802.11n: 11~13 dBm
• Receiver Sensitivity
  • 802.11b: -80 dBm
  • 802.11g: -70 dBm
  • 802.11n: -70 dBm
• Dimensions: 191 mm (H) x 34 mm (W) x 155 mm (D)
• Weight (without antennas): 434 g

Links of Interest

• Datasheet
• On the OpenWrt wiki

Ralink RT1310A CPU based, 4MB RAM, 32MB Flash,

Ralink RT2860RT Wi-Fi, Realtek RTL8305SC Switch

• On Amazon

Flashing

Firmware

binwalk dump

$ binwalk MZK-W04N_FW_v1.39_CE.bin

DECIMAL         HEX             DESCRIPTION
------------------------------------------------
0               0x0             CSYS header, little endian,  size: 131072
20              0x14            uImage header, header size: 64 bytes, 
   header CRC: 0x172BE5FD, created: Mon Dec 15 01:05:15 2008, 
   image size: 871208 bytes, Data Address: 0x40008000, 
   Entry Point: 0x40008000, data CRC: 0x7326EAE1, OS: Linux, 
   CPU: ARM, image type: OS Kernel Image, compression type: 
   bzip2, image name: "Linux-2.6.17"
84              0x54            bzip2 compressed data, block size = 900k
1048576         0x100000        Squashfs filesystem, little endian, 
   version 3.0, size: 2713551 bytes,  578 inodes, 
   blocksize: 65536 bytes, created: Mon Dec 15 01:04:56 2008

See also

• Planex MZK-W04G - Star STR9102 (250 MHz) - LAN, USB, Mini PCI (WiFi) nerv