Buffalo MiniStation Air (HDW-P500U3)

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Buffalo MiniStation Air 500GB (HDW-P500U3)
Homepage	Product page (RU)
Support	Support page
Wikipedia	Buffalo Inc.
WikiDevi.wi-cat.ru	Buffalo MiniStation Air (HDW-P500U3)
3rd Party Firmware
dd-wrt	Status Unknown
OpenWrt	Status Unknown
Tomato any flavor	Incompatible
Platform
Brand • Model • Rev	Buffalo MiniStation Air
Model Part Number	HDW-P500U3
FCC ID	FDI-01309347-0, LD3WIFIDAS21
Type	mobile NAS, hard drive enclosure
CPU1	Ralink RT5350
CPU1 Type	MIPS 24KEc
CPU1 Speed	360 MHz
Flash1 Chip	Eon EN25Q64
Flash1 Size	8 MiB8,388,608 B <br />65,536 Kib <br />8,192 KiB <br />64 Mib <br />0.00781 GiB <br />
RAM1 Size	64 MiB67,108,864 B <br />524,288 Kib <br />65,536 KiB <br />512 Mib <br />0.0625 GiB <br />
RAM1 Chip	ESMT M12L2561616A-6T x 2
802dot11 OUI: 10:6F:3F (5 E, 6 W)
Expansion IF types	USB 3.0
USB ports	1
USB Hub Compatible	Untested
Power	5 VDC, 2 A ?v BAT Li-ion, 2860 mAh, ? cells
Connector type	barrel
Flags: battery, portable
Other
Manuf/OEM/ODM	Mapower Electronics WiFi DAS
Retail
FCC approval date	31 July 2012
Country of manuf	China
Radio 1
Chip1	Ralink RT5350
Wireless interface OUI	10:6F:3F
Antenna Connector Type	U.FL
MIMO status	1x1:1
Wireless Standard	IEEE 802.11b/g/n
802.11n	up to 150 Mbps
802.11g	up to 54 Mbps
802.11b	up to 11 Mbps
WiFi Operating Frequency	2.4 GHz
FCC ID Mapower Electronics WiFi DAS (WI21) LD3WIFIDAS21 Patriot Memory Gauntlet Node (PCGTW25S) LD3WIFIDAS21
CPU1 brand Radio1 chip1 brand Radio1 chip2 brand Buffalo MiniStation Air Ralink Ralink Buffalo MiniStation Air (HDW-P500U3) Ralink Ralink

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

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

• 150 Mbps - 1SS 2.4GHz 802.11n (40MHz chan.) = N150 class

Overview

Linux kernel spotted inside of firmware, but no source is provided:

Support page on Buffalo

• HDW-PU3 series - for a non-Buffalo branded WiFi DAS,

see Mapower Electronics WiFi DAS (WI21)

• "EAW2-055-BF-10" is silkscreened on the board in the FCC photos.

A label in the internal FCC photos shows the device with a 00:0A:D8 OUI.

• It seem that the internal HDD is connected to the Ralink SoC via

USB 2.0 and has a external USB 3.0 port to connect directly to the drive.

• The device has a 2860mAh (11Wh) Buffalo branded Li-ion battery.

Links of Interest

Reviews

• On 3dNews
• On ChekLab