ZyXEL NBG6616

abgn+ac (AC1200)
Simultaneous Dual-Band Wireless AC1200 Media Router
Support	Support page
Wikipedia	ZyXEL
3rd Party Firmware
dd-wrt	Status Unknown
OpenWrt	Supported
Tomato any flavor	Incompatible
Gargoyle	Status Unknown
Platform
Brand • Model • Rev	ZyXEL NBG6616 rev A00
FCC ID	I88NBG6616
Type	wireless router
CPU1	Qualcomm Atheros QCA9557
CPU1 Type	MIPS 74Kc
CPU1 Speed	775 MHz
Flash1 Chip	Macronix MX25L12845EMI-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	Nanya NT5TU32M16EG-AC x 2
ETH chip1	Qualcomm Atheros QCA9557
Switch	Qualcomm Atheros QCA8337N
Ethernet Port Count	1-1GbE-WAN 4-1GbE-LAN
Wired Standard	IEEE 802.3i/3u/3ab
802.1q vlan	Yes
802dot11 OUI: 90:EF:68 (2 E, 1 W) Ethernet OUI: 90:EF:68 (2 E, 1 W)
Stock bootloader	U-Boot
Stock FW OS	Linux 3.3.8
Expansion IF types	USB 2.0
USB ports	2
USB Hub Compatible	Untested
Power	12 VDC, 2 A
Connector type	barrel
Serial Port (UART)	yes, internal, 4-pin header, 3.3V TTL
Other
Default IP address: 192.168.1.1 the IP 192.168.1.1 is used by 1324 additional devices of which 96 are ZyXEL devices Default login user: blank Default login password: 1234 blank:1234 credentials used by 46 additional devices of which 44 are ZyXEL devices
Manuf/OEM/ODM	Senao
3rd Party Firmware Support	OpenWrt • (List | Dev | DLs)
Retail
Availability	End of Life
End of Life date	2020
FCC approval date	17 September 2014
Country of manuf	Taiwan
Radio 1
Chip1	Qualcomm Atheros QCA9557
Wireless interface OUI	90:EF:68
Antenna Connector Type	U.FL
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 QCA9882
Wireless interface OUI	90:EF:68
Antenna Connector Type	U.FL
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

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

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

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

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

Overview

"NBG6616-0.20 LFP" is silkscreened on the board in the FCC photos.

The Flash IC used seems to be MX25L12845EMI-10G.

Links of Interest

• ZyXEL NBG6616 on OpenWrt wiki

Flashing

Flashing OpenWrt

On the OpenWrt ToH (techdata entry)
On the OpenWrt Wiki
OpenWrt Target: ar71xx-ath79
OpenWrt Subtarget: generic
OpenWrt Package architecture: mips_24kc
Support started version: 17.01.0
Current supported version: 23.05.5

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