ZyXEL NBG6617

ZyXEL NBG6617 (EU0101F)
Availability: now

FCC approval date: 27 July 2016
Country of manuf.: China
Series: AC1300

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ASINs
B01LWXIXUW (, On Amazon, On CCC)
B01M1BZ7FY (, On Amazon, On CCC)

Type: wireless router

FCC ID: I88NBG6617
IC ID: 2468C-NBG6617

Power: 12 VDC, 2 A
Connector type: barrel

CPU1: Qualcomm IPQ4018 (638 MHz, 4 cores)
FLA1: 32 MiB33,554,432 B <br />262,144 Kib <br />32,768 KiB <br />256 Mib <br />0.0313 GiB <br /> (Macronix MX25L25635F)
RAM1: 256 MiB268,435,456 B <br />2,097,152 Kib <br />262,144 KiB <br />2,048 Mib <br />0.25 GiB <br /> (Nanya NT5CC128M16IP-DI)

Expansion IFs: USB 3.0
USB ports: 1
Serial: yes, 4-pin header, internal, TTL 3.3V, (115200,8,N,1)

WI1 chip1: Qualcomm IPQ4018
WI1 802dot11 protocols: bgn
WI1 MIMO config: 2x2:2
WI1 antenna connector: U.FL
WI2 chip1: Qualcomm IPQ4018
WI2 802dot11 protocols: an+ac
WI2 MIMO config: 2x2:2
WI2 antenna connector: U.FL

ETH chip1: Qualcomm IPQ4018
Switch: Qualcomm Atheros QCA8075
LAN speed: 1GbE
LAN ports: 4
WAN speed: 1GbE
WAN ports: 1

abgn+ac

Stock bootloader: U-Boot

Stock FW OS: Linux

TPFirmware supported: LEDE Project (obsolete, OpenWrt) • (List), OpenWrt • (List | Dev | DLs)

Flags: Wave2, MU-MIMO

Default IP address: 192.168.1.1
the IP 192.168.1.1 is used by 1297 additional devices
of which 96 are ZyXEL devices
Default login user: blank
Default login password: 1234
blank:1234 credentials used by 48 additional devices
of which 46 are ZyXEL devices

802dot11 OUI: none specified

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

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• 867 Mbps - 2-stream 802.11ac device (433Mbps per stream),

• 400 Mbps - max. PHY rate for the 40MHz wide 2.4GHz channel = 1300 Mbps class

AC1300 MU-MIMO Dual-Band Wireless Gigabit Router

Product page

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

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