BT Home Hub 5A
BT Home Hub 5A
Availability: common
Manuf (OEM/ODM): Askey RTV7505W -D18 (rev 4.10)
(Est.) release date: August 2013
(Est.) initial retail price (in USD): $210
Country of manuf.: China
S/N prefix: 068343
Type: CPE, wireless router, dsl modem
Power: 12 VDC, 1.5 A
Connector type: barrel
Conn. measurements: 6.3 mm (OD), 3.0 mm (ID), 12 mm (LEN)
CPU1: Lantiq PSB 80910 (500 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-BIB0)
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 K4T1G164QF-BCF7)
Expansion IFs: USB 2.0
USB ports: 1
WI1 chip1: Atheros AR9227
WI1 802dot11 protocols: bgn
WI1 MIMO config: 2x2:2
WI1 antenna connector: none
WI2 chip1: Qualcomm Atheros QCA9880
WI2 802dot11 protocols: abgn+ac
WI2 MIMO config: 3x3:3
WI2 antenna connector: none
ETH chip1: Lantiq PSB 80910
ETH chip2: Lantiq PEF7071V
ETH chip3: Lantiq PEF7071V
Switch: Lantiq PSB 80910
LAN speed: 1GbE
LAN ports: 4
WAN speed: 1GbE
WAN ports: 1
abgn+ac
Additional chips
5GHz Power Amplifier IC;Skyworks;SE5003L1;;3;
2.4GHz Power Amplifier IC;Microchip;SST12LP15A;;1;
ADSL2+ AFE/LD;Lantiq;PSB 80190;XWAY, VRX208, PSB 80190 V, V1.1;;1;
Stock FW OS: Linux 2.6
Flags: VDSL2
Default SSID: BTHub5-XXXX (1 addl. devices)
Default IP address: 192.168.1.254
the IP 192.168.1.254 is used by 158 additional devices
of which 4 are BT devices
Default login user: admin
Default login password: randomly generated
admin:randomly generated credentials used by 29 additional devices
of which 4 are BT devices
| CPU1 brand | WI1 chip1 brand | WI2 chip1 brand | |
|---|---|---|---|
| BT Business Hub 3.0 | Lantiq | Atheros | |
| BT Home Hub 1.0 | Broadcom | Broadcom | |
| BT Home Hub 1.5 | Broadcom | Broadcom | |
| BT Home Hub 2.0A | Broadcom | Broadcom | |
| BT Home Hub 2.0B | Lantiq | Atheros | |
| BT Home Hub 3.0A | Lantiq | Atheros | |
| BT Home Hub 3.0B | Broadcom | Broadcom | |
| BT Home Hub 4A | Lantiq | Lantiq | Lantiq |
| BT Home Hub 5A | Lantiq | Atheros | Qualcomm Atheros |
| BT Home Hub 5B | Broadcom | Broadcom | Broadcom |
For a list of all currently documented Atheros (QCA) chipsets with specifications, see Atheros.
For a list of all currently documented Lantiq (Intel) chipsets with specifications, see Lantiq.
For a list of all currently documented Qualcomm Atheros (QCA) chipsets with specifications, see Qualcomm Atheros.
BT Home Hub 5 (Type A)
- On the BT Shop
- GPL Code for the Home Hub 5 (and other Home Hub models)
The Home Hub 5 is a simultaneous dual-band wireless-AC CPE with an
- integrated VDSL2 modem, a GbE WAN port, and four GbE LAN ports.
"RTV7505W-D18 (ROHS) REV:4.10" is silkscreened on the board in the images.
- OEM: Askey, HannStar seems to be the PCB manufacturer.
Plusnet started shipping an (internally) identical unit in a white case branded
- as the "Plusnet Hub One" to fibre customers in November 2015.
- BT Home Hub 5 (Type A) - CPU: Lantiq PSB 80910 (XWAY VRX268)
- BT Home Hub 5 (Type B) - CPU: Broadcom BCM63268 @400MHz
Power consumption
Model BT Home Hub 5A BT Home Hub 5B In operation 9.2W 14.0W Idle 6.3W 7.2W Standby mode 0.2W 0.1W
Specifications
SoC
- SoC: Lantiq XWAY VRX268 (PSB 80910 EL V1.2) MIPS 34Kc
Per the VRX268 product brief, the VRX268 SoC has an internal GbE switch
- w/ two internal Ethernet PHYs (each functioning as either a single GbE PHY
- or dual FE PHY) and support for three external PHYs via MII/RMII/RGMII.
- This unit is using three external GbE PHYs (PEF7071V)
- and the two internal GbE PHYs with the in-SoC switch.
The CPU/SoC and both wireless chips are all supported by OpenWrt.
Wireless
The wireless radios used are the following...
- Atheros AR9227 - 2T2R 2.4GHz, 802.11bgn (300Mbps)
- w/ 2x Microchip SST12LP15A - High Power 2.4GHz Power Amplifiers
- 2x internal antnenae, inline Hirose switching coaxial RF test connectors
- Qualcomm Atheros QCA9880 - 3T3R 5GHz, 802.11ac (1.3Gbps)/n (450Mbps)
- w/ 3x Skyworks SE5003L1 - High Power 5GHz Power Amplifiers
- 3x internal antnenae, inline Hirose switching coaxial RF test connectors.
The device has surprisingly long range at 5GHz thanks to the SE5003L1
- high-power amplifiers/front-ends.
Additional external links
Wikis
Forum threads
- Event log dump indicating usage of at least one QCA radio
- OpenWRTLEDE Installation instructions for Home Hub 5A
- Serial pin output on openwrt.ebilan.co.uk
- How to enable SSH on Home Hub 5A BT stock firmware
Other
- BT reveals Home Hub 5 with ac Wi-Fi on bit-tech.net
- BT Home Hub 5 hands-on: Making BT Infinity even better on Pocket-lint
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