ZTE MF286R

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abgn+ac (AC1350)
4G LTE Cat6 Router
3rd Party Firmware
dd-wrt	Status Unknown
OpenWrt	Partial Support
Tomato any flavor	Incompatible
Gargoyle	Status Unknown
Platform
Brand • Model • Rev	ZTE MF286R
FCC ID	SRQ-MF286R
Type	travel router
CPU1	Qualcomm Atheros QCA9563
CPU1 Type	MIPS 74Kc
CPU1 Speed	775 MHz
Flash1 Chip	Winbond W25N01GV
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)
Flash2 Chip	Macronix MX25L1606E
Flash2 Size	2 MiB2,097,152 B <br />16,384 Kib <br />2,048 KiB <br />16 Mib <br />0.00195 GiB <br /> (SPI NOR)
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 /> (DDR2)
RAM1 Chip	Brand? Model?
ETH chip1	Qualcomm Atheros QCA9563
Switch	Qualcomm Atheros QCA8337
Ethernet Port Count	4-1GbE-LAN
Wired Standard	IEEE 802.3i/3u/3ab
802dot11 OUI: none specified
Stock bootloader	U-Boot
Expansion IF types	Mini PCIe, USB 2.0
Mini PCIe slots	1
USB ports	1
USB Hub Compatible	Untested
Power	12 VDC, 2 A
Serial Port (UART)	yes, 3.3, (115200 8N1)
Flags: LTE
Other
3rd Party Firmware Support	OpenWrt • (List | Dev | DLs)
Radio 1
Chip1	Qualcomm Atheros QCA9563
Wireless interface OUI	none specified
Antenna Connector Type	none specified
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
Radio 2
Chip1	Qualcomm Atheros Model?
Wireless interface OUI	none specified
Antenna Connector Type	none specified
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 ZTE MF286 Qualcomm Atheros Qualcomm Atheros Qualcomm Atheros ZTE MF286A Qualcomm Atheros Qualcomm Atheros Qualcomm Atheros ZTE MF286D Qualcomm Qualcomm Atheros Qualcomm Atheros ZTE MF286R Qualcomm Atheros Qualcomm Atheros Qualcomm Atheros

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

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

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

• 450 Mbps - 3SS 2.4GHz 802.11n (40MHz chan.) = AC1350 class

Overview

Marvell PXA1826 Modem(DL/UL: Cat7/Cat6 300/50Mbps 64QAM/16QAM, 2XCA on download only) with 3 internal antennas and 2 external SMA antenna ports, with mini-SIM slot. Supports LTE Bands B1, B3, B7, B8, B20, B38

Flashing

Flashing OpenWrt

On the OpenWrt ToH (techdata entry)
On the OpenWrt Wiki
OpenWrt Target: ath79
OpenWrt Subtarget: nand
OpenWrt Package architecture: mips_24kc
Support started version: 22.03.0
Current supported version: 23.05.5
Unsupported Functions:
no support for 160MHz

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