Linksys WRT300N v1.1

Linksys WRT300N v1.1

Manuf (OEM/ODM): CyberTAN

FCC approval date: 06 February 2007
Country of manuf.: China
S/N prefix: CNP1

Local image

Type: wireless router

FCC ID: Q87-WRT300NV11
IC ID: 3839A-WRT3NV11

Power: 12 VDC, 1 A
Connector type: barrel

CPU1: Broadcom BCM4705L (300 MHz)
FLA1: 8 MiB8,388,608 B 65,536 Kib 8,192 KiB 64 Mib 0.00781 GiB  (Samsung K8D6316UBM-PI07)
RAM1: 32 MiB33,554,432 B 262,144 Kib 32,768 KiB 256 Mib 0.0313 GiB  (Nanya NT5DS8M16F5-5T × 2)

Expansion IFs: none specified
JTAG: yes, 12-pin header, unpopulated, micro
Serial: yes, 5-pin header, unpopulated, (115200,8,N,1)

WI1 chip1: Broadcom BCM4321
WI1 chip2: Broadcom BCM2055
WI1 802dot11 protocols: bgn
WI1 MIMO config: 2x2:2
WI1 antenna connector: none

ETH chip1: Broadcom BCM4705L
Switch: Broadcom BCM5325E
LAN speed: 100M
LAN ports: 4
WAN speed: 100M
WAN ports: 1

bgn

Stock bootloader: CFE

Stock FW OS: Linux

TPFirmware supported: DD-WRT • (List)

Default SSID: linksys (50 addl. devices)
Default IP address: 192.168.1.1
the IP 192.168.1.1 is used by 1304 additional devices
of which 154 are Linksys devices
Default login user: blank
Default login password: admin
blank:admin credentials used by 300 additional devices
of which 143 are Linksys devices

802dot11 OUI: 00:1A:70 (9 E, 15 W), 00:1C:10 (9 E, 16 W)
Ethernet OUI: 00:1A:70 (9 E, 15 W), 00:1C:10 (9 E, 16 W)

	CPU1 brand	WI1 chip1 brand	WI1 chip2 brand
Linksys WRT300N v1.0	Broadcom	Broadcom	Broadcom
Linksys WRT300N v1.1	Broadcom	Broadcom	Broadcom
Linksys WRT300N v2	Intel XScale	Atheros	Atheros

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

Wireless-N Broadband Router

• Support page • (Template link outdated)

Flashing

NOTE: During configuration or flashing a device, the only things that should be hooked to the device is the computer and power.

Flashing DD-WRT

WARNING: Do not flash micro this unit!

WARNING: Requires K2.4 for DD-WRT, Do not flash anything else!

Download DD-WRT v24 Mini from this link: dd-wrt.v24_mini_wrt300nv11.bin
Read the peacock announcement found here: viewtopic.php?t=51486
Do a proper Hard reset or 30/30/30 on your router.
Set your computer to a static IP address of 192.168.1.7 Subnet mask to 255.255.255.0
Plug a lan cable from your computer to a LAN port on the router. Disable any wireless on your computer
Open your web browser to 192.168.1.1
Find any settings you might want to keep and copy them down or cut and paste them
(e.g. MAC addresses for MAC filtering)
Go to Administration, Firmware upgrade, in the linksys webgui.
Browse to the dd-wrt.v24_mini_wrt300nv11.bin you downloaded, and hit upgrade.
Wait until you can access the dd-wrt webgui at 192.168.1.1
Power cycle the router
Wait until you can access the dd-wrt webgui at 192.168.1.1
Do ANOTHER Hard reset or 30/30/30 on the router.
Go in and set your user name and password by carefully typing each of them in.
Set your computer to auto IP and auto DNS.

Upgrading

Updating DD-WRT

If dd-wrt is already on the router follow these instructions. If stock firmware is on the router follow the flashing instructions.

Check for recommended builds here first.
Set your computer to a static IP of 192.168.1.7. (or to whatever subnet the router is on) Disable all firewalls and security. Disable wireless on your computer and only have the router connected to the flashing computer by the ethernet cable between the two.
Hard reset or 30/30/30 (If the router supports it, if not, reset to defults in the GUI) prior to flashing. Wait. Check for password page on re-login and change password.
Flash firmware. You can use the webgui except if you have a belkin router. (For belkin use tftp.exe to flash)
Wait...at least three minutes. Lights should return to normal. See important2, below. Failing to wait is how most people brick their routers.
Do a power cycle of the router. (Unplug the cord, count to 30 and plug it back in.)
Wait for the lights to return to normal usually about 2 minutes.
Hard reset or 30/30/30 again (If the router supports it, if not, reset to defults in the GUI). Wait. Check for the password page and re-login to change the password. Then you can reconfigure your settings manually.
Once configured set your computer back to autoIP and autoDNS.

Important1: This Hard reset or 30/30/30 works fine for Asus router, but you do have to power cycle after the reset.

Important2: After you flash the firmware, and before you do the hard reset, the router will be building some nvram settings. YOU MUST WAIT FOR THIS TO FINISH PRIOR TO DOING ANYTHING WITH THE ROUTER INCLUDING A HARD RESET. Usually, you can tell when this process is completed by the WAN light coming on, but it does take several minutes. Go have a beer. There are starting to be more and more people who BRICK their routers by not waiting until the nvram is rebuilt, PRIOR to doing a hard reset. YOU NEED TO WAIT!

JTAG-Serial Info

JTAG

JTAG Pinouts

 nTRST  1o o2  GND
   TDI  3o o4  GND
   TDO  5o o6  GND
   TMS  7o o8  GND
   TCK  9o o10 GND
 nSRST 11o o12 N/C

JTAG Recovery

JTAG Recovery Instructions

Serial

Serial Pinouts

JP2

 VCC  1 o  (3.3 volts)
  RX  2 o
  TX  3 o
 N/C  4 o
 GND  5 o  (This is the pin closest to where it
            states CB1 on the board on a Ver1.1)

Hyper terminal Setup in Windows XP

In Windows XP, Click Start Button - All Programs - Accessories - 
   Communication - HyperTerminal
Enter a name for the connection, Click ok
Choose com port you adapter is plugged into, Click ok
Set:
 Bits per second = 115200
 Data Bits = 8
 Parity = none
 Stop bits = 1
 Flow control = none
Click ok
Click File - Save As, and select a place to save it to so you 
             don't have to enter the settings again.

Putty Setup in Windows XP

After installing putty, run it
 Serial line = The COM port your using for serial (ie. COM3)
 Speed = 115200
Click on Serial under Connection
 Serial line to connect to = same as above (Serial line)
 Speed (baud) = 115200
 Data bits = 8
 Stop bits = 1
 Parity = none
 Flow control = none
Click Session
 Enter a name for your connection under saved sessions
Click Save
Click Open

DD-WRT Serial Recovery

Modified redhawk0 instructions

Print out these instructions for Off-Line use
Connect PC to router with a network cable
Configure PC with a static IP of 192.168.1.10
Connect Serial cable
Start one of the programs from above
Get TFTP ready with file selected
Use dd-wrt.v24_mini_wrt300nv11.bin
Connect power to the router
start a rapid fire Cntl-C as you plug the router to power
type "nvram erase" w/o quotes, hit enter
type "flash -noheader : flash1.trx" w/o quotes, this starts the tftp daemon, hit enter
but have TFTP ready
Click go or start on TFTP
give it 5 minutes after it finishes
then power cycle....Hard reset or 30/30/30...then config
when it stops spitting out txt....hit the enter key...you should get a login prompt...
at that point, power cycle it, hard reset...then config - you'll see it boot up

vlan Info

DD-WRT vlan Info

WikiDevi.Wi-Cat.RU:DD-WRT/VLAN Support

Pictures

Images

DarkShadow's Unit

Board Top
Board Bottom
Board Top2
Board Bottom2
Board Top3
Board Top4
Back
Board Top5
Serial MOD
Serial MOD2
Serial MOD3
Multiple Views

FCCID Q87-WRT300NV11

Notes

DD-WRT Notes

DD-WRT Debricking information

Here is a thread which contains a JTAG method for debricking your WRT300N v1 and v1.1 model.

For further information about JTAG please see the wiki entry entitled JTAG.

DD-WRT Post-Installation

Once you have completed all of the steps above, your router is already set and ready to be used, configured, etc.

Known DD-WRT Issues

Versions 1.0 and 2.0 of this router have 4MB flash, so JFFS will not work with the standard distros.

Version 1.1 has 8MB of flash so may (untested) work with JFFS.

I use static DHCP for my network and found that this page had strange errors (incorrect labels, missing radio buttons).

To fix this, navigate to Administration -> Factory Defaults and then restore the factory defaults to the router.

- Relatively same issue with MAC filtering where the word "error" replaced labels.
When editing settings on the Administration page for the first time (after flash or hard reset),

make sure that you change the interface language dropdown to Simplified Chinese, then back to English.

Otherwise the router will end up in Simplified Chinese until you either change it, or hard reset the router.

If you did not hard reset the router before you installed DD-WRT, then the login information is as follows:
- Username: root
- Password: Whatever your password was
- Hard reset the router if you cannot figure out the login information.

Refer here ([dd-wrt-wiki:Linksys WRT300N#General Information]) for the default login information.

Occasionally after changing a setting, the router will lose its connection to the internet.

All you need to do to restore the connection is navigate to the Administration page and scroll

to the bottom and hit the Reboot Router button.

- I recommend that you change all the settings you want to change then reboot the router regardless.

DD-WRT Security LED

(solved) Security LED Script WRT300n v1.1 @ DD-WRT

The security LED will not light up after flashing on version 1.1. To fix this, go to

Administration > Commands, type in the following and then click Save Startup:

 while sleep 1; do if [ `nvram get wl0_security_mode` = "disabled" ]; then gpio enable 3; else gpio disable 3; fi; done &

As posted by osmosis

On the wiki for 150N is posted

 root@DD-WRT:~# gpio enable 5 #(SECURITY LED - off - green)
 root@DD-WRT:~# gpio disable 5 #(SECURITY LED - on - green)
 root@DD-WRT:~# gpio disable 3 #(SECURITY LED - on - amber)
 root@DD-WRT:~# gpio enable 3 #(SECURITY LED - off - amber)

this applies for the WRT300N v1.0 as well so to incorporate the amber into the mix as not secure:

Also confirmed working on the WRT300N v1.1 DarkShadow talk contribs 02:40, October 1, 2010 (UTC)

 while sleep 1; do
 if [ `nvram get wl0_security_mode` = "disabled" ]; then
 gpio enable 5
 gpio disable 3
 else
 gpio enable 3
 gpio disable 5
 fi
 done &