Netgear R6300 v1

Overview
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

JTAG Pinouts
J251 (presumably JTAG)

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

Pictures
Retail Images 

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