Linksys WRT160NL
bgn (N300) | |
|---|---|
| Wireless-N Broadband Router with Storage Link | |
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| Support | |
| Wikipedia | |
| InfoDepot Wiki | |
| WikiDevi.wi-cat.ru | |
| 3rd Party Firmware | |
| dd-wrt | |
| OpenWrt | |
| Tomato any flavor |
Incompatible |
| Gargoyle |
Status Unknown |
| Platform | |
| Brand • Model • Rev |
Linksys WRT160NL v1 (CUR01) |
| Serial number prefix |
CUR01 |
| FCC ID | |
| IC ID | |
| Type |
wireless router |
| CPU1 |
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 |
| 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 |
| JTAG Port |
yes |
| Other | |
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Default IP address: 192.168.1.1 | |
| Manuf/OEM/ODM | |
| 3rd Party Firmware Support | |
| Retail | |
| Availability | End of Life |
| FCC approval date | 02 March 2009 |
| UPC |
745883587650 (UPC DB, On eBay) |
| ASIN |
B0028N6VLE  |
| 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 device with specifications, see Linksys.
- • 300 Mbps - 2SS 2.4GHz 802.11n (40MHz chan.) = N300 class
Overview
WRT160NL serial numbers appear to start with CUR0.
Links of Interest
- Support for Linksys WRT160NL? On the DD-WRT Forum
- WRT160NL Print Server How-TO On the DD-WRT Forum
- WRT160NL? On the OpenWrt Forum
- WRT160NL Hardware Mod On the DD-WRT Forum
- On the OpenWrt Wiki
Flashing
 | NOTE: During configuration or flashing a device, the only things that should be hooked to the device is the computer and power. |
Flashing dd-wrt
Supported by dd-wrt as of = WRT160NL build 13977 20100224
- Linksys WRT160NL On the DD-WRT Wiki
- http://wrt160nl.org/
Please insert instructions here
Flashing OpenWrt
 | This device is NOT RECOMMENDED for future use with OpenWrt due to low flash/ram. DO NOT BUY DEVICES WITH 4MB FLASH / 32MB RAM if you intend to flash an up-to-date and secure OpenWrt version onto it! See 4/32 warning for details. |
| This device does not have sufficient resources (flash and/or RAM) to provide secure and reliable operation. This means that even setting a password or changing simple network settings might not be possible any more, rendering the device effectively useless. See OpenWrt on 4/32 devices what you can do now. |
| OpenWrt support for this device has ended in 2022. 19.07.10 was the last official build for 4/32 devices. |
On the OpenWrt Wiki
Support started version: 10.03
Current 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.
- Check for recommended builds here first.
- 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.
- 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.
- Flash firmware. You can use the webgui except if you have a belkin router. (For belkin use tftp.exe to flash)
- Wait...at least three minutes. Lights should return to normal. See important2, below. Failing to wait is how most people brick their routers.
- Do a power cycle of the router. (Unplug the cord, count to 30 and plug it back in.)
- Wait for the lights to return to normal usually about 2 minutes.
- 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.
- 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
- Unplug ethernet & power cables
- 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.
- Login to the router (192.168.1.1), go to Administration tab > Firmware upgrade, choose the "after Flashing, reset to" to Reset.
- Choose original Firmware
- 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
- Linksys
- Embedded system/wireless router
- Embedded System Atheros
- Embedded System AR9130
- Atheros
- Embedded System MIPS 24K
- Embedded System
- Embedded System Realtek
- Embedded System RTL8306SD
- Realtek
- Manuf CyberTAN
- DD-WRT Supported
- OpenWrt Supported
- Embedded System AR9102
- Has Mimo Status
- Embedded System IEEE 802.11b/g/n
- Single-Radio Wireless Embedded System
- Wireless Embedded System
- English Documentation
