BT Home Hub 5A

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BT Home Hub 5 (Type A)
Support	Support page
WikiDevi.wi-cat.ru	BT Home Hub 5A
3rd Party Firmware
dd-wrt	Status Unknown
OpenWrt	Supported
Tomato any flavor	Incompatible
Gargoyle	Status Unknown
Platform
Brand • Model • Rev	BT Home Hub 5 A
Serial number prefix	068343
FCC ID	none specified
Type	CPE, wireless router, dsl modem
CPU1	Lantiq (Intel) PSB 80910
CPU1 Type	MIPS 34Kc
CPU1 Speed	500 MHz
Flash1 Chip	Samsung K9F1G08U0D-BIB0
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 /> (NAND)
RAM1 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 Chip	Samsung K4T1G164QF-BCF7
ETH chip1	Lantiq (Intel) PSB 80910
ETH chip2	Lantiq PEF 7071V
ETH chip3	Lantiq PEF 7071V
Switch	Lantiq (Intel) PSB 80910
Ethernet Port Count	1-WAN 4-1GbE-LAN
Wired Standard	IEEE 802.3i/3u/3ab
802dot11 OUI: 00:37:B7, 00:33:BB, 00:62:2C Ethernet OUI: 00:37:B7, 00:33:BB, 00:62:2C
Stock bootloader	U-Boot
Stock FW OS	Linux 2.6
Expansion IF types	USB 2.0
USB ports	1
USB Hub Compatible	Untested
Power	12 VDC, 1.5 A
Connector type	barrel 6.3 mm (OD) 3.0 mm (ID) 12 mm (LEN)
Flags: VDSL2
Additional chips 5GHz Power Amplifier IC;Skyworks;SE5003L1;;3; 2.4GHz Power Amplifier IC;Microchip;SST12LP15A;;1; ADSL2+ AFE/LD;Lantiq;PSB 80190;XWAY, VRX208, PSB 80190, V, V1.1;;1;
Other
Default SSID: BTHub5-XXXX (1 addl. devices) Default IP address: 192.168.1.254 the IP 192.168.1.254 is used by 157 additional devices of which 4 are BT devices Default login user: admin Default login password: randomly generated admin:randomly generated credentials used by 28 additional devices of which 4 are BT devices
Manuf/OEM/ODM	Askey RTV7505W -D18 (rev 4.10)
3rd Party Firmware Support	OpenWrt • (List | Dev | DLs)
Retail
Availability	common
(Est.) release date	October 2013
(Est.) initial retail price (in USD):	$210
ASIN	B00GJ0UBHC
Country of manuf	China
Radio 1
Chip1	Atheros AR9227
Wireless interface OUI	00:37:B7, 00:33:BB, 00:62:2C
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	Qualcomm Atheros QCA9880-BR4A
Wireless interface OUI	00:37:B7, 00:33:BB, 00:62:2C
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
CPU1 brand Radio1 chip1 brand Radio2 chip1 brand BT Home Hub 1.0 Broadcom Broadcom BT Home Hub 1.5 Broadcom Broadcom BT Home Hub 2.0A Broadcom Broadcom BT Home Hub 2.0B Lantiq Atheros BT Home Hub 3.0A Lantiq Atheros BT Home Hub 3.0B Broadcom Broadcom BT Home Hub 4A Lantiq Lantiq Lantiq BT Home Hub 5A Lantiq (Intel) Atheros Qualcomm Atheros BT Home Hub 5B Broadcom Broadcom Broadcom

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

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

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

• 300 Mbps - 2SS 2.4GHz 802.11n (40MHz chan.) = AC1600 class

Overview

• On the BT Shop
• GPL Code for the Home Hub 5 (and other Home Hub models)

The Home Hub 5 is a simultaneous dual-band wireless-AC CPE with an

integrated VDSL2 modem, a GbE WAN port, and four GbE LAN ports.

"RTV7505W-D18 (ROHS) REV:4.10" is silkscreened on the board in the images.

HannStar seems to be the PCB manufacturer.

Plusnet started shipping an (internally) identical unit in a white case branded

as the "Plusnet Hub One" to fibre customers in November 2015.

BT Home Hub

• BT Home Hub 5 (Type A) - CPU: Lantiq PSB 80910 (XWAY VRX268)
• BT Home Hub 5 (Type B) - CPU: Broadcom BCM63268 @400MHz

Power consumption

Model		BT Home Hub 5A	BT Home Hub 5B
In operation		9.2W		14.0W
Idle			6.3W		7.2W
Standby mode		0.2W		0.1W

Specifications

SoC

• SoC: Lantiq XWAY VRX268 (PSB 80910 EL V1.2) MIPS 34Kc

Per the VRX268 product brief, the VRX268 SoC has an internal GbE switch

w/ two internal Ethernet PHYs (each functioning as either a single GbE PHY

or dual FE PHY) and support for three external PHYs via MII/RMII/RGMII.

This unit is using three external GbE PHYs (PEF 7071V)

and the two internal GbE PHYs with the in-SoC switch.

The CPU/SoC and both wireless chips are all supported by OpenWrt.

Wireless

The wireless radios used are the following...

• Atheros AR9227 - 2T2R 2.4GHz, 802.11bgn (300Mbps)

w/ 2x Microchip SST12LP15A - High Power 2.4GHz Power Amplifiers

2x internal antnenae, inline Hirose switching coaxial RF test connectors

• Qualcomm Atheros QCA9880 - 3T3R 5GHz, 802.11ac (1.3Gbps)/n (450Mbps)

w/ 3x Skyworks SE5003L1 - High Power 5GHz Power Amplifiers

3x internal antnenae, inline Hirose switching coaxial RF test connectors.

The device has surprisingly long range at 5GHz thanks to the SE5003L1

high-power amplifiers/front-ends.

Links of Interest

Wikis

• BT Home Hub on Wikipedia
• BT Home Hub 5A on OpenWrt wiki

Forum threads

• Event log dump indicating usage of at least one QCA radio
• OpenWRTLEDE Installation instructions for Home Hub 5A
• Serial pin output on openwrt.ebilan.co.uk
• How to enable SSH on Home Hub 5A BT stock firmware

Other

• BT reveals Home Hub 5 with ac Wi-Fi on bit-tech.net
• BT Home Hub 5 hands-on: Making BT Infinity even better on Pocket-lint

Images

• PCB Photos on OpenWrt wiki
• PCB photos

Flashing

Flashing OpenWrt

On the OpenWrt ToH (techdata entry)
On the OpenWrt Wiki
OpenWrt Target: lantiq
OpenWrt Subtarget: xrx200
OpenWrt Package architecture: mips_24kc
Support started version: 17.01.0
Current supported version: 23.05.5

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