Netgear R6800

abgn+ac (AC1900)
AC1900 Dual Band Gigabit WiFi Router
Support	Support page
Wikipedia	Netgear
3rd Party Firmware
dd-wrt	Status Unknown
OpenWrt	Supported
Tomato any flavor	Incompatible
Gargoyle	Status Unknown
Platform
Brand • Model • Rev	Netgear R6800
FCC ID	PY316200344
Board ID	BZV00C-1.6MM
Type	wireless router
CPU1	MediaTek MT7621AT
CPU1 Type	MIPS 1004Kc
CPU1 Speed	880 MHz ( 2 cores ) 16-bit
Flash1 Chip	Macronix MX30UF1G18AC-TI
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	256 MiB268,435,456 B <br />2,097,152 Kib <br />262,144 KiB <br />2,048 Mib <br />0.25 GiB <br />
RAM1 Chip	Nanya NT5CC128M16IP-DI
ETH chip1	MediaTek MT7621AT
Switch	MediaTek MT7621AT
Ethernet Port Count	1-1GbE-WAN 4-1GbE-LAN
Wired Standard	IEEE 802.3i/3u/3ab
802dot11 OUI: none specified
Stock bootloader	U-Boot 1.1.3 Ralink UBoot Version: 4.3.0.0
Stock FW OS	Linux 2.6.36
Expansion IF types	USB 3.0, USB 2.0
USB ports	2
USB Hub Compatible	Untested
Power	12 VDC, 2.5 A
Connector type	barrel
Serial Port (UART)	yes, 4-pin header, JP1
Flags: 256QAM, DFS (master)
Additional chips 5GHz RF Front End Module;Qorvo;QPF4519;Q, QPF4519, 58CW;4;
Other
Default IP address: 192.168.1.1 the IP 192.168.1.1 is used by 1324 additional devices of which 107 are Netgear devices Default login user: admin Default login password: password admin:password credentials used by 425 additional devices of which 306 are Netgear devices
Manuf/OEM/ODM	SerComm
3rd Party Firmware Support	OpenWrt • (List | Dev | DLs)
Retail
Availability	Europe
FCC approval date	12 January 2017
(Est.) release date	July 2017
ASINs	B06Y48QYCH B06Y3T4CR5
Country of manuf	China
Radio 1
Chip1	MediaTek MT7615N
Wireless interface OUI	none specified
Antenna Connector Type	U.FL, RP-SMA
MIMO status	4x4:3
Wireless Standard	IEEE 802.11b/g/n
N-QAM	up to 600 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
Radio 2
Chip1	MediaTek MT7615N
Wireless interface OUI	none specified
Antenna Connector Type	U.FL, RP-SMA
MIMO status	4x4:3
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
FCC ID Netgear Nighthawk AC2100 PY316200344 Netgear Nighthawk AC2400 PY316200344 Netgear R6700 v2 PY316200344 Netgear R6900v2 PY316200344 Netgear R7450 PY316200344

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

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

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

• 600 Mbps - 3SS 2.4GHz 802.11n (40MHz chan., 256-QAM) = AC1900 class

Overview

"BZV00C-1.6MM" and "1706" is silkscreened on the board.

OEM: SerComm

This device was under short-term confidentiality, but that expired 7/11/2017 ⚠.

DFS support was added in a C2PC request to the FCC on 10/30/2017.

Links of Interest

Forum threads

• Netgear R6800 Nighthawk on OpenITforum
• Netgear R6800 on KoolShare forums (PCB images)

Flashing OpenWrt

On the OpenWrt ToH (techdata entry)
On the OpenWrt Wiki
On the OpenWrt Forum
OpenWrt Target: ramips
OpenWrt Subtarget: mt7621
OpenWrt Package architecture: mipsel_24kc
Support started version: 21.02.0
Current supported version: 23.05.5
Comment:
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Pictures

• Gallery on OpenITforum