Linksys WRT160NL

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Wireless-N Broadband Router with Storage Link
Linksys WRT160NL 01.jpg
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3rd Party Firmware
dd-wrt Supported
OpenWrt Was Supported
Tomato any flavor Incompatible
Gargoyle Status Unknown
Platform
BrandModelRev Linksys WRT160NL v1 (CUR01)
Serial number prefix CUR01
FCC ID Q87-WRT160NL
IC ID 3839A-WRT160NL
Type wireless router
CPU1 checkY Atheros AR9130
CPU1 Type MIPS 24K
CPU1 Speed 400 MHz
Flash1 Chip Eon EN25P64
Flash1 Size 8 MiB8,388,608 B <br />65,536 Kib <br />8,192 KiB <br />64 Mib <br />0.00781 GiB <br /> (Serial)
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 Samsung K4H561638J-LCCC
nvram Size 32K
ETH chip1 Atheros AR9130
Switch Realtek RTL8306SD
Ethernet Port Count 1-100MbE-WAN
4-100MbE-LAN
Wired Standard IEEE 802.3/3u

802dot11 OUI: 00:23:69 (12 E, 19 W), 00:25:9C (8 E, 15 W), 68:7F:74 (13 E, 16 W)
Ethernet OUI: 00:23:69 (12 E, 19 W), 00:25:9C (8 E, 15 W), 68:7F:74 (13 E, 16 W)

Stock bootloader U-Boot
Expansion IF types USB 2.0
USB ports 1
USB Hub Compatible Untested
Power 12 VDC, 1.5 A
Connector type barrel
Serial Port (UART) yes, (115200 8N1)
JTAG Port yes
Other

Default IP address: 192.168.1.1
the IP 192.168.1.1 is used by 1335 additional devices
of which 155 are Linksys devices
Default login user: blank
Default login password: admin
blank:admin credentials used by 284 additional devices
of which 135 are Linksys devices

Manuf/OEM/ODM CyberTAN
3rd Party Firmware Support DD-WRT • (List)
, OpenWrt (Was)
Retail
Availability End of Life
FCC approval date 02 March 2009
UPC 745883587650
(UPC DB, On eBay)
ASIN B0028N6VLE Flag of the United States.svg
Country of manuf China
Physical
Dimensions 7.98" x 6.27" x 1.3"
Radio 1
Chip1 Atheros AR9130
Chip2 Atheros AR9102
Wireless interface OUI 00:23:69, 00:25:9C, 68:7F:74
Antenna Connector Type RP-SMA
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

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

For a list of all currently documented Linksys devices with specifications, see Linksys.

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

Overview

WRT160NL serial numbers appear to start with CUR0.

See also: Linksys E2100L

Links of Interest

Flashing

Flashing dd-wrt

On the DDWRT Wiki
Support started version: WRT160NL build 13977 20100224
Current supported version: unknown
http://wrt160nl.org/

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Flashing OpenWrt

On the OpenWrt ToH (techdata entry)
On the OpenWrt Wiki
OpenWrt Target: ar71xx
OpenWrt Subtarget: generic
OpenWrt Package architecture: mips_24kc
Support started version: 10.03
Current supported version: EOL
Last Supported Version: 19.07.10

Please insert instructions here

Upgrading

Updating DD-WRT

If dd-wrt is already on the router follow these instructions. If stock firmware is on the router follow the flashing instructions.

  1. Check for recommended builds here first.
  2. Set your computer to a static IP of 192.168.1.7. (or to whatever subnet the router is on) Disable all firewalls and security. Disable wireless on your computer and only have the router connected to the flashing computer by the ethernet cable between the two.
  3. Hard reset or 30/30/30 (If the router supports it, if not, reset to defults in the GUI) prior to flashing. Wait. Check for password page on re-login and change password.
  4. Flash firmware. You can use the webgui except if you have a belkin router. (For belkin use tftp.exe to flash)
  5. Wait...at least three minutes. Lights should return to normal. See important2, below. Failing to wait is how most people brick their routers.
  6. Do a power cycle of the router. (Unplug the cord, count to 30 and plug it back in.)
  7. Wait for the lights to return to normal usually about 2 minutes.
  8. Hard reset or 30/30/30 again (If the router supports it, if not, reset to defults in the GUI). Wait. Check for the password page and re-login to change the password. Then you can reconfigure your settings manually.
  9. Once configured set your computer back to autoIP and autoDNS.

Important1: This Hard reset or 30/30/30 works fine for Asus router, but you do have to power cycle after the reset.

Important2: After you flash the firmware, and before you do the hard reset, the router will be building some nvram settings. YOU MUST WAIT FOR THIS TO FINISH PRIOR TO DOING ANYTHING WITH THE ROUTER INCLUDING A HARD RESET. Usually, you can tell when this process is completed by the WAN light coming on, but it does take several minutes. Go have a beer. There are starting to be more and more people who BRICK their routers by not waiting until the nvram is rebuilt, PRIOR to doing a hard reset. YOU NEED TO WAIT!

Reverting

Reverting dd-wrt

  1. Unplug ethernet & power cables
  2. While holding down the reset button (bottom of router), plugin the power cable. Wait until the the power LED (blue) starts blinking. Let go of the reset button. Wait until the LED becomes steady.
  3. Login to the router (192.168.1.1), go to Administration tab > Firmware upgrade, choose the "after Flashing, reset to" to Reset.
  4. Choose original Firmware
  5. Hit upgrade

Wait til it says Success and asks to login, leave login blank, password to "admin" (original Linksys default login).

JTAG-Serial Info

Serial

Serial Pinouts

3.3V
TX
RX 
NC
GND

USB Info

DD-WRT USB

  • The USB port is where you can connect an external USB hard drive or flash drive. Which can do a multitude of things. You can use in as a NAS, storage for a FTP server, use Optware to run external programs like torrent software, samba for sharing files to network, share a USB printer with network... The list of possibilities is long, it just takes a little research.
  • ProFTPd, samba, dlna, raid support is included in most the newer builds of dd-wrt. Check the features chart to be sure.

vlan Info

External Label 	Port
            1 	   3
            2 	   2
            3 	   1
            4 	   0 

Port 4 is the internal/cpu port. Port 5 is probably unconnected.

Pictures

Retail Images
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