Sophos AP15

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bgn (N300)
Sophos AP 15 Access Point
WikiDevi.wi-cat.ru	Sophos AP 15
3rd Party Firmware
dd-wrt	Status Unknown
OpenWrt	Supported
Tomato any flavor	Incompatible
Gargoyle	Status Unknown
Platform
Brand • Model • Rev	Sophos AP15 Rev. 1
FCC ID	2ACTO-AP15
Board ID	1244-01000933-50Z
Type	access point
CPU1 Y	Qualcomm Atheros QCA9557
CPU1 Type	MIPS 74Kc
CPU1 Speed	720 MHz
Flash1 Chip	Macronix MX25L12835FMI-10G
Flash1 Size	16 MiB 16,777,216 B <br />131,072 Kib <br />16,384 KiB <br />128 Mib <br />0.0156 GiB <br /> (SPI NOR)
RAM1 Size	128 MiB 134,217,728 B <br />1,048,576 Kib <br />131,072 KiB <br />1,024 Mib <br />0.125 GiB <br /> (DDR2 SDRAM)
RAM1 Chip	Winbond W9751G6KB-25 x 2
ETH chip1	Qualcomm Atheros QCA9557
ETH chip2	Atheros AR8035-A
Ethernet Port Count	1-1GbE-LAN
Wired Standard	IEEE 802.3i/3u/3ab
802dot11 OUI: 00:1A:8C (15 E, 4 W) Ethernet OUI: 00:1A:8C (15 E, 4 W)
Stock bootloader	U-Boot 1.1.4
Expansion IF types	none specified
PoE	802.3at, 802.3af, standard
Power	12 VDC, 1 A
Connector type	barrel 5.5 mm (OD) 2.5 mm (ID) 9.5 mm (LEN)
Serial Port (UART)	yes, 4-pin header, populated, 3.3V TTL, (115200 8N1)
JTAG Port	yes, 14-pin header, populated, J1
Flags: external antennas
Additional chips 1-Channel Photocoupler;LiteOn;LTV-817;;2; 150V N-Channel MOSFET;Vishay Siliconix;Si4848DY;;1; 802.3at PoE Interface and DC/DC Controller;Texas Instruments;TPS23754;;1; 23V 3A Synchronous Rectified Step-Down DC/DC Converter;M3Tek;IT76370M;;1;
Other
3rd Party Firmware Support	OpenWrt • (List | Dev | DLs)
Retail
Availability	End of Life
End of Life date	2020
FCC approval date	03 September 2014
Newegg	22Z-000Y-00057
Radio 1
Chip1	Qualcomm Atheros QCA9557
Wireless interface OUI	00:1A:8C
Antenna Connector Type	U.FL, RP-SMA
MIMO status	2x2:2
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
CPU1 brand Radio1 chip1 brand Radio1 chip2 brand Sophos AP15 Qualcomm Atheros Qualcomm Atheros Sophos AP15C Qualcomm Atheros Qualcomm Atheros

For a list of all currently documented Atheros (QCA) chipsets with specifications, see Atheros.
For a list of all currently documented Qualcomm Atheros (QCA) chipsets with specifications, see Qualcomm Atheros.

For a list of all currently documented Sophos devices with specifications, see Sophos.

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

Overview

"1244-01000933-50Z" and "BP ML E186014" are silkscreened on the board.

Hardware specification

• CPU: Qualcomm Atheros QCA9557 MIPS 74K (@720MHz)
• Memory: 128MB (SDRAM) DDR2
• Storage: 16MB SPI NOR Flash
• WiFi: Qualcomm Atheros QCA9557 (802.11bgn)
• Network: 1x Gigabit Ethernet ports
• Power: 12V, 1A via barrel or 802.3af/at PoE

Links of Interest

Datasheet

Flashing

Flashing OpenWrt

On the OpenWrt ToH (techdata entry)

Target: ath79
Subtarget: generic
Package architecture: mips_24kc
Supported Since Commit
Support started version: 23.05.0
Current supported version: 25.12.1

LAN Comment: Atheros AR8035-A GbE Phy
WLAN Hardware: Qualcomm Atheros QCA9557
WLAN Comment: MIMO 2x2:2
Installation method(s):
see git-commit

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ath79: add support for Sophos AP15 The Sophos AP15 seems to be very close to Sophos AP55/AP100. Based on: commit 6f1efb289837 ("ath79: add support for Sophos AP100/AP55 family") author Andrew Powers-Holmes <andrew@omnom.net> Fri, 3 Sep 2021 15:53:57 +0200 (23:53 +1000) committer Hauke Mehrtens <hauke@hauke-m.de> Sat, 16 Apr 2022 16:59:29 +0200 (16:59 +0200) Unique to AP15: - Green and yellow LED - 2T2R 2.4GHz 802.11b/g/n via SoC WMAC - No buttons - No piezo beeper - No 5.8GHz Flashing instructions: - Derived from UART method described in referenced commit, methods described there should work too. - Set up a TFTP server; IP address has to be 192.168.99.8/24 - Copy the firmware (initramfs-kernel) to your TFTP server directory renaming it to e.g. boot.bin - Open AP's enclosure and locate UART header (there is a video online) - Terminal connection parameters are 115200 8/N/1 - Connect TFTP server and AP via ethernet - Power up AP and cancel autoboot when prompted - Prompt shows 'ath> ' - Commands used to boot: ath> tftpboot 0x81000000 boot.bin ath> bootm 0x81000000 - Device should boot OpenWRT - IP address after boot is 192.168.1.1/24 - Connect to device via browser - Permanently flash using the web ui (flashing sysupgrade image) - (BTW: the AP55 images seem to work too, only LEDs are not working) Testing done: - To be honest: Currently not so much testing done. - Flashed onto two devices - Devices are booting - MAC addresses are correct - LEDs are working - Scanning for WLANs is working Big thanks to all the people working on this great project! (Sorry about my english, it is not my native language)

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