Astoria AR7516

bgn (N300)
Orange Bright Box EE Bright Box 1
WikiDevi.wi-cat.ru	Astoria AR7516
3rd Party Firmware
dd-wrt	Status Unknown
OpenWrt	Partial Support
Tomato any flavor	Status Unknown
Gargoyle	Status Unknown
Platform
Brand • Model • Rev	Arcadyan Astoria AR7516
FCC ID	RAXAR7516VW
Type	wireless router, dsl modem
CPU1 Y	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 />
RAM1 Size	64 MiB 67,108,864 B <br />524,288 Kib <br />65,536 KiB <br />512 Mib <br />0.0625 GiB <br />
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: none specified
Stock bootloader	CFE
Expansion IF types	USB 2.0
USB ports	1
USB Hub Compatible	Untested
Power	12 VDC, 1 A
Connector type	barrel
Flags: ADSL2+
Other
Manuf/OEM/ODM	Arcadyan AR7516A
3rd Party Firmware Support	OpenWrt • (List | Dev | DLs)
Retail
FCC approval date	24 November 2010
Country of manuf	China
Radio 1
Chip1	Broadcom BCM43227
Wireless interface OUI	none specified
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
FCC ID Arcadyan AR7516AAW22 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

Arcadyan / Astoria AR7516 (Orange / EE Bright Box)

See also Arcadyan AR7516AAW22 and Buffalo WBMR-HP-G300H (FCC ID: RAXAR7516VW)

Links of Interest

• Arcadyan/Astoria AR7516 on OpenWrt wiki

Flashing

Flashing OpenWrt

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 5. Wait a few minutes for it to finish Signed-off-by: Daniel González Cabanelas