Linksys EA6500 V1

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Contents

Overview

EA6500 v1
Specifications
Release date / price 28 August 2012 / $199
CPU Broadcom BCM4706
CPU Speed 600 MHz
Flash ROM 128 MiB (Samsung K9F1G08U0D)
RAM 128 MiB (Hynix H5PS5162GFR-Y5C × 2)
Radios 2.4 GHz bgn: Broadcom BCM4331

5 GHz an+ac: Broadcom BCM4360

WLAN Protocal a/b/g/n/ac
WLAN Max Speed 450 Mbps + 1300 Mbps (1750 Mbps)
Antenna Location Internal
Bands 3x3:3 MIMO x 2
Switch 4xGigE LAN, 1xGigE WAN

Broadcom BCM53125

USB 2 x USB 2.0
Power 12VDC, 3A

Barrel type connector

Stock bootloader CFE 1.0.37 BCM947XX
Stock firmware kernel Linux 2.6.22
Default SSID/IP/passwd CiscoXXXXX

192.168.1.1, <blank>:admin

OUI C8:D7:19

WARNING

  • THIS PAGE IS FOR THE EA6500 V1. CURRENTLY, THERE ARE TWO VERSIONS OF THE EA6500 ROUTER AVAILABLE, THE V1 AND V2. THE CONTENTS OF THIS PAGE CANNOT BE USED AS A GUIDE FOR THE V2. IF YOU HAVE A EA6500 V2, CHECK THE HARDWARE SPECIFIC PAGE OR THE FORUMS FOR SUPPORT

  • YOU SHOULD NOT BE INSTALLING DD-WRT UNLESS YOU HAVE DONE SUFFICIENT READING ON THE PROCESS, DRAWBACKS AND RECOVERY PROCESS LISTED THROUGHOUT THIS PAGE AND ELSEWHERE

  • THE DD-WRT FIRMWARE FOR THIS ROUTER, AT THE TIME OF WRITING THIS PAGE, IS STILL IN BETA, SO EXPECT THINGS TO BROKEN


Known issues

  • GigE doesn't work at full speeds

Pre-installation

Read the following before attempting to install:

OEM Firmware files

Linksys Original FW
Version Download Checksum Hashes
1.1.27 Link MD5: CCFBEA9CE39524E35ED2AB4A1683BF86

SHA-256: E2A95AA4133C5B5F28D92FE0543CB5486301BCD83A23BF354A74E3B7FCD5162C

1.1.28 Link MD5:5C8723F9E158A08617B8953BBA9D1D4F

SHA-256: E100D438BBB535B8A4827E26BD7522615B195A80DE8F758D89466C554C976F54

1.1.29 Link MD5: 8E0BBB275331A60D48E45AD2AF0E02AB

SHA-256: 90E3E68E1C61850F20C50E551816D47D484D7FEB46890F5BC0A0E0DAB3E3BA0B

First DD-WRT install recommended firmware files

Build from the source

Installing DD-WRT

Restoring to OEM firmware

Troubleshooting

Downgrading to an older firmware

Bootloops

Useful commands, links and scripts

Contribute!

If you would like to contribute to this particular page, then feel free to do so or leave a comment on the EA6500 thread

References