Tenda AC18

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abgn+ac (AC1900)
AC1900 Smart Dual-Band Gigabit WiFi Router
Tenda-ac18-01.jpg
Homepage Product page
WikiDevi.wi-cat.ru Tenda AC18
3rd Party Firmware
dd-wrt Status Unknown
OpenWrt Status Unknown
Tomato any flavor Supported
Gargoyle Status Unknown
Platform
BrandModelRev Tenda AC18
FCC ID V7TAC18
IC ID 9034A-AC18
Type wireless router
CPU1 checkY Broadcom BCM4708A0
CPU1 Type ARM Cortex-A9
CPU1 Speed 800 MHz ( 2 cores )
Flash1 Chip Winbond W29N01GVSCAA
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 256 MiB268,435,456 B <br />2,097,152 Kib <br />262,144 KiB <br />2,048 Mib <br />0.25 GiB <br />
RAM1 Chip Nanya NT5CB128M16FP
ETH chip1 Broadcom BCM4708A0
Switch Broadcom BCM4708A0
Ethernet Port Count 1-1GbE-WAN
4-1GbE-LAN
Wired Standard IEEE 802.3i/3u/3ab

802dot11 OUI: none specified

Expansion IF types USB 3.0
USB ports 1
USB Hub Compatible Untested
Power 12 VDC, 2.5 A
Connector type barrel
Serial Port (UART) yes, 4-pin header

Additional chips
2.4GHz Power Amplifier IC;Richwave;RTC6649E;454, 649E, 616;3;
5GHz WLAN Front End Module;Skyworks;SKY85710-11;;3;

Other

Default SSID: Tenda_XXXXXX (26 addl. devices)
, Tenda_XXXXXX_5G (1 addl. devices)
Default IP address: 192.168.0.1
the IP 192.168.0.1 is used by 818 additional devices
of which 58 are Tenda devices

Manuf/OEM/ODM Tenda
3rd Party Firmware Support AsusWRT-Merlin • (Wiki | List)
, FreshTomato • (List | DLs)
Retail
FCC approval date 13 September 2016
UPC 885397270782
(UPC DB, On eBay)
EAN B01N6ETMVT
(UPC DB, On eBay)
Country of manuf China
Radio 1
Chip1 Broadcom BCM4360
Wireless interface OUI none specified
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 40
Radio 2
Chip1 Broadcom BCM4360
Wireless interface OUI none specified
Antenna Connector Type U.FL
MIMO status 3x3:3
Wireless Standard IEEE 802.11a/n/ac
802.11ac up to 1300 Mbps
802.11n up to 450 Mbps
802.11a up to 54 Mbps
WiFi Operating Frequency 5 GHz
Radio cor_rev 40

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

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

1300 Mbps - 3SS 5GHz 802.11ac (80MHz chan.),
600 Mbps - 3SS 2.4GHz 802.11n (40MHz chan., 256-QAM) = AC1900 class

Overview

FCC ID: V7TAC18 (FCC Doc)

Links of Interest

Reviews

Flashing

Flashing Tomato

Joe A

I'm pretty sure the upgrade function won't work from Merlin. This is what worked on my AC18:

  1. Download Fresh tomato for Tenda AC18
  2. Connect your laptop using network cable to the AC18 LAN port two.
  3. fix your IP address to 192.168.0.10 netmask 255.255.255.0
  4. On your laptop ping 192.168.0.1 -t continuously
  5. insert a paper clip into reset hole, hold on to it, and power on AC18
  6. once there is a response from the ping, release the paper clip
  7. on your computer, bring up firefox and access 192.168.0.1
  8. From the firefox browser upload the firmware
  9. A message will be shown on the firefox browser when it is completed. *Wait 12 minutes* after webpage shows complete.
  10. Power off the AC18 and repeat step 4, 5, 6, 7
  11. This time, select restore default nvram values
  12. Once it is done, AC18 will reboot again and it is ready for use.
  13. Change your laptop's IP address to DHCP.
  14. This time, the IP address of the router is changed to 192.168.1.1 and you can start the set up using firefox

I've run several experimental firmware changes on my AC18 (even a botched DD-WRT attempt) and these instructions always get me back although, as they say, your mileage may vary.

See also

CPU: Broadcom BCM53573B0 (WiSoC), BCM43217, RAM: 64MB
CPU: Broadcom BCM47189B0 (WiSoC), BCM43217, BCM53125S