Netgear WPN824v2

Netgear WPN824 v2

Manuf (OEM/ODM): Foxconn U12H050

FCC approval date: 03 November 2005
Country of manuf.: China

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Type: wireless router

FCC ID: PY305300021
IC ID: 4054A-05300021

Power: 12 VDC, 1 A
Connector type: barrel

CPU1: Atheros AR2316A
FLA1: 2 MiB2,097,152 B <br />16,384 Kib <br />2,048 KiB <br />16 Mib <br />0.00195 GiB <br /> (Macronix MX25L1605AMC-15G)
RAM1: 16 MiB16,777,216 B <br />131,072 Kib <br />16,384 KiB <br />128 Mib <br />0.0156 GiB <br /> (Samsung K4S281632F-UC75)

Expansion IFs: none specified
JTAG: yes, pinout marked, test points
Serial: yes, internal, 12-pin header, unpopulated, 3.3V TTL, (9600 8N1)

WI1 chip1: Atheros AR2316A
WI1 802dot11 protocols: bg
WI1 antenna connector: U.FL

ETH chip1: Atheros AR2316A
Switch: Marvell 88E6060
LAN speed: 100M
LAN ports: 4
WAN speed: 100M
WAN ports: 1

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Stock FW OS: VxWorks 5.4.2

Default SSID: NETGEAR (44 addl. devices)
Default IP address: 192.168.1.1
the IP 192.168.1.1 is used by 1297 additional devices
of which 105 are Netgear devices
Default login user: admin
Default login password: password
admin:password credentials used by 421 additional devices
of which 302 are Netgear devices

802dot11 OUI: 00:14:6C (10 E, 18 W), 00:18:4D (11 E, 14 W), 00:1B:2F (6 E, 9 W), 00:1E:2A (10 E, 12 W)
Ethernet OUI: 00:14:6C (10 E, 18 W), 00:18:4D (11 E, 14 W), 00:1B:2F (6 E, 9 W), 00:1E:2A (10 E, 12 W)

	FCC ID
Netgear WPN802v2	PY305300021

	CPU1 brand	WI1 chip1 brand	WI1 chip2 brand
Netgear WPN824v1	Atheros	Atheros	Atheros
Netgear WPN824v2	Atheros	Atheros
Netgear WPN824v3	Atheros	Atheros

For a list of all currently documented Atheros (QCA) chipsets with specifications, see Atheros.

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RangeMax Wireless Router

Product page

• Manuf. by Foxconn / Hon Hai / Ambit, model U12H050

Uses a smart antenna ('BeamFlex') system licenced from Video54 (now Ruckus Wireless).

See SmallNetBuilder (below) for more information

This model has a switch to turn off the blue LED sphere on top of the device.

Links

• On the OpenWrt Wiki
• DD-WRT incompatible

Reviews

• Original WPN824 review on SmallNetBuilder
• What do metamaterials really do for antennas?
• Uh Oh: Netgear and Rayspan's Metamaterials antennas now that new?

Serial

Serial Pinouts

                              1
    (GND) (RxD) ( • ) (TxD) ( • )
JP1 ( • ) ( • ) ( • ) ( • ) ( • )
                              2

Console login credentials

Info is per this this DSLReports thread..

Username: Gearguy
Password: Geardog

Info derived from

• boot log

ar531xPlus rev 0x00000087 firmware startup... Netgear WPN824v2 version 4.0.0.167 auto-booting... Attaching to TFFS... done. Loading /fl/APIMG1... Decompressing... \ OK. Starting at 0x80010000... /fl/ - Volume is OK Reading Configuration File "/fl/apcfg". Configuration file checksum: 45d4b is good v54_antinfo_init: 824v2: using max 3 of 7 = 63 states v54_hwantctrl_init: 2316 Pinot+ Adaptive Control Algorithm, Copyright (C) 2003-2005, Video54 Technologies, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Attaching interface lo0...done Adding 7498 symbols for standalone. call usrAcosPPTPClientInit! acosPPTPClientLibInit(): PPTP-v1.1.0, INIT OK! -> wireless access point starting... wlan0 Ready Ready DNS redirect INIT in abRegisterInputHook inputPktHook: 800ccf08 Calling dnsRedirect_hookAdd !Nat_PPTP_Initialize is called Info: No FWPT default policies. DHCPS: init dhcps: devname=mirror0 DHCPS:Set the default Lease Time to 86400 Set option ACOS_DHCP_OPT_ROUTER to 192.168.2.1: Set option ACOS_DHCP_OPT_DNS_SERVER to 192.168.2.1: Login: POT has reached the max value.

• initial console help
U12H05000> ? Commands are: bridge ddns exit ftpc ip lan nat passwd pot reboot save show sntp time uptime version wan web windsh wla '..' return to previous directory

• VxWorks shell help

-> help help Print this list ioHelp Print I/O utilities help info dbgHelp Print debugger help info nfsHelp Print nfs help info netHelp Print network help info spyHelp Print task histogrammer help info timexHelp Print execution timer help info h [n] Print (or set) shell history i [task] Summary of tasks' TCBs ti task Complete info on TCB for task sp adr,args... Spawn a task, pri=100, opt=0, stk=20000 taskSpawn name,pri,opt,stk,adr,args... Spawn a task td task Delete a task ts task Suspend a task tr task Resume a task d [adr[,nunits[,width]]] Display memory m adr[,width] Modify memory mRegs [reg[,task]] Modify a task's registers interactively pc [task] Return task's program counter Type <CR> to continue, Q<CR> to stop: iam "user"[,"passwd"] Set user name and passwd whoami Print user name devs List devices ld [syms[,noAbort][,"name"]] Load stdin, or file, into memory (syms = add symbols to table: -1 = none, 0 = globals, 1 = all) lkup ["substr"] List symbols in system symbol table lkAddr address List symbol table entries near address checkStack [task] List task stack sizes and usage printErrno value Print the name of a status value period secs,adr,args... Spawn task to call function periodically repeat n,adr,args... Spawn task to call function n times (0=forever) version Print VxWorks version info, and boot line NOTE: Arguments specifying 'task' can be either task ID or name. value = 1 = 0x1

• VxWorks version info
-> version VxWorks (for Netgear WPN824v2) version VxWorks 5.4.2. Kernel: WIND version 2.5. Made on Jan 13 2006, 13:50:55.

• Atheros AP software info

U12H05000> wla Atheros Access Point Rev 4.0.0.167 AP software 4.0.0.167 wlan0 -> ? List of Access Point CLI commands: add remoteWbr -- Add a remote Wireless Bridge config wlan -- config wlanX connect bss -- connect to bssX del acl -- Delete Access Control List del key -- Delete Encryption key del remoteWbr -- Delete a remote Wireless Bridge find bss -- Find BSS find channel -- Find Available Channel find all -- Find All BSS format -- Format flash filesytem bootrom -- Update boot rom image ftp -- Software update via FTP get 11gonly -- Display 11g Only Allowed get 11goptimize -- Display 11g Optimization Level get 11goverlapbss -- Display Overlapping BSS Protection get abolt -- get acl -- Display Access Control List get aging -- Display Aging Interval get antenna -- Display Antenna Diversity get association -- Display Association Table get authentication -- Display Authentication Type get autochannelselect -- Display Auto Channel Select get beaconinterval -- Display Beacon Interval get burstSeqThreshold -- Display Max Number of frames in a Burst get burstTime -- Display Burst Time get cacheperf -- Display the cache performance counters get calibration -- Display Noise And Offset Calibration Mode get cckTrigHigh -- Display Higher Trigger Threshold for CCK Phy Errors for ANI Control get cckTrigLow -- Display Lower Trigger Threshold for CCK Phy Errors for ANI Control get cckWeakSigThr -- Display ANI Parameter for CCK Weak Signal Detection Threshold get channel -- Display Radio Channel get cipher -- Display Encryption cipher get config -- Display Current AP Configuration get countrycode -- Display Country Code get ctsmode -- Display CTS mode get ctsrate -- Display CTS rate get ctstype -- Display CTS type get domainsuffix -- Display Domain Name Server suffix get dtim -- Display Data Beacon Rate (DTIM) get enableANI -- Display Adaptive Noise Immunity Control On/Off get encryption -- Display Encryption Mode get extendedchanmode -- Display Extended Channel Mode get firStepLvl -- Display ANI Parameter for FirStepLevel get fragmentthreshold -- Display Fragment Threshold get frequency -- Display Radio Frequency (MHz) get gateway -- Display Gateway IP Address get groupkeyupdate -- Display Group Key Update Interval (in Seconds) get hardware -- Display Hardware Revisions get hostipaddr -- Display Host IP Address get ipaddr -- Display IP Address get ipmask -- Display IP Subnet Mask get jsw -- Display Jumpstart Mode get jsP2PassPhrase -- Display JS-P2 passphrase get key -- Display Encryption Key get keyentrymethod -- Display Encyrption Key Entry Method get keysource -- Display Source Of Encryption Keys get login -- Display Login User Name get minimumrate -- Display Minimum Rate get nameaddr -- Display IP address of name server get noiseImmunityLvl -- Display ANI Parameter for Noise Immunity Level get ofdmTrigHigh -- Display Higher Trigger Threshold for OFDM Phy Errors for ANI Control get ofdmTrigLow -- Display Lower Trigger Threshold for OFDM Phy Errors for ANI Control get ofdmWeakSigDet -- Display ANI Parameter for OFDM Weak Signal Detection get operationMode -- Display Operation Mode get pktLogEnable -- Display Packet Logging Mode get power -- Display Transmit Power Setting get radiusname -- Display RADIUS server name or IP address get radiusport -- Display RADIUS port number get rate -- Display Data Rate get reg -- Display the register contents at the given offset get remoteAp -- Display Remote Ap's Mac Address get reset -- Display # of resets get remoteWbr -- Display configured Remote Wireless bridges get hwtxretries -- Display HW Transmit Retry Limit get swtxretries -- Display SW Transmit Retry Limit get rtsthreshold -- Display RTS/CTS Threshold get shortpreamble -- Display Short Preamble Usage get shortslottime -- Display Short Slot Time Usage get softwareretry -- Display Software Retry get ssid -- Display Service Set ID get ssidsuppress -- Display SSID Suppress Mode get station -- Display Station Status get SuperG -- Display SuperG Feature Status get systemname -- Display Access Point System Name get updateparam -- Display Vendor Default Firmware Update Params get uptime -- Display UpTime get vlan -- Display VLAN Mode get watchdog -- Display Watchdog Mode get wds -- Display WDS Mode get wirelessmode -- Display Wireless LAN Mode get wmm -- Display WMM Mode get wmmParamBss -- Display WMM parameters used by STA in this BSS get wmmParam -- Display WMM parameters used by this AP get wlanstate -- Display wlan state get xrpoll -- Display XR poll get xrbss -- Display XR Bss Info get xrFragmentThreshold -- Display XR fragment threshold help -- Display CLI Command List ping -- Ping pktLog -- Packet Log reboot -- Reboot Access Point run -- Run command file quit -- Logoff exit -- Logoff set 11gonly -- Set 11g Only Allowed set 11goptimize -- Set 11g Optimization Level set 11goverlapbss -- Set Overlapping BSS Protection set acl -- Set Access Control List set aging -- Set Aging Interval set antenna -- Set Antenna set authentication -- Set Authentication Type set autochannelselect -- Set Auto Channel Selection set beaconinterval -- Modify Beacon Interval set burstSeqThreshold -- Set Max Number of frames in a Burst set burstTime -- Set Burst Time set cachePerf -- Begin cache performance monitoring set calibration -- Set Calibration Period set channel -- Set Radio Channel set cipher -- Set Cipher set countrycode -- Set Country Code set ctsmode -- Set CTS Mode set ctsrate -- Set CTS Rate set ctstype -- Set CTS Type set domainsuffix -- Set Domain Name Server Suffix set dtim -- Set Data Beacon Rate (DTIM) set enableANI -- Turn Adaptive Noise Immunity Control On/Off set encryption -- Set Encryption Mode set extendedchanmode -- Set Extended Channel Mode set factorydefault -- Restore to Default Factory Settings set firStepLvl -- Set ANI Parameter for FirStepLevel set fragmentthreshold -- Set Fragment Threshold set frequency -- Set Radio Frequency (MHz) set gateway -- Set Gateway IP Address set groupkeyupdate -- Set Group Key Update Interval (in Seconds) set hostipaddr -- Set Host IP address set ipaddr -- Set IP Address set ipmask -- Set IP Subnet Mask set jsw -- Set Jumpstart Mode set jsp2Passwd -- Set JS-P2 password set key -- Set Encryption Key set keyentrymethod -- Select Encryption Key Entry Method set keysource -- Select Source Of Encryption Keys set login -- Modify Login User Name set minimumrate -- Set Minimum Rate set nameaddress -- Set Name Server IP address set noiseImmunityLvl -- Set ANI Parameter for Noise Immunity Level set ofdmTrigHigh -- Set Higher Trigger Threshold for OFDM Phy Errors for ANI Control set ofdmTrigLow -- Set Lower Trigger Threshold for OFDM Phy Errors for ANI Control set ofdmWeakSigDet -- Set ANI Parameter for OFDM Weak Signal Detection set operationMode -- Set operation Mode set password -- Modify Password set passphrase -- Modify Passphrase set pktLogEnable -- Enable Packet Logging set power -- Set Transmit Power set radiusname -- Set RADIUS name or IP address set radiusport -- Set RADIUS port number set radiussecret -- Set RADIUS shared secret set rate -- Set Data Rate set reg -- Set Register Value set remoteAP -- Set Remote AP's Mac Address set hwtxretries -- Set HW Transmit Retry Limit set swtxretries -- Set SW Transmit Retry Limit set rtsthreshold -- Set RTS/CTS Threshold set shortpreamble -- Set Short Preamble set shortslottime -- Set Short Slot Time set softwareretry -- Set Software Retry set ssid -- Set Service Set ID set ssidsuppress -- Set SSID Suppress Mode set SuperG -- Super G Features set systemname -- Set Access Point System Name set updateparam -- Set Vendor Default Firmware Update Params set vlan -- Set VLAN Mode set watchdog -- Set Watchdog Mode set wds -- Set WDS Mode set wlanstate -- Set wlan state set wirelessmode -- Set Wireless LAN Mode set wmm -- Set WMM Mode set wmmParamBss -- Set WMM parameters used by STAs in this BSS set wmmParam -- Set WMM parameters used by this AP set xr -- Set XR v54 phy -- Print Phy error stats v54 queue -- Video54 Queuing Debug Info v54 reset -- Reset V54 TxCtrl State v54 staticant -- Configure a static antenna version -- Software version

• wlan0 -> get hardware
wlan0 -> get hardware wlan0 revisions: mac 11.0 phy 4.8 analog 7.0 PCI Vendor ID: 0x168c, Device ID: 0x13 Sub Vendor ID: 0x168c, Sub Device ID: 0x13 chip is AR5315 wlan0 -> version AP software 4.0.0.167

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