Linksys EA8500

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abgn+ac (AC2600)
Max-Stream™ AC2600 MU-MIMO Gigabit WiFi Router
Linksys EA8500 01.jpeg
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Platform
BrandModelRev
Linksys EA8500
FCC ID
IC ID
Board ID
EWW604-B1-L5
Type
wireless router, bridge, range extender, repeater
CPU1
Qualcomm IPQ8064
CPU1 Type
ARM v7-A
CPU1 Speed
1.4 GHz ( 2 cores )
Flash1 Chip
Spansion S34ML01G100TFI00
Flash1 Size
128 MiB134,217,728 B <br />1,048,576 Kib <br />131,072 KiB <br />1,024 Mib <br />0.125 GiB <br />
RAM1 Size
512 MiB536,870,912 B <br />4,194,304 Kib <br />524,288 KiB <br />4,096 Mib <br />0.5 GiB <br />
RAM1 Chip
Samsung K4B2G1646Q-BCK0 x 2
ETH chip1
Qualcomm IPQ8064
Switch
Qualcomm Atheros QCA8337
Ethernet Port Count
1-1GbE-WAN
4-1GbE-LAN
Wired Standard
IEEE 802.3i/3u/3ab

802dot11 OUI: 14:91:82 (3 E, 4 W)
Ethernet OUI: 14:91:82 (3 E, 4 W)

Expansion IF types
USB 2.0 / eSATA (combo port), USB 3.0
USB ports
2
eSATA Ports
1
USB Hub Compatible
Untested
Power
12 VDC, 3.5 A
Connector type
barrel
Serial Port (UART)
yes, internal, population varies, (115200 8N1)
Flags:
Wave2, MU-MIMO

Additional chips
2.4GHz Power Amplifier Module;Skyworks;SE2623L;;4;
5GHz Power Amplifier Module;Skyworks;SKY85405;;4;

Other

Default SSID: LinksysXXXXX (16 addl. devices)
, LinksysXXXXX_5GHz (3 addl. devices)
Default login user: blank
Default login password: admin
blank:admin credentials used by 267 additional devices
of which 134 are Linksys devices

Manuf/OEM/ODM
CyberTAN EWW604 -B1L5 205 (XC)
3rd Party Firmware Support
DD-WRT • (List)
, LEDE Project (obsolete, OpenWrt) • (List)
, OpenWrt • (List | Dev | DLs)
Retail
FCC approval date 10 April 2015
(Est.) release date 23 April 2015
ASIN B00UVN21DK Flag of the United States.svg
Country of manuf China
Radio 1
Chip1
Qualcomm Atheros QCA9980
Wireless interface OUI
14:91:82
Antenna Connector Type
U.FL
MIMO status
4x4:4
Wireless Standard
IEEE 802.11a/n/ac
802.11ac
up to 1733 Mbps
N-QAM
up to 800 Mbps
802.11n
up to 450 Mbps
802.11a
up to 54 Mbps
WiFi Operating Frequency
5 GHz
Radio 2
Chip1
Qualcomm Atheros QCA9980
Wireless interface OUI
14:91:82
Antenna Connector Type
U.FL
MIMO status
4x4:4
Wireless Standard
IEEE 802.11b/g/n
N-QAM
up to 800 Mbps
802.11n
up to 450 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 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 Linksys device with specifications, see Linksys.

1733 Mbps - 4SS 5GHz 802.11ac (80MHz chan.),
800 Mbps - 4SS 2.4GHz 802.11n (40MHz chan., 256-QAM) = AC2600 class


Overview

"EWW604-B1-L5 REV:205 (XC)" is silkscreened on the board in the photos.

CyberTAN EWW604 manuf.

"EWW604-B1-L5 REV:305 (XD)" is silkscreened on one newer revision unit.

Newer revision units omit a populated serial header and likely have newer firmware (which locks out flashing third-party firmware), necessitating flashing via manual TFTP in U-Boot (see here). According to the Product comparison chart of the EA7500, EA8500, E8350 and E8400

from Linksys, the E8500 supports wireless bridge and wireless repeater modes.

Wi-Fi Certified : WFA59270 (as of 04/14/2015)

See also: CyberTAN and Linksys EA7300


This device was under short-term confidentiality, but that expired 10/06/2015 ⚠.

Links of Interest

Reviews

Forum threads

Flashing

Flashing dd-wrt

Supported by dd-wrt as of = ea8500- build 28846 20160116

Install Guide

Please insert instructions here

Flashing OpenWrt

On the OpenWrt ToH (techdata entry)
On the OpenWrt Wiki
On the OpenWrt Forum
Support started version: 17.01.0
Current supported version: 23.05.0

Please insert instructions here

See also

List of Four Stream Hardware