Linksys EA4500 v1 (Cisco)

Additional chips
2.4GHz Power Amplifier IC;Skyworks;SE2598L;SiGe, 2598L, 144ED;3;
5GHz Power Amplifier IC;Skyworks;SE2567L;SiGe, 2567L, 144ED;3;
2A, 2V non-synchronous Buck Converter;Texas Instruments;TPS54231;;1;
4.5V/18V Synchronous Step-Down Three Buck Switcher;Texas Instruments;TPS65251;;1;
4.5V/18V Synchronous Step-Down Buck Switcher;Texas Instruments;TPS54325;;1;
Precision Timer;Texas Instruments;NA555;;1;

Other

Default SSID: LinksysXXXXX (17 addl. devices)
, LinksysXXXXX_5GHz (3 addl. devices)
Default IP address: 192.168.1.1
the IP 192.168.1.1 is used by 1324 additional devices
of which 155 are Linksys devices
Default login user: admin
Default login password: admin
admin:admin credentials used by 1342 additional devices
of which 59 are Linksys devices

Manuf/OEM/ODM

Wistron NeWeb RG-WM04 .0GA

3rd Party Firmware Support

OpenWrt (unofficially) • (List)
, Debian

Retail

Availability

End of Life

End of Life date

2014

FCC approval date

02 February 2012

(Est.) release date

04 April 2012

UPC

320127559299
(UPC DB, On eBay)

ASINs

B007IL7AKM

B00DMM0O3Q

,
multiple uses

Country of manuf

China

Radio 1

Chip1

Marvell 88W8366

Wireless interface OUI

20:AA:4B, C8:D7:19, 58:6D:8F

Antenna Connector Type

U.FL

MIMO status

3x3:3

Wireless Standard

IEEE 802.11a/n

802.11n

up to 450 Mbps

802.11a

up to 54 Mbps

WiFi Operating Frequency

5 GHz

Radio 2

Chip1

Marvell 88W8366

Wireless interface OUI

20:AA:4B, C8:D7:19, 58:6D:8F

Antenna Connector Type

U.FL

MIMO status

3x3:3

Wireless Standard

IEEE 802.11b/g/n

802.11n

up to 450 Mbps

802.11g

up to 54 Mbps

802.11b

up to 11 Mbps

WiFi Operating Frequency

2.4 GHz

	CPU1 brand	Radio1 chip1 brand	Radio2 chip1 brand
Linksys EA4500 v1 (Cisco)	Marvell	Marvell	Marvell
Linksys EA4500 v2	Marvell	Marvell	Marvell
Linksys EA4500 v3	Qualcomm Atheros	Qualcomm Atheros	Atheros

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

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

• 450 Mbps - 3SS 5GHz 802.11n (40MHz chan.),

• 450 Mbps - 3SS 2.4GHz 802.11n (40MHz chan.) = AN900 class

Overview

"48RGWM04.0GA" and "Manufactured for CISCO" are silkscreened on the board.

Manufacturer changed to Wistron NeWeb instead of CyberTAN.

Wi-Fi Certified

Hardware

The hardware appears to be identical to the Linksys E4200 v2.

The processor has the following on it..

MRVL
F6W01
A1E TW
1151AA
C120

Links of Interest

Product comparison chart between EA4500 v1 and EA4500 v3

Forum threads

IPFire support removed
On DSLReports (high-res internal shots on page 3)

Images on Photobucket

On the DD-WRT forums

OUI: 20:AA:4B

Flashing

NOTE: During configuration or flashing a device, the only things that should be hooked to the device is the computer and power.

Flashing OpenWrt

On the OpenWrt ToH (techdata entry)
On the OpenWrt Wiki
OpenWrt Target: kirkwood
OpenWrt Subtarget: generic
OpenWrt Package architecture: arm_xscale
Support started version: 15.05
Current supported version: 23.05.5
Unsupported Functions:
WPA3
Comment:
Same hardware as E4200 v2

Please insert instructions here