ZyXEL LTE5398-M904

abgn+ac (AC1600)
4G LTE-A Pro Indoor IAD
Homepage	Product page
Wikipedia	ZyXEL
3rd Party Firmware
dd-wrt	Status Unknown
OpenWrt	Supported
Tomato any flavor	Incompatible
Gargoyle	Status Unknown
Platform
Brand • Model • Rev	ZyXEL LTE5398-M904
FCC ID	none specified
Type	wireless router
CPU1 Y	MediaTek MT7621AT
CPU1 Type	MIPS 1004Kc
CPU1 Speed	880 MHz ( 2 cores ) 16-bit
Flash1 Chip	Macronix MX30LF1G18AC
Flash1 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 /> (NAND)
RAM1 Size	256 MiB 268,435,456 B <br />2,097,152 Kib <br />262,144 KiB <br />2,048 Mib <br />0.25 GiB <br />
RAM1 Chip	Brand? Model?
ETH chip1	MediaTek MT7621AT
Switch	MediaTek MT7530
RJ11 Ports (VOIP/POTS)	1
Ethernet Port Count	2-1GbE-LAN
Wired Standard	IEEE 802.3i/3u/3ab
802dot11 OUI: none specified
Stock bootloader	U-Boot
Expansion IF types	micro-SIM, USB 2.0
SIM Card slot	1
USB ports	1
USB Hub Compatible	Untested
Power	12 VDC, 2 A
Connector type	barrel
Serial Port (UART)	yes, 3.3V TTL, (57600 8N1)
Flags: LTE
Other
3rd Party Firmware Support	OpenWrt • (List | Dev | DLs)
Physical
Buttons	Reset, WPS
LEDs/Color	power (G/B), internet (G), LTE (R/G/Orange), WiFi (G), voice (G)
Radio 1
Chip1	MediaTek MT7603
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 MT7615
Wireless interface OUI	none specified
Antenna Connector Type	none specified
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

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

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

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

• 1300 Mbps - 3SS 5GHz 802.11ac (80MHz chan.) = AC1600 class

Overview

ZyXEL LTE5398-M904 is a dual band 802.11ac indoor LTE/3G CPE with an FXS port.

Flashing

Flashing OpenWrt

On the OpenWrt ToH (techdata entry)
On the OpenWrt Wiki
On the OpenWrt Forum

Target: ramips
Subtarget: mt7621
Package architecture: mipsel_24kc
Supported Since Commit
Support started version: 24.10.0
Current supported version: 25.12.2

Unsupported Functions:
FXS
LAN Hardware: MediaTek MT7530
LAN Comment: LTE/3G: Quectel EG18-EA LTE-A Cat. 18
WLAN Hardware: MediaTek MT7603, MediaTek MT7615
Installation method(s):
U-Boot TFTP + serial recovery, see devicepage, see git-commit
Recovery method(s):
See forum, see git-commit

git • >>

ramips: add support for ZyXEL LTE5398-M904 ZyXEL LTE5398-M904 is a dual band 802.11ac indoor LTE/3G CPE with an FXS port. Specifications: * SoC: Mediatek MT7621AT * RAM: 256 MB * Flash: 128MB NAND (MX30LF1G18AC) * WiFi: MediaTek MT7603 2.4G + MediaTek MT7615 5G * Switch: 2 GbE ports MT7530 * LTE/3G: Quectel EG18-EA LTE-A Cat. 18 * SIM: 1 micro-SIM card slot * Buttons: Reset, WPS * LEDs: power (G/B), internet (G), LTE (R/G/Orange), WiFi (G), voice (G) * VoIP: 1 FXS RJ11 port * Power: 12V, 2A UART serial console: 57600,8N1 Unpopulated header J5: [o] GND [ ] key - no pin [o] RX [o] TX [o] 3.3V Vcc Installation: * Log in as root using ssh to 192.168.1.1 * scp OpenWrt initramfs-recovery.bin image to root@192.168.1.1:/tmp/ * Prepare bootloader config by running: nvram setro uboot DebugFlag 0x1 nvram setro uboot CheckBypass 0 nvram commit * Run "mtd_write -w write /tmp/initramfs-recovery.bin Kernel" and reboot * Wait for OpenWrt to boot and ssh to root@192.168.1.1 * Run sysupgrade with OpenWrt squashfs-sysupgrade.bin image For mode details about flashing see: 2449a63208 (ramips: mt7621: Add support for ZyXEL NR7101, 2021-04-19) Unsupported: * FXS/Voice

JTAG-Serial Info

Serial

Serial Pinouts

57600,8N1 Unpopulated header J5:

 [o] GND
 [ ] key - no pin
 [o] RX
 [o] TX
 [o] 3.3V Vcc