WAVLINK WL-WN579X3-WI-US

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abgn+ac (AC1200)
AERIAL X - AC1200 High Power Dual Band Wi-Fi Range Extender
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3rd Party Firmware
dd-wrt Status Unknown
OpenWrt Supported
Tomato any flavor Incompatible
Gargoyle Status Unknown
Platform
Brand • Model • Rev WAVLINK WL-WN579X3-WI-US
FCC ID none specified
Type repeater, range extender
CPU1 checkY MediaTek MT7620A
CPU1 Type MIPS 24KEc
CPU1 Speed 580 MHz 32-bit
Flash1 Chip Brand? Model?
Flash1 Size 8 MiB 8,388,608 B <br />65,536 Kib <br />8,192 KiB <br />64 Mib <br />0.00781 GiB <br /> (SPI)
RAM1 Size 64 MiB 67,108,864 B <br />524,288 Kib <br />65,536 KiB <br />512 Mib <br />0.0625 GiB <br /> (DDR2 SDRAM)
RAM1 Chip Brand? Model?
ETH chip1 MediaTek MT7620A
ETH chip2 Realtek RTL8211F
Ethernet Port Count 1-1GbE-WAN
1-1GbE-LAN
Wired Standard IEEE 802.3i/3u/3ab

802dot11 OUI: none specified

Stock bootloader U-Boot
Expansion IF types none specified
Power 5 VDC, 2 A
Serial Port (UART) yes, 3.3V TTL, (57600 8N1)
Other
3rd Party Firmware Support OpenWrt • (List | Dev | DLs)
Retail
(Est.) release date 19 March 2019
Newegg 9SIA6PF7AK3743
ASIN B07JLHYBBT
Country of manuf China
Radio 1
Chip1 MediaTek MT7620A
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
Radio 2
Chip1 MediaTek MT7612EN
Wireless interface OUI none specified
Antenna Connector Type none specified
MIMO status 2x2:2
Wireless Standard IEEE 802.11a/n/ac
802.11ac up to 867 Mbps
802.11n up to 300 Mbps
802.11a up to 54 Mbps
WiFi Operating Frequency 5 GHz

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

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

• 300 Mbps - 2SS 2.4GHz 802.11n (40MHz chan.),
• 867 Mbps - 2SS 5GHz 802.11ac (80MHz chan.) = AC1200 class

Overview

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Model: WN579X3 
Ports: 1x 10/100/1000Mbps 
LAN: 1x 10/100/1000Mbps WAN/LAN 

Buttons: 1x Reset button
1x Power On/Off button 
1x WPS button 
1x Mode Switch button 

LED: 1x WPS, 1x LED Indicator, 
1x WiFi, 1x LAN, 1x WAN, 1x Power 

Flash: 64Mb 
SDRAM: 512Mb 

Power Supply: DC 5V/2A Rated Voltage / 
Frequency input: 100-240 VAC 50/60Hz

DIMENSIONS
Unit Dimensions: 113mm x 63mm x 32mm (L x W x H)

WIRELESS
Standard: IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n/ac 
Speed: IEEE 802.11ac: up to 867Mbps 
IEEE 802.11n: up to 300Mbps 
IEEE 802.11g: 54Mbps 
IEEE 802.11b: 11Mbps 
IEEE 802.11a: up to 54Mbps 

Frequency Band: 5GHz, 2.4GHz 
Wireless Security: WPA-PSK/ WPA2-PSK encryption 

Antennas: 
2x 5GHz 5dBi Omni Antennas 
2x 2.4GHz 5dBi Omni Antennas

PACKAGE: In The Box 
1x WiFi AP/Range Extender/Router 
1x RJ45 Ethernet Cable 
1x Quick Guide

Links of Interest

Flashing

Flashing OpenWrt

Target: ramips
Subtarget: mt7620
Package architecture: mipsel_24kc
Supported Since Commit
Support started version: 22.03.0
Current supported version: fix
LAN Hardware: MediaTek MT7620A
LAN Comment: Realtek RTL8211F Phy for GbE
WLAN Hardware: MediaTek MT7620A, MediaTek MT7612EN
Installation method(s):
see git-commit
Recovery method(s):
U-Boot TFTP + serial recovery, see git-commit
git • >> 
ramips: add support for the Wavlink WL-WN579X3
About the device
----------------

SoC: MediaTek MT7620a @ 580MHz
RAM: 64M
FLASH: 8MB
WiFi: SoC-integrated: MediaTek MT7620a bgn
WiFi: MediaTek MT7612EN nac
GbE: 2x (RTL8211F)
BTN: - WPS
- Reset
- Router/Repeater/AP (3-way slide-switch)
LED: - WPS (blue)
- 3-segment Wifi signal representation (blue)
- WiFi (blue)
- WAN (blue)
- LAN (blue)
- Power (blue)
UART: UART is present as Pads with through-holes on the PCB. They are
located next to the reset button and are labelled Vcc/TX/RX/GND as
appropriate. Use 3.3V, 57600-8N1.

Installation
------------

Using the webcmd interface
--------------------------

Warning: Do not update to the latest Wavlink firmware (version
20201201) as this removes the webcmd console and you will need to
use the serial port instead.

You will need to have built uboot/sqauashfs image for this device,
and you will need to provide an HTTP service where the image can
be downloaded from that is accessible by the device.
You cannot use the device manufacturers firmware upgrade interface
as it rejects the OpenWrt image.

1. Log into the device's admin portal. This is necessary to
   authenticate you as a user in order to be able to access the
   webcmd interface.
2. Navigate to http://<device-ip>/webcmd.shtml - you can access
   the console directly through this page, or you may wish to
   launch the installed `telnetd` and use telnet instead.
   * Using telnet is recommended since it provides a more
     convenient shell interface that the web form.
   * Launch telnetd from the form with the command `telnetd`.
   * Check the port that telnetd is running on using
     `netstat -antp|grep telnetd`, it is likely to be 2323.
   * Connect to the target using `telnet`. The username should
     be `admin2860`, and the password is your admin password.
3. On the target use `curl` to download the image.
   e.g.  `curl -L -O http://<some-other-lan-ip>/openwrt-ramips-mt7620-\
          wavlink_wl-wn579x3-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin`.
   Check the hash using `md5sum`.
4. Use the mtd_write command to flash the image.
   * The flash partition should be mtd4, but check
     /sys/class/mtd/mtd4/name first. The partition should be
     called 'Kernel'.
   * To flash use the following command:
     `mtd_write -r -e /dev/mtd<n> write <image-file> /dev/mtd<n>`
     Where mtd<n> is the Kernel partition, and <image-file> is
     the OpenWrt image previously downloaded.
   * The command above will erase, flash and then reboot the
     device. Once it reboots it will be running OpenWrt.

Connect via ssh to the device at 192.168.1.1 on the LAN port.
The WAN port will be configured via DHCP.

Using the serial port
---------------------

The device uses uboot like many other MT7260a based boards. To
use this interface, you will need to connect to the serial
interface, and provide a TFTP server. At boot follow the
bootloader menu and select option 2 to erase/flash the image.
Provide the address and filename details for the tftp server.
The bootloader will do the rest.

Once the image is flashed, the board will boot into OpenWrt. The
console is available over the serial port.

Signed-off-by: Ben Gainey
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