Netgear WNDR4500v1
Netgear WNDR4500 v1
Manuf (OEM/ODM): Foxconn U12H189 T00
FCC approval date: 29 July 2011
(Est.) release date: 14 September 2011
(Est.) initial retail price (in USD): $180
UPC: 606449077360 (UPC DB, On eBay)
Series: N900
Type: wireless router, print server
FCC ID: PY311200162
IC ID: 4054A-11200162
PCB ID: U12H189T00
Power: 12 VDC, 5 A
Connector type: barrel
CPU1: Broadcom BCM4706 (600 MHz)
FLA1: 128 MiB134,217,728 B <br />1,048,576 Kib <br />131,072 KiB <br />1,024 Mib <br />0.125 GiB <br /> (Samsung K9F1G08U0D-SCB0)
FLA2: 2 MiB2,097,152 B <br />16,384 Kib <br />2,048 KiB <br />16 Mib <br />0.00195 GiB <br /> (Brand? Model?)
RAM1: 128 MiB134,217,728 B <br />1,048,576 Kib <br />131,072 KiB <br />1,024 Mib <br />0.125 GiB <br /> (Samsung K4T51163Q1-HCE6 × 2)
Expansion IFs: USB 2.0
USB ports: 2
WI1 chip1: Broadcom BCM4331
WI1 802dot11 protocols: an
WI1 MIMO config: 3x3:3
WI1 antenna connector: U.FL
WI2 chip1: Broadcom BCM4331
WI2 802dot11 protocols: bgn
WI2 MIMO config: 3x3:3
WI2 antenna connector: U.FL
ETH chip1: Broadcom BCM4706
Switch: Broadcom BCM53115
LAN speed: 1GbE
LAN ports: 4
WAN speed: 1GbE
WAN ports: 1
abgn
Additional chips
2.4GHz Power Amplifier IC;Skyworks;SE2605L;SiGe, 2605L, 151AJ;3;
5GHz Power Amplifier IC;Skyworks;SE5003L1;5003L1, 142AU;3;
TPFirmware supported: DD-WRT (Kong-AC) • (List), DD-WRT • (List), FreshTomato • (List | DLs)
Default SSID: NETGEARXX (35 addl. devices)
, NETGEARXX-5G (14 addl. devices)
Default IP address: 192.168.1.1
the IP 192.168.1.1 is used by 1304 additional devices
of which 106 are Netgear devices
Default login user: admin
Default login password: password
admin:password credentials used by 423 additional devices
of which 304 are Netgear devices
802dot11 OUI: 20:4E:7F (16 E, 16 W), 74:44:01 (7 E, 6 W), 84:1B:5E (8 E, 10 W), E0:46:9A (15 E, 16 W)
Ethernet OUI: 20:4E:7F (16 E, 16 W), 74:44:01 (7 E, 6 W), 84:1B:5E (8 E, 10 W), E0:46:9A (15 E, 16 W)
| CPU1 brand | WI1 chip1 brand | WI2 chip1 brand | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netgear WNDR4500v1 | Broadcom | Broadcom | Broadcom |
| Netgear WNDR4500v2 | Broadcom | Broadcom | Broadcom |
| Netgear WNDR4500v3 | Qualcomm Atheros | Qualcomm Atheros | Atheros |
For a list of all currently documented Broadcom chipsets with specifications, see Broadcom.
N900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router
Manuf. by Foxconn (Hon Hai) (per this firmware file, the internal model
- is probably U12H189 [U12H189T00], file is nearly 8MB)
The source code for the device is available on Netgear's FTP server.
- Each wireless interface has three U.FL connectors.
The BCM4706 has a MIPS32 74K core and identifies as a BCM5300.
The default SSIDs appear to be NETGEARXX and NETGEARXX-5G
- where XX is a number.
Links
- On the OpenWrt forums
- On the OpenWrt wiki
- On the DD-WRT forums
- On the TomatoUSB forums
- Tathagata Das' initial DD-WRT build for this router
- and discussion of this build on the DD-WRT forums
This router is sold by Costco as the R4500 (OUI 84:1B:5E).
Reviews
- Reviewed on SmallNetBuilder and retested
- Reviewed on MaximumPC
- Reviewed on SlashGear
- Reviewed on CNet
- Reviewed on FoxNetwork
- Reviewed by shibby (PL), *in English
- Dual Flash, 2MB and 128MB NAND (74:44:01 OUI)
- NETGEAR and NETGEAR-5G SSIDs, not NETGEARXX(-5G)
Images
All pictures are from Netgear France.
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