Belkin F5D8231-4 v2

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bgn (N300)
N1 Wireless Router
Support	Support page
Wikipedia	Belkin
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3rd Party Firmware
dd-wrt	Incompatible
OpenWrt	Incompatible
Tomato any flavor	Incompatible
Platform
Brand • Model • Rev	Belkin F5D8231-4 v2000
FCC ID	K7SF5D8231-4B
IC ID	3632A-F5D82314
Type	wireless router
Series	F5D8231-4
CPU1	Marvell 88F5181
CPU1 Type	ARMv5
CPU1 Speed	500 MHz
Flash1 Chip	Brand? Model?
Flash1 Size	4 MiB4,194,304 B <br />32,768 Kib <br />4,096 KiB <br />32 Mib <br />0.00391 GiB <br />
RAM1 Size	32 MiB33,554,432 B <br />262,144 Kib <br />32,768 KiB <br />256 Mib <br />0.0313 GiB <br />
RAM1 Chip	Brand? Model? x 2
ETH chip1	Marvell 88F5181
Switch	Marvell 88E6061
Ethernet Port Count	1-WAN 4-100MbE-LAN
Wired Standard	IEEE 802.3i/3u
802dot11 OUI: none specified
Expansion IF types	Mini PCI
Mini PCI slots	1
Power	12 VDC, 1.2 A
Connector type	barrel
Other
Default IP address: 192.168.2.1 the IP 192.168.2.1 is used by 297 additional devices of which 99 are Belkin devices
Manuf/OEM/ODM	SerComm
Retail
FCC approval date	17 October 2006
Country of manuf	China
Radio 1
Radio1 module	SerComm YBW10A
Radio1 module IF	Mini PCI
Chip1	Marvell 88W8361P
Chip2	Marvell 88W8060
Wireless interface OUI	none specified
Antenna Connector Type	U.FL
MIMO status	2x3:2
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
FCC ID LevelOne WBR-6000 v1 ULT540564070601 K7SF5D8231-4B
CPU1 brand Radio1 chip1 brand Radio1 chip2 brand Belkin F5D8231-4 v1 Intel XScale Atheros Atheros Belkin F5D8231-4 v2 Marvell Marvell Marvell Belkin F5D8231-4 v3 Ralink Ralink Ralink Belkin F5D8231-4 v4 Atheros Atheros Atheros Belkin F5D8231-4 v5 Ralink Ralink Ralink

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

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

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

Overview

The FCC test report lists the processor as a 333 MHz Marvell 88F5180n, RAM as 32MB, Flash as 4MB, and switch as the Marvell 88E6061.

The wireless module has "970YBW0000-1.0MM" silkscreened on it in the FCC photos.
As shipped, the wireless module is a SerComm device, board ID YBW10A-1.0MM.

This mini PCI card has device ID [11ab:2a02]. Assumed 2x3 MIMO configuration.

Then native software also allows this device to be easily configured as a simple Wireless Access Point and Ethernet Switch, without the routing and firewall services.

• On the OpenWrt forums - boot log, states CPU is a 88F5181 running at 500MHz.

There does not appear to be any port of OpenWRT and such to the F5D8231-4 v2, but the mini PCI card might be re-purposed, to convert an old notebook computer to wireless N, leaving the center receive-only antenna connector open. Native Windows device drivers can be found at Sciencspaces. While no native Linux driver ever made it all the way into the mainstream kernel, the card will also work with the Linux ndiswrapper.