ZyXEL SCR50AXE

abgn+ac+ax (AXE5400)
AXE5400 WiFi 6E Security Router
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 SCR50AXE
FCC ID	I8803891
Type	wireless router
CPU1 Y	Qualcomm IPQ5018
CPU1 Type	ARM Cortex-A53
CPU1 Speed	1.0 GHz ( 2 cores )
Flash1 Chip	Winbond W25N02KWZEIR
Flash1 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 /> (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 /> (DDR3)
RAM1 Chip	Brand? Model?
ETH chip1	Qualcomm IPQ5018
Switch	Qualcomm Atheros QCA8337
Ethernet Port Count	1-1GbE-WAN 4-1GbE-LAN
Wired Standard	IEEE 802.3i/3u/3ab
802dot11 OUI: none specified
Stock bootloader	U-Boot
Expansion IF types	none specified
Power	12 VDC, 2 A
Connector type	barrel
Serial Port (UART)	yes, 3.3V TTL, (115200 8N1)
Other
3rd Party Firmware Support	OpenWrt • (List | Dev | DLs)
Radio 1
Chip1	Qualcomm IPQ5018
Wireless interface OUI	none specified
Antenna Connector Type	none specified
MIMO status	2x2:2
Wireless Standard	IEEE 802.11b/g/n/ax
802.11ax	up to 574 Mbps
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	Qualcomm QCN6102
Wireless interface OUI	none specified
Antenna Connector Type	none specified
MIMO status	2x2:2
Wireless Standard	IEEE 802.11a/n/ac/ax
AX-QAM	up to 2402 Mbps
802.11ax	up to 1201 Mbps
802.11ac	up to 867 Mbps
802.11n	up to 300 Mbps
802.11a	up to 54 Mbps
WiFi Operating Frequency	5 GHz
Radio 3
Chip1	Qualcomm QCN6122
Wireless interface OUI	none specified
Antenna Connector Type	none specified
MIMO status	2x2:2
Wireless Standard	IEEE 802.11ax
AX-QAM	up to 2402 Mbps
802.11ax	up to 1201 Mbps
WiFi Operating Frequency	6 GHz

For a list of all currently documented Qualcomm chipsets with specifications, see Qualcomm.
For a list of all currently documented Qualcomm Atheros (QCA) chipsets with specifications, see Qualcomm Atheros.

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

• 574 Mbps - 2SS 2.4GHz 802.11ax (40MHz chan., 256QAM),

• 2402 Mbps - 2SS 5GHz 802.11ax (160MHz chan.),

• 2402 Mbps - 2SS 6GHz 802.11ax (160MHz chan.) = AXE5400 class

Flashing

Flashing OpenWrt

On the OpenWrt ToH (techdata entry)

Target: qualcommax
Subtarget: ipq50xx
Package architecture: aarch64_cortex-a53
Supported Since Commit
Support started version: 25.12.0
Current supported version: 25.12.2

LAN Hardware: Qualcomm Atheros QCA8337
WLAN Hardware: Qualcomm IPQ5018 / Qualcomm QCN6102 / Qualcomm QCN6122
WLAN Comment: 2.4GHz: 2x2:2 MIMO, 5GHz: 2x2:2 MIMO, 6GHz: 2x2:2 MIMO
Installation method(s):
see git-commit
Recovery method(s):
see git-commit

git • >>

qualcommax: ipq50xx: Add support for Zyxel SCR50AXE This is tri-band WiFi6E capable router. Also Zyxel Nebula managed so no real local GUI. To open device 4 screws must be located uder the label. Four latches are on front and two on each side. Better start from ethernet port side where 3 small latches are easy to handle. FCC shows It's identical to WSQ65 sold as Zyxel Multy M6E but that's nowhare to be found yet. WSQ65 is not covered by this PR Speficiations: * SoC: Qualcomm IPQ5018 * RAM: 1GB DDR3 * Flash: Winbond W25N02KWZEIR 256MB * UART: PCB "J3" is located left from front LED strip (VCC/TX/RX/ /GND) 3.3V 115200n8 * Wi-Fi1: IPQ5018 (2x2 2.4 Ghz 802.11b/g/n/ax) * Wi-Fi2: QCN6102 (2x2:2 5 Ghz 802.11an/ac/ax) * Wi-Fi3: QCN6122 (2x2:2 6 Ghz 802.11an/ac/ax) * Ethernet: QCA8337 4xLAN 1Gbit / 1xWAN 1Gbit * Buttons: WPS , Reset * LEDs: 13 in total RGB power, RGB wan, RGB status (cloud), RGB wifi, Green wps * FCCID: I8803891 *Flash Instructions starts with getting root: connect uart to J3 connector next to the front LEDs go to failsafe when this shows up in log: "Press the [f] key and hit [enter] to enter failsafe mode" execute: mount_root passwd -d root reboot logon as root: look for 'Please press Enter to activate this console.' login is root password is empty execute: fw_setenv DebugFlag=0x1 fw_setenv bootdelay=0x2 passwd -d root backup ubi partition "rootfs" into safe space reboot *OpenWrt installation stop uboot and execute: setenv ipaddr 192.168.1.1 setenv serverip 192.168.1.10 tftpboot *-factory.ubi flash rootfs reset or: tftpboot *-initramfs-uImage.itb bootm use sysupgrade as usual *restore OEM from backup stop uboot and execute: setenv ipaddr 192.168.1.1 setenv serverip 192.168.1.10 tftpboot *-initramfs-uImage.itb bootm transfer rootfs.bin backup and execute: ubiformat /dev/mtd16 -y -f /tmp/rootfs.bin