Netgear RBR750 / Qualcomm IPQ8174 / 512MB NAND - 1 GB Flash

i-srinivas · October 15, 2023, 6:21am

Hi, Here is the hardare info. for Netgear RBR 750

Netgear Orbit AX4200 Router and AX4200 Satellite

https://fccid.io/PY319400470/Label/Label-Sample-RBR750-4603386

RBR750

Ports : 1 WAN, 3 Gigabit Ethernet ports

RBS750

Ports : 2 - Gigabit Ethernet ports

(600 1200 2400 MBps)

Simultaneous Tri-Band WiFi
Radio 1: IEEE 802.11b/g/n/ax, 2.4Gh - 1024 QAM Support
Radio 2: IEEE 802.11 a/n/ac/ax, 5GH - 1024 QAM Support
Radio 3: IEEE 802.11 a/n/ac/ax, 5GG - 1024 QAM Support

Processor: Qualcomm IPQ8174 Quad-Core 1.4 Ghz
Memory: Router 512 MB NAND flash, 1GB RAM

I do not see any thread for support of Qualcomm IPQ8174, other than IPQ8074.

Starting this thread such that we can add any relevant information and progress to support the same here.

Is there any support for this i.e RBR750 ( I see older RBR50) ? Can someone share what it could take to support ?

Thank you

seraphyn · October 17, 2023, 4:25pm

Great idea, thank you

fakemanhk · October 19, 2023, 3:23am

You might want to checkout on this:

github.com/openwrt/openwrt

qualcommax: add support for Linksys MX4200 V1 and V2

openwrt:main ← SpectreDev1:main

opened 03:52PM - 10 Sep 23 UTC

SpectreDev1

+632 -2

Linksys MX4200 is a 802.11ax Tri-band router/AP. Specifications: * CPU: Qualco…mm IPQ8174 Quad core Cortex-A53 1.4GHz * RAM: 512MB of DDR3/V2 has 1GB * Storage: 512Mb NAND * Ethernet: 4x1G RJ45 ports (QCA8075) * WLAN: * 2.4GHz: Qualcomm QCN5024 2x2 802.11b/g/n/ax 574 Mbps PHY rate * 5GHz: Qualcomm QCN5054 4x4@80MHz or 2x2@160MHz 802.11a/b/g/n/ac/ax 2402 PHY rate * 5GHz: Qualcomm QCN5054 4x4@80MHz or 2x2@160MHz 802.11a/b/g/n/ac/ax 2402 PHY rate * LED-s: * RGB system led * Buttons: 1x Soft reset 1x WPS * Power: 12V DC Jack Installation instructions: Open Linksys Web UI - http://192.168.1.1/ca or http://10.65.1.1/ca depending on your setup. Login with your admin password. The default password can be found on a sticker under the device. To enter into the support mode, click on the “CA” link and the bottom of the page. Open the “Connectivity” menu and upload the squash-factory image with the “Choose file” button. Click start. Ignore all the prompts and warnings by click “yes” in all the popups. The Wifi radios are turned off by default. To configure the router, you will need to connect your computer to the LAN port of the device.

It's the same chipset and started just about a month ago, which is pretty new discussion.

i-srinivas · October 19, 2023, 4:10am

This is helpful, thank you

Gyppie · November 8, 2023, 6:25pm

Hi,
I really hope that RBR/RBS750 will be supported in the nearby future.

cptdondo · March 14, 2024, 11:46pm

I just arrived at a workplace that has a RBR750 and an RBS750 that have never worked correctly. I already saved the day by building a relay/repeater with a couple of junk Walmart Netgear APs with Openwrt, but I'd love to flash the RBx750s with Openwrt and get them going.

Any movement on this? I have little to no ability any more to do any serious programming, but I can certainly experiment with these as they're ready to just chuck them into the bin.

i-srinivas · April 19, 2024, 7:13pm

My first try installing around holiday season / dec '23 was not as expected. The traffic speed using the initial build was sluggish compared to factory settings.

Not sure, if I have setup mesh properly - need to re-try and experiment.

I bought a extra few RBR750 on offerup to retry builds. working on the repo here https://github.com/i-srinivas/openwrt, not much for now - I will update if I have comparable speedtests with current factory settings.

ghoffman · December 7, 2024, 3:36pm

did you get a build for rbr750 to succesfully flash and boot up?