BT Home Hub 5B

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BT Home Hub 5 (Type B)
Support	Support page
WikiDevi.wi-cat.ru	BT Home Hub 5B
3rd Party Firmware
dd-wrt	Status Unknown
OpenWrt	Status Unknown
Tomato any flavor	Status Unknown
Platform
Brand • Model • Rev	BT Home Hub 5 B
Serial number prefix	076286
FCC ID	none specified
Type	CPE, wireless router, dsl modem
CPU1	Broadcom BCM63168
CPU1 Type	BMIPS4350
CPU1 Speed	400 MHz ( 2 cores )
Flash1 Chip	Zentel A5U1GA31ATS-BC
Flash1 Size	128 MiB134,217,728 B <br />1,048,576 Kib <br />131,072 KiB <br />1,024 Mib <br />0.125 GiB <br />
RAM1 Size	128 MiB134,217,728 B <br />1,048,576 Kib <br />131,072 KiB <br />1,024 Mib <br />0.125 GiB <br />
RAM1 Chip	Samsung K4B1G1646G-BCH9
ETH chip1	Broadcom BCM63168
Switch	Broadcom BCM63168
Ethernet Port Count	1-WAN 4-1GbE-LAN
Wired Standard	IEEE 802.3i/3u/3ab
802dot11 OUI: 4C:09:D4 (-, 1 W), 5C:DC:96 (-, 3 W) Ethernet OUI: 4C:09:D4 (-, 1 W), 5C:DC:96 (-, 3 W)
Stock FW OS	Linux 2.6
Expansion IF types	USB 2.0
USB ports	1
USB Hub Compatible	Untested
Power	12 VDC, 2 A
Connector type	barrel
Flags: VDSL2
Other
Default SSID: BTHub5-XXXX (1 addl. devices) Default IP address: 192.168.1.254 the IP 192.168.1.254 is used by 157 additional devices of which 4 are BT devices Default login user: admin Default login password: randomly generated admin:randomly generated credentials used by 28 additional devices of which 4 are BT devices
Manuf/OEM/ODM	Arcadyan VR9517M AC33
Retail
Availability	common
(Est.) initial retail price (in USD):	$10/2014
ASIN	B00VP3K9U2
Country of manuf	China
Radio 1
Chip1	Broadcom BCM63168
Wireless interface OUI	4C:09:D4, 5C:DC:96,
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 2
Chip1	Broadcom BCM4360
Wireless interface OUI	4C:09:D4, 5C:DC:96,
Antenna Connector Type	PCB on-board
MIMO status	3x3:3
Wireless Standard	IEEE 802.11a/n/ac
802.11ac	up to 1300 Mbps
802.11n	up to 450 Mbps
802.11a	up to 54 Mbps
WiFi Operating Frequency	5 GHz
Radio cor_rev	40
CPU1 brand Radio1 chip1 brand Radio2 chip1 brand BT Home Hub 1.0 Broadcom Broadcom BT Home Hub 1.5 Broadcom Broadcom BT Home Hub 2.0A Broadcom Broadcom BT Home Hub 2.0B Lantiq Atheros BT Home Hub 3.0A Lantiq Atheros BT Home Hub 3.0B Broadcom Broadcom BT Home Hub 4A Lantiq Lantiq Lantiq BT Home Hub 5A Lantiq (Intel) Atheros Qualcomm Atheros BT Home Hub 5B Broadcom Broadcom Broadcom

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

For a list of all currently documented BT device with specifications, see BT.

• 1300 Mbps - 3SS 5GHz 802.11ac (80MHz chan.),

• 300 Mbps - 2SS 2.4GHz 802.11n (40MHz chan.) = AC1600 class

Overview

BT Home Hub

• BT Home Hub 5 (Type A) - CPU: Lantiq PSB 80910 (XWAY VRX268)
• BT Home Hub 5 (Type B) - CPU: Broadcom BCM63168 @400MHz (BCM63268?)

Power consumption

Model		BT Home Hub 5A	BT Home Hub 5B
In operation		9.2W		14.0W
Idle			6.3W		7.2W
Standby mode		0.2W		0.1W

Links of Interest

• On the BT Shop
• GPL Code for the Home Hub 5
• BT Home Hub on Wikipedia

Pictures

User Images

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  Inside the HomeHub 5B

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  With the heatsink removed

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  Suspected UART port

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  BCM63168 chip

See also

• BT Business Hub 5 Mfr#: 076399
• BT Mini Hub Kit Mfr#: 086022
• BT Smart Hub Mfr#: 088138

2.4GHz: 802.11b/g/n 3x3 MIMO

5GHz: 802.11an/ac 4x4 MIMO

ADSL2+ and VDSL2