Netgear R6300 v1


 * Product page  •  Manual

There is a SMSC USB2514B USB 2.0 Hub on-board.


 * OEM: Foxconn (Hon Hai) / Ambit U12H218T00

HW Dissection

 * Chipworks's dissection (nice images)
 * Macronix MX25L1606EM2I-12G 16Mbit (2MB) Serial Flash
 * Samsung K9F1G08U0D 1Gbit (128MB) NAND Flash
 * Broadcom BCM53125 switch, SMSC USB25148 USB 2.0 Hub
 * Foxconn P/N T77H391 BCM4360 wireless module (same P/N and
 * Broadcom ref. design for the BCM4352 module in the Netgear R6200)
 * silkscreened with "BCM94360MCH5" and the Foxconn P/N "T77H391"
 * noted the dies for the BCM4360 and BCM4352 as being the same.

Reviews

 * First look - Netgear R6300 router on SmallNetBuilder
 * Default SSIDs of NETGEAR57 and NETGEAR57-5G


 * Netgear R6300 review on SmallNetBuilder
 * indicates the switch chip is a Broadcom BCM53115
 * (contradicted by the SkyWorks dissection below)
 * 2.4GHz - Broadcom BCM4331 + 3x Skyworks SE2594L
 * (Dual Band 802.11a/b/g/n Wireless LAN Front End)
 * 5GHz - Broadcom BCM4360 + 3x Skyworks SE5003L
 * (5GHz, 23dBm Power Amp w/ Power Detector)


 * Reviewed on Foxnetwork (w/ photos [internal, external, and UI])
 * 84:1B:5E OUI; NETGEARXX and NETGEARXX-5G SSIDs

Forum threads

 * Kong's shot of the board w/ serial header connected on MyOpenRouter
 * Shot of the header section on the DD-WRT forums

Other

 * Netgear R6200 router and A6200 USB 2.0 adapter on AnandTech
 * Processor noted as the Broadcom BCM4706

GPIO
Use the following dd-wrt console startup script to turn off the NETGEAR logo. gpio enable 9 gpio enable 1

Pinout
The serial header is J252. J252 (3.3) (TxD) (...) (...) (RxD) (GND) Pin1 Pin2  Pin3  Pin4  Pin5  Pin6 v to J251 (presumably JTAG)