ZyXEL T-56

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wireless router
Wikipedia	ZyXEL
3rd Party Firmware
dd-wrt	Status Unknown
OpenWrt	Partial Support
Tomato any flavor	Incompatible
Gargoyle	Status Unknown
Platform
Brand • Model • Rev	ZyXEL T-56
FCC ID	none specified
Type	wireless router
CPU1	MediaTek MT7986A
CPU1 Type	ARM Cortex-A53
CPU1 Speed	2.0 GHz ( 4 cores ) 64-bit
Flash1 Chip	Micron Model?
Flash1 Size	512 MiB536,870,912 B <br />4,194,304 Kib <br />524,288 KiB <br />4,096 Mib <br />0.5 GiB <br /> (SPI NAND)
RAM1 Size	1 GiB 1,024 MiB <br />1,073,741,824 B <br />8,388,608 Kib <br />1,048,576 KiB <br />8,192 Mib <br /> (DDR4)
RAM1 Chip	Brand? Model?
ETH chip1	MediaTek MT7986A
ETH chip2	MaxLinear GPY211B
ETH chip3	MaxLinear GPY211B
Switch	MediaTek MT7986A
VOIP Ports	2
Ethernet Port Count	1-2.5GbE-WAN 3-1GbE x 1-2.5GbE-LAN
Wired Standard	IEEE 802.3i/3u/3ab/3bz
802dot11 OUI: none specified
Stock bootloader	U-Boot
Expansion IF types	USB 3.0
USB ports	1
USB Hub Compatible	Untested
Power	12 VDC, ? A
Serial Port (UART)	yes, 3.3, 115200 / 8N1
JTAG Port	no
Flags: Wifi6
Other
Default IP address: 192.168.1.1 the IP 192.168.1.1 is used by 1326 additional devices of which 97 are ZyXEL devices Default login user: admin Default login password: blank admin:blank credentials used by 367 additional devices of which 10 are ZyXEL devices
3rd Party Firmware Support	OpenWrt • (List | Dev | DLs)
Radio 1
Chip1	MediaTek MT7976
Wireless interface OUI	none specified
Antenna Connector Type	none specified
MIMO status	4x4:4
Wireless Standard	IEEE 802.11b/g/n/ax
802.11ax	up to 1148 Mbps
802.11n	up to 600 Mbps
802.11g	up to 54 Mbps
802.11b	up to 11 Mbps
WiFi Operating Frequency	2.4 GHz
Radio 2
Chip1	MediaTek MT7976
Wireless interface OUI	none specified
Antenna Connector Type	none specified
MIMO status	4x4:4
Wireless Standard	IEEE 802.11a/n/ac/ax
802.11ax	up to 2402 Mbps
802.11ac	up to 1733 Mbps
802.11n	up to 600 Mbps
802.11a	up to 54 Mbps
WiFi Operating Frequency	5 GHz

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

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

Overview

The Zyxel T-56 is an ISP (Odido and Hyperoptic) branded EX5601-T1, which is the same as the T0 version, without the SFP+ port.

Flashing

Flashing OpenWrt

On the OpenWrt ToH (techdata entry)
On the OpenWrt Wiki
OpenWrt Target: mediatek
OpenWrt Subtarget: filogic
OpenWrt Package architecture: aarch64_cortex-a53
Support started version: 23.05.0
Current supported version: 23.05.5
Unsupported Functions:
VoIP

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