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Motivation: Firmware with platform ID "XR450" required for easy installation. Manufacturer pages: Product page: https://www.netgear.com/support/product/xr450 Product Data Sheet: https://www.netgear.com/images/datasheet/networking/wifirouter/XR450.pdf Current firmware: https://www.downloads.netgear.com/files/GDC/XR450/XR450-V2.3.2.134.zip Specifications: Almost identical to Netgear XR500(https://openwrt.org/toh/hwdata/netgear/netgear_xr500) Differences: Platform ID: XR450, utilized for firmware validation WLAN 2.4GHz: b/g/n Supports QAM64 (XR500 QAM256) SoC: Qualcomm Atheros IPQ8065 RAM: 512 MB Storage: 256 MiB Wireless: Qualcomm Atheros QCA9984 Switch: Qualcomm Atheros AR8337 rev. 2 Ethernet: 5x 1000/100/10 USB: 2x 3.0 Install via WEB GUI (recommended): 1. Navigate within GUI to firmware update section 2. Select openwrt-ipq806x-netgear_xr450-squashfs-factory.img 3. Dismiss downgrade warning Install via TFTP recovery (same as XR500/R7800): 1. Configure host PC to use static address 192.168.1.10 https://openwrt.org/toh/netgear/r7800#prerequisites_for_tftp_flashing 2. Flash openwrt-ipq806x-netgear_xr450-squashfs-factory.img using procedure https://openwrt.org/toh/netgear/r7800#tftp_flashing_process Revert to stock firmware 1. Download current manufacturer firmware, decompress zip file to obtain img file 2. Use TFTP recovery method flash img file (currently XR450-V2.3.2.134.img) ipq806x: add support to netgear_xr450 Signed-off-by: Andrzej Mialkowski <andrzej.mialkowski@gmail.com>