Sophos AP55

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Sophos AP 55 Access Point
WikiDevi.wi-cat.ru	Sophos AP 55
3rd Party Firmware
dd-wrt	Status Unknown
OpenWrt	Supported
Tomato any flavor	Incompatible
Gargoyle	Status Unknown
Platform
Brand • Model • Rev	Sophos AP55 Rev. 1
FCC ID	2ACTO-AP55
Board ID	BP ML E186014
Type	enterprise access point
CPU1	Qualcomm Atheros QCA9558
CPU1 Type	MIPS 74Kc
CPU1 Speed	720 MHz
Flash1 Chip	Macronix MX25L12835FMI-10G
Flash1 Size	16 MiB16,777,216 B <br />131,072 Kib <br />16,384 KiB <br />128 Mib <br />0.0156 GiB <br />
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	Winbond W9751G6KB25I x 2
ETH chip1	Qualcomm Atheros QCA9558
ETH chip2	Atheros AR8035-A
Ethernet Port Count	1-1GbE-LAN
Wired Standard	IEEE 802.3/3u/3ab
802dot11 OUI: 00:1A:8C (14 E, 4 W) Ethernet OUI: 00:1A:8C (14 E, 4 W)
Stock bootloader	U-Boot 1.1.4
Stock FW OS	Linux 3.8.11 OpenWrt
Expansion IF types	USB 2.0
USB ports	1
USB Hub Compatible	Untested
PoE	802.3at, 802.3af, standard
Power	12 VDC, 4 A
Connector type	barrel 5.5 mm (OD) 2.1 mm (ID) 9.5 mm (LEN)
Serial Port (UART)	yes, RJ45 console, (115200 8N1)
JTAG Port	yes, 14-pin header, populated, J1
Flags: PoE in, external antennas
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Other
3rd Party Firmware Support	OpenWrt • (List | Dev | DLs)
Retail
Availability	End of Life
End of Life date	31 December 2023
FCC approval date	24 February 2015
Radio 1
Chip1	Qualcomm Atheros QCA9558
Wireless interface OUI	00:1A:8C
Antenna Connector Type	U.FL, RP-SMA
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
Radio2 module	unknown
Radio2 module IF	PCIe
Chip1	Qualcomm Atheros QCA9880
Wireless interface OUI	00:1A:8C
Antenna Connector Type	U.FL, RP-SMA
MIMO status	2x2:2
Wireless Standard	IEEE 802.11a/n/ac
802.11ac	up to 867 Mbps
802.11n	up to 300 Mbps
802.11a	up to 54 Mbps
WiFi Operating Frequency	5 GHz
CPU1 brand Radio1 chip1 brand Radio2 chip1 brand Sophos AP55 Qualcomm Atheros Qualcomm Atheros Qualcomm Atheros Sophos AP55C Rev 1 Qualcomm Atheros Qualcomm Atheros Qualcomm Atheros

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

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

• 867 Mbps - 2SS 5GHz 802.11ac (80MHz chan.),

• 300 Mbps - 2SS 2.4GHz 802.11n (40MHz chan.) = AC1200 class

Overview

"BP ML E186014" is silkscreened on the board.

Hardware specification

• CPU: Qualcomm Atheros QCA9558 MIPS 74K (@720MHz)
• Storage: 16MB SPI NOR Flash
• Memory: 128MB (SDRAM) DDR2
• WiFi: Qualcomm Atheros QCA9558 (802.11bgn),

Qualcomm Atheros QCA9880 (802.11an/ac)

• Network: 1x Gigabit Ethernet ports
• Power: 12V, 4A via barrel or 802.3af/at PoE

Links of Interest

• Datasheet
• HOWTO: Installing OpenWrt on Sophos AP 55 and AP 100 on OpenWrt Forum

Flashing

Flashing OpenWrt

On the OpenWrt ToH (techdata entry)
On the OpenWrt Forum
OpenWrt Target: ath79
OpenWrt Subtarget: generic
OpenWrt Package architecture: mips_24kc
Support started version: 22.03.0
Current supported version: 23.05.5

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Pictures

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