ZyXEL NBG6617

abgn+ac (AC1300)
AC1300 MU-MIMO Dual-Band Wireless Gigabit Router
Homepage	Product page
Wikipedia	ZyXEL
3rd Party Firmware
dd-wrt	Status Unknown
OpenWrt	Supported
Tomato any flavor	Incompatible
Gargoyle	Status Unknown
Platform
Brand • Model • Rev	ZyXEL NBG6617
Model Part Number	EU0101F
FCC ID	I88NBG6617
IC ID	2468C-NBG6617
Type	wireless router
CPU1	Qualcomm IPQ4018
CPU1 Type	ARMv7 Cortex-A7
CPU1 Speed	638 MHz ( 4 cores )
Flash1 Chip	Macronix MX25L25635F
Flash1 Size	32 MiB33,554,432 B <br />262,144 Kib <br />32,768 KiB <br />256 Mib <br />0.0313 GiB <br /> (SPI NOR)
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 /> (DDR3L 1600/1866 @ 537 MHz)
RAM1 Chip	Nanya NT5CC128M16IP-DI
ETH chip1	Qualcomm IPQ4018
Switch	Qualcomm Atheros QCA8075
Ethernet Port Count	1-1GbE-WAN 4-1GbE-LAN
Wired Standard	IEEE 802.3i/3u/3ab
802dot11 OUI: none specified
Stock bootloader	U-Boot
Stock FW OS	Linux
Expansion IF types	USB 3.0
USB ports	1
USB Hub Compatible	Untested
Power	12 VDC, 2 A
Connector type	barrel
Serial Port (UART)	yes, 4-pin header, internal, TTL 3.3V, (115200 8N1)
Flags: Wave2, MU-MIMO
Other
Default IP address: 192.168.1.1 the IP 192.168.1.1 is used by 1325 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
3rd Party Firmware Support	OpenWrt • (List | Dev | DLs)
Retail
FCC approval date	27 July 2016
(Est.) release date	20 September 2016
ASINs	B01LWXIXUW B01M1BZ7FY
Country of manuf	China
Physical
Dimensions	4.61 x 1.15 x 6.69 inches
Weight	11.7 ounces
Radio 1
Chip1	Qualcomm IPQ4018
Wireless interface OUI	none specified
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 IPQ4018
Wireless interface OUI	none specified
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 chipsets with specifications, see Qualcomm.
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.),

• 400 Mbps - 2SS 2.4GHz 802.11n (40MHz chan., 256-QAM) = AC1300 class

Overview

Default settings in this entry are per the FCC label.

• ZyXEL AC1300 NBG6617 (2016) on RouterChart

CPU: Quad-Core @600MHz, 256MB RAM, 16MB Flash

WLAN: AC1300 802.11abgn/ac (400+867 Mbps)

Specifications

• CPU: 600MHz Quad-Core Processor, RAM: 256MB, FLA: 32MB
• Wireless Standard: 802.11bgn (2.4GHz), 802.11an/ac (5GHz)
• Wireless Speed: 400 Mbps for 2.4GHz, 867 Mbps for 5GHz
• WLAN Features: Wave2, MU-MIMO, Guest Wi-Fi, WPS, WMM
• Wireless Security: WPA/WPA2, WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK
• Antenna: 2x 7dBi external antennas (RP-SMA)
• Ports: 1x WAN GbE, 4x LAN GbE, 1x USB 3.0
• USB Support: Mass storage support by SMB/CIFS/FTP, Print server
• Application Control: Parental control, ONE Connect, ZyXEL Photo
• System Management: Online firmware upgrade, Wake on LAN, UPnP
• Media Server: DLNA, WiFi Multimedia (WMM), SMB
• Operation Mode: Router mode, Access point mode
• Power: 12V DC, 2A; Power consumption: 20W

Links of Interest

Firmware

• ZyXEL NBG6617:

 • On the OpenWrt ToH (techdata entry),

• On the OpenWrt Wiki

• LEDE/Openwrt for IPQ4019/IPQ4028 devices on chunkeey

ipq40xx: add support for the ZyXEL NBG6617

SOC:    Qualcomm IPQ4018 @710MHz (QCA Dakota) WiSoC
CPU:    Quad-Core ARMv7 Cortex-A7 rev 5 (v7l) Processor
FLASH:  Macronix MX25L25635F 32MiB (NOR)
RAM:    Nanya NT5CC128M16IP-DI 256MiB (DDR3L-1600/1866 @537MHz)
ETH:    Qualcomm Atheros QCA8075 Gigabit Switch (4x LAN, 1x WAN)
USB:    1x 3.0 (via Synopsys DesignWare DWC3 controller in SoC)
WLAN1:  Qualcomm IPQ4018 2.4GHz 802.11bgn 2:2x2
WLAN2:  Qualcomm IPQ4018 5GHz 802.11an/ac 2:2x2
INPUT:  RESET Button, WiFi On/Off Button, WPS Button
LEDS:   Power, WAN, LAN 1-4, WLAN 2.4GHz, WLAN 5GHz, USB, WPS

Serial:
WARNING: The serial port needs a TTL/RS-232 3.3v level converter!
Serial setting is 115200-8-N-1. 1x4 .1" header comes pre-soldered.
Pinout: [1] +3.3V (label printed on PCB), (2) Rx, (3) GND, (4) Tx

Flashing

Flashing OpenWrt

On the OpenWrt ToH (techdata entry)
On the OpenWrt Wiki
On the github
OpenWrt Target: ipq40xx
OpenWrt Subtarget: generic
OpenWrt Package architecture: arm_cortex-a7_neon-vfpv4
Support started version: 19.07.0
Current supported version: 23.05.5
Comment:
See the device page for VLAN tagging

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