Arcadyan AR7516AAW22

bgn (N300)
	Orange Bright Box; EE Bright Box 1
WikiDevi.wi-cat.ru	Arcadyan AR7516AAW22
3rd Party Firmware
dd-wrt	Status Unknown
OpenWrt	Partial Support
Tomato any flavor	Status Unknown
Gargoyle	Status Unknown
Platform
Brand • Model • Rev	Arcadyan AR7516AAW22 3-A-OT (2L)
FCC ID	RAXAR7516VW
Board ID	141751620007J
Type	wireless router, dsl modem
CPU1	Broadcom BCM63281
CPU1 Type	BMIPS4350
CPU1 Speed	320 MHz
Flash1 Chip	Macronix MX25L6406E
Flash1 Size	8 MiB 8,388,608 B <br />65,536 Kib <br />8,192 KiB <br />64 Mib <br />0.00781 GiB <br /> (SPI NOR)
RAM1 Size	64 MiB 67,108,864 B <br />524,288 Kib <br />65,536 KiB <br />512 Mib <br />0.0625 GiB <br /> (DDR2)
RAM1 Chip	EtronTech EM68B16CWQD-25H
ETH chip1	Broadcom BCM63281
Switch	Broadcom BCM63281
Ethernet Port Count	4-100MbE-LAN
Wired Standard	IEEE 802.3i/3u
	802dot11 OUI: 1C:C6:3C (-, 2 W), 84:9C:A6 (1 E, 1 W), 74:31:70 (4 E, 7 W); Ethernet OUI: 1C:C6:3C (-, 2 W), 84:9C:A6 (1 E, 1 W), 74:31:70 (4 E, 7 W)
Stock bootloader	CFE (vendor modified)
Expansion IF types	USB 2.0
USB ports	1
USB Hub Compatible	Untested
Power	12 VDC, 1 A
Connector type	barrel
Serial Port (UART)	yes, 4-pin header, unpopulated, J1, 3.3V TTL, (115200 8N1)
	Flags:; ADSL2+
Other
	Default SSID: BrightBox-XXXXXX ; , EE-Bright-Box-XXXX ; Default IP address: 192.168.1.1; the IP 192.168.1.1 is used by 1359 additional devices; of which 1 are Arcadyan devices;
Manuf/OEM/ODM	Arcadyan
3rd Party Firmware Support	OpenWrt • (List \| Dev \| DLs);
Retail
Availability	End of Life
FCC approval date	24 November 2010
(Est.) release date	01 November 2011
Radio 1
Chip1	Broadcom BCM43227
Wireless interface OUI	1C:C6:3C, 84:9C:A6, 74:31:70
Antenna Connector Type	none specified
MIMO status	2x2:2
Wireless Standard	IEEE 802.11b/g/n
802.11n	up to 300 Mbps
802.11g	up to 54 Mbps
802.11b	up to 11 Mbps
WiFi Operating Frequency	2.4 GHz
Radio cor_rev	30
Astoria AR7516	RAXAR7516VW
Buffalo WBMR-HP-G300H	RAXAR7516VW

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

For a list of all currently documented Arcadyan devices with specifications, see Arcadyan.

• 300 Mbps - 2SS 2.4GHz 802.11n (40MHz chan.) = N300 class

Overview

Also known as the Orange Bright Box or EE Bright Box 1 in the UK.

Arcadyan AR7516 on OpenWrt Wiki.

"141751620007J R01" and "1144" (11/2011) is silkscreened on the board in the photos.

See also Astoria AR7516 and Buffalo WBMR-HP-G300H (FCC ID: RAXAR7516VW)

Flashing

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

Flashing OpenWrt

This device is NOT RECOMMENDED for future use with OpenWrt due to low flash/ram.

DO NOT BUY DEVICES WITH 8MB FLASH / 64MB RAM if you intend to flash an up-to-date and secure OpenWrt version onto it! See 8/64 warning for details.

This device does not have sufficient resources (flash and/or RAM) to provide secure and reliable operation.

This means that you will not be able to install many packages, and that you might experience crashes due to OOM situations more or less often. See OpenWrt on 8/64 devices what you can do now.

Devices with Broadcom WiFi chipsets have limited OpenWrt supportability (due to limited FLOSS driver availability for Broadcom chips). Consider this when choosing a device to buy, or when deciding to flash OpenWrt on your device because it is listed as supported. See Broadcom WiFi for details.

On the OpenWrt ToH (techdata entry)
On the OpenWrt Wiki
On the OpenWrt Forum

Target: bmips
Subtarget: bcm6328
Package architecture: mips_mips32
Supported Since Commit
Support started version: 17.01.0
Current supported version: 25.12.0

Unsupported Functions:
DSL modem, WiFi 2.4GHz partly
LAN Hardware: Broadcom BCM6328
WLAN Hardware: Broadcom BCM43227
WLAN Comment: 2x2
Installation method(s):
CFE web recovery, see devicepage
Recovery method(s):
CFE web recovery
Comment:
aka EE Brightbox 1

git • >>

bmips: add support for Arcadyan AR7516
The Arcadyan AR7516, AKA Orange Bright Box or EE Bright Box 1, is a wifi
fast ethernet router, 2.4 GHz single band with two internal antennas. It
comes with a horizontal stand black shiny casing.

Newer Bright Box 1 model stands vertically, and comes with a totally
different board inside, not compatible with this firmware.

Hardware:
 - SoC: Broadcom BCM6328
 - CPU: single core BMIPS4350 V7.5 @ 320Mhz
 - RAM: 64 MB DDR2
 - Flash: 8 MB SPI NOR
 - Ethernet LAN: 4x 100Mbit
 - Wifi 2.4 GHz: Broadcom BCM43227 802.11bgn (onboard)
 - USB: 1x 2.0
 - ADSL: yes, unsupported
 - Buttons: 2x
 - LEDs: 9x, power LED is hardware controlled
 - UART: yes

Installation in two steps, new CFE bootloader and firmware:

Install new CFE:
  1. Power off the router and press the RESET button
  2. Power on the router and wait some seconds
  3. Release the RESET button
  3. Browse to http://192.168.1.1, this web interface will offer both
     firmware (“Software”) upgrade and bootloader upgrade; be sure to
     use the bootloader section of the upload form.
  4. Upload the new CFE (availabe at the wiki page)
  5. Wait about a minute for flashing to finish and reboot into the new bootloader.

Install OpenWrt via new CFE web UI:
  1. After installing the new CFE, visit http://192.168.1.1
  2. Upload the Openwrt cfe firmware

Arcadyan AR7516AAW22

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