HiWiFi HC6361

bgn (N150)
1SS 2.4GHz 802.11n Wireless Router
WikiDevi.wi-cat.ru	HiWiFi HC6361
3rd Party Firmware
dd-wrt	Status Unknown
OpenWrt	Partial Support
Tomato any flavor	Incompatible
Gargoyle	Status Unknown
Platform
Brand • Model • Rev	HiWiFi HC6361
FCC ID	none specified
Type	wireless router
CPU1 Y	Atheros AR9331
CPU1 Type	MIPS 24Kc
CPU1 Speed	400 MHz
Flash1 Chip	Micron MT29F32G08CBACA
Flash1 Size	4 GiB 4,096 MiB <br />4,294,967,296 B <br />33,554,432 Kib <br />4,194,304 KiB <br />32,768 Mib <br /> (NAND)
Flash2 Chip	Spansion S25FL128SAIF00
Flash2 Size	16 MiB16,777,216 B <br />131,072 Kib <br />16,384 KiB <br />128 Mib <br />0.0156 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	SK hynix H5DU5162ETR-E3C
ETH chip1	Atheros AR9331
Switch	Atheros AR9331
Ethernet Port Count	1-100MbE-WAN 2-100MbE-LAN
Wired Standard	IEEE 802.3i/3u
802dot11 OUI: D4:EE:07 Ethernet OUI: D4:EE:07
Stock bootloader	U-Boot
Stock FW OS	Linux 3.10.36
Expansion IF types	USB
Power	5 VDC, 1 A
Connector type	USB Female (Micro-B)
Serial Port (UART)	yes, 3.3V TTL, (115200 8N1)
Additional chips NAND Flash (32 Gb);Micron;MT29F32G08CBACA;29F32G08CBACA;1; USB 2.0 Flash Disk controller;SkyMedi;SK6226;SK6226, BAPMC4, A1317, S6A432.2;1;
Other
Default SSID: HiWiFi_XXXXXX Default IP address: 192.168.199.1 Default login user: blank Default login password: admin blank:admin credentials used by 292 additional devices of which 0 are HiWiFi devices
3rd Party Firmware Support	OpenWrt • (List | Dev | DLs)
Retail
Availability	End of Life
(Est.) release date	2013
ASIN	B00E93Z720
Country of manuf	China
Radio 1
Chip1	Atheros AR9331
Wireless interface OUI	D4:EE:07
Antenna Connector Type	none specified
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

For a list of all currently documented Atheros (QCA) chipsets with specifications, see Atheros.

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

Overview

Additional storage (4 GB per the shown MT29F32G08CBACA NAND) is available to the device via the on-board SK6226 USB 2.0 (High-Speed) Flash controller.

OpenWrt based Source Code https://code.hiwifi.com/, note that is not original firmware.

Checkout code need register.

See also HiWiFi HC5661/HC5663/HC5761/HC6361..

Links of Interest

• HiWiFi HC6361 on OpenWrt Wiki (pictures)

The Xtal frequency is 25MHz.

Flashing

Flashing OpenWrt

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

Target: ath79
Subtarget: generic
Package architecture: mips_24kc
Supported Since Commit
Support started version: 14.07
Current supported version: 25.12.2

Unsupported Functions:
Stock bootloader unsupported, a secondly bootloader should be added.
LAN Hardware: Atheros AR9331
WLAN Hardware: Atheros AR9331
Installation method(s):
CLI generic, Sysupgrade, see devicepage
Install Comment:
Need to downgrade (unlock) U-Boot at first, do not reboot, then issue sysupgrade -F -n *sysupgrade.bin to install Openwrt, you might not able to revert to stock firmware afterwards
Recovery Comment:
The Hiwifi stock firmware recovery method is this, not sure whether it's applicable to OpenWRT
Comment:
The stock firmware is a modified version of Openwrt, you need to request to open developer mode to ssh the router

git • >>
ar71xx: add profile and build image for HiWiFi HC6361.

Pictures

User Images

• external
• 
  external shot on top of a TP Edge
• 
  accessing it's shell via the serial, still on the Edge
• 
  bottom of the unit (Made in China)
• 
  with its box

• internal
• 
  board top
• 
  board top, annotated
• 
  three pads, used later
• 
  board bottom
• 
  UART test pads (TP1 + TP2)
• 
  PL2303 dongle used
• 
  UART setup finished (board -> PL2303 -> ext. USB data lines)
• 
  16 MB NOR Flash chip
• 
  partially in of case