ZyXEL EX5601-T1

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abgn+ac+ax (AX60002R)
Dual-Band Wireless AX6000 2.5G Ethernet IAD/Gateway
Homepage	Product page
Wikipedia	ZyXEL
3rd Party Firmware
dd-wrt	Status Unknown
OpenWrt	Partial Support
Tomato any flavor	Incompatible
Gargoyle	Status Unknown
Platform
Brand • Model • Rev	ZyXEL EX5601-T1
FCC ID	none specified
Type	wireless router, dsl modem
CPU1	MediaTek MT7986A
CPU1 Type	ARM Cortex-A53
CPU1 Speed	2.0 GHz ( 4 cores )
Flash1 Chip	Micron Model?
Flash1 Size	512 MiB536,870,912 B <br />4,194,304 Kib <br />524,288 KiB <br />4,096 Mib <br />0.5 GiB <br /> (NAND)
RAM1 Size	1 GiB 1,024 MiB <br />1,073,741,824 B <br />8,388,608 Kib <br />1,048,576 KiB <br />8,192 Mib <br /> (DDR4)
RAM1 Chip	Brand? Model?
ETH chip1	MediaTek MT7986A
ETH chip2	MaxLinear GPY211B
ETH chip3	MaxLinear GPY211B
Switch	MediaTek MT7531
Ethernet Port Count	1-2.5GbE-WAN 1-2.5GbE x 3-1GbE-LAN
Wired Standard	IEEE 802.3i/3u/3ab/3bz
802dot11 OUI: none specified
Stock bootloader	U-Boot
Expansion IF types	USB 3.0
USB ports	1
USB Hub Compatible	Untested
Power	12 VDC, ? A
Serial Port (UART)	yes, 3.3, 115200 / 8N1
JTAG Port	no
Flags: Wifi6, VDSL2
Other
3rd Party Firmware Support	OpenWrt • (List | Dev | DLs)
Radio 1
Chip1	MediaTek MT7976
Wireless interface OUI	none specified
Antenna Connector Type	none specified
MIMO status	4x4:4
Wireless Standard	IEEE 802.11b/g/n/ax
802.11ax	up to 1148 Mbps
802.11n	up to 600 Mbps
802.11g	up to 54 Mbps
802.11b	up to 11 Mbps
WiFi Operating Frequency	2.4 GHz
Radio 2
Chip1	MediaTek MT7976
Wireless interface OUI	none specified
Antenna Connector Type	none specified
MIMO status	4x4:4
Wireless Standard	IEEE 802.11a/n/ac/ax
AX-QAM	up to 4804 Mbps
802.11ax	up to 2402 Mbps
802.11ac	up to 1733 Mbps
802.11n	up to 600 Mbps
802.11a	up to 54 Mbps
WiFi Operating Frequency	5 GHz
CPU1 brand Radio1 chip1 brand Radio2 chip1 brand ZyXEL EX5601-T0 MediaTek MediaTek MediaTek ZyXEL EX5601-T1 MediaTek MediaTek MediaTek

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

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

• 4804 Mbps - 4SS 5GHz 802.11ax (160MHz chan., 1024-QAM),

• 1148 Mbps - 4SS 2.4GHz 802.11ax (40MHz chan., 256-QAM) = AX6000 class

Flashing

Flashing OpenWrt

On the OpenWrt ToH (techdata entry)
OpenWrt Target: mediatek
OpenWrt Subtarget: filogic
OpenWrt Package architecture: aarch64_cortex-a53
Support started version: 23.05.0
Current supported version: 23.05.5
Unsupported Functions:
Voip (missing drivers or proper Zyxel platform software)
Comment:
Closely related device EX5601-T0 (https://openwrt.org/toh/hwdata/zyxel/zyxel_ex5601-t0)

The 2x 2.5Gbit ports should not be used for the flashing procedure. Once OpenWRT has been properly installed on the flash, you'll be able to use the 2.5Gbit ports as you wish.

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