UniElec U7628-01

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bgn (N300)
Wireless Router
Homepage Product page
3rd Party Firmware
dd-wrt Status Unknown
OpenWrt Partial Support
Tomato any flavor Incompatible
Gargoyle Status Unknown
Platform
BrandModelRev UniElec U7628-01
FCC ID none specified
Type wireless router
CPU1 checkY MediaTek MT7628AN
CPU1 Type MIPS 24KEc
CPU1 Speed 580 MHz
Flash1 Chip Brand? Model?
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)
RAM1 Chip Brand? Model?
ETH chip1 MediaTek MT7628AN
Switch MediaTek MT7628AN
Ethernet Port Count 1-100MbE-WAN
4-100MbE-LAN
Wired Standard IEEE 802.3i/3u

802dot11 OUI: none specified

Stock bootloader Breed
Expansion IF types miniPCIe, miniSIM, microSD, USB 2.0
SIM Card slot 1
Mini PCIe slots 1
USB ports 1
SD/MMC Slots 1
USB Hub Compatible Untested
Power 12 VDC, 1 A
Serial Port (UART) yes, 3.3V TTL, (57600 8N1)
Other
3rd Party Firmware Support OpenWrt • (List | Dev | DLs)
Radio 1
Chip1 MediaTek MT7628AN
Wireless interface OUI none specified
Antenna Connector Type none specified
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

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

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

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

Flashing

Flashing OpenWrt

Target: ramips
Subtarget: mt76x8
Package architecture: mipsel_24kc
Supported Since Commit
Support started version: 18.06.0
Current supported version: 25.12.2
Unsupported Functions:
microSD card reader
LAN Hardware: MediaTek MT7628AN
WLAN Hardware: MediaTek MT7628AN, 1x mini-PCIe
WLAN Comment: 2x2:2 MIMO
Installation method(s):
see git-commit
Recovery method(s):
Breed web recovery, see git-commit
Recovery Comment:
Breed web recovery, see git-commit
git • >>
ramips: add support for UniElec U7628-01
UniElec U7628-01 is a router platform board based on MediaTek MT7628AN.
The device has the following specifications:

- MT7628AN (580MHz)
- 64/128/256 MB of RAM (DDR2)
- 8/16 MB of flash (SPI NOR)
- 5x 10/100 Mbps Ethernet (MT7628 built-in switch)
- 1x 2T2R 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi (MT7628)
- 1x miniPCIe slot (with PCIe and USB 2.0 buses)
- 1x miniSIM slot
- 1x microSD slot
- 1x USB 2.0 port
- 7x single-color LEDs (GPIO-controlled)
- 1x bi-color LED (green GPIO-controlled, red -> LED_WLAN# in miniPCIe)
- 1x reset button
- 1x UART header (4-pins)
- 1x SDXC/GPIO header (10-pins, connected with microSD slot)
- 1x DC jack for main power (12 V)

The following has been tested and is working:

- Ethernet switch
- miniPCIe slot (tested with modem and Wi-Fi card)
- miniSIM slot
- sysupgrade
- reset button
- USB 2.0 port*

Due to a missing driver (MMC over GPIO) this is not supported:

- microSD card reader

* Warning:
USB buses in miniPCIe and regular A-type socket are connected together,
without any proper analog switch or USB HUB.

Installation:

This board might come with a different firmware versions (MediaTek SDK,
PandoraBox, Padavan, etc.). If your board comes with PandoraBox, you can
install LEDE using sysupgrade. Just SSH to the router and perform forced
sysupgrade (due to a board name mismatch). The default IP of this board
should be: 192.168.1.1 and username/password: root/admin. In case of a
different firmware, you can use web based recovery described below.

Use the following command to perform the sysupgrade (for the 128MB
RAM/16MB flash version):

sysupgrade -n -F lede-ramips-mt76x8-u7628-01-128M-16M-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin

Recovery:

This board contains a Chinese, closed-source bootloader called Breed
(Boot and Recovery Environment for Embedded Devices). Breed supports web
recovery and to enter it, you keep the reset button pressed for around
5 seconds during boot. Your machine will be assigned an IP through DHCP
and the router will use IP address 192.168.1.1. The recovery website is
in Chinese, but is easy to use. Click on the second item in the list to
access the recovery page, then the second item on the next page is where
you select the firmware. In order to start the recovery, you click the
button at the bottom.

SDXC/GPIO header (J3):

 1. SDXC_D3  / I2C_SCLK
 2. SDXC_D2  / I2C_SD
 3. SDXC_D1  / I2S_DI
 4. SDXC_D0  / I2S_WS
 5. SDXC_CMD / I2S_CLK
 6. SDXC_CLK / GPIO0
 7. SDXC_CD  / UART_RXD1
 8. UART_TXD1
 9. 3V3
10. GND

Other notes:

1. The board is available with different amounts of RAM and flash. We
have only added support for the 128/16 MB configuration, as that seems
to be the default. However, all the required infrastructure is in place
for making support for the other configurations easy.

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