NETGEAR R6250

NETGEAR R6250

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Supported Versions

Devices with Broadcom WiFi chipsets have limited OpenWrt supportability (due to limited FLOSS driver availability for Broadcom chips). Consider this when choosing a device to buy, or when deciding to flash OpenWrt on your device because it is listed as supported. See Broadcom WiFi for details.

Hardware Highlights

Installation

OEM easy installation

The instructions below are for Broadcom devices and only serve as an example.
Remove / modify them if they do not apply to this particular device!

This section deals with

How you install OpenWrt from a device freshly opened
The steps required such as reset to factory defaults if the device has already been configured

Note: Reset router to factory defaults if it has been previously configured.

Browse to http://192.168.1.1/Upgrade.asp
Upload .chk file to router on upgrade page of R6250 web administration portal
Wait for it to reboot
Telnet to 192.168.1.1 and set a root password, or browse to http://192.168.1.1 if LuCI is installed.

Hardware

Info

Instruction set	ARM
Vendor	Broadcom
bootloader	cfe?
System-On-Chip	BCM5300 family
CPU @Frq	Broadcom BCM4708A0 @?MHz (2 cores)
Flash size	128+2 MiB
Flash Chip
RAM size	256 MiB
RAM Chip
Wireless No1	Broadcom BCM43217 w/ 2×2 MIMO for 2.4GHz 802.11b/g/n
Wireless No2	Broadcom BCM4360 w/ 3×3 MIMO for 5GHz 802.11a/n/ac
switch	Broadcom BCM4708A0 - 4x Gigabit + 1x WAN
Modem	none
USB	Yes 1 x 3.0
Serial	Yes
JTAG	?

Serial

→ port.serial general information about the serial port, serial port cable, etc.

How to connect to the Serial Port of this specific device:
Insert photo of PCB with markings for serial port

Replace EXAMPLE by real values.

Serial connection parameters for Netgear R6250	EXAMPLE 115200, 8N1

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