NETGEAR RBR50

The RBR50 is the router part of the RBK50 kit, which consists of a router and one or more satellites, all of them being AC-3000 devices.

Currently not supported.

None at this time.

• Download nmrpflash
• Put the OpenWRT factory image file in the same folder of the nmrpflash executable
• Connect your PC to the router using the port near the power button
• Start nmrpflash. Replace XXX with your network interface (can be identified by running nmrpflash -L) and FILE with the file you downloaded

$ nmrpflash -i XXX -f FILE

• Power on the router and wait for the flash to complete

After about a minute the router should boot directly to OpenWRT. If nothing happens try to reboot the router. If you have problems flashing try to set “10.164.183.253” as your computer IP address.

The Vendor web interface will always flash on the partition currently not booted, so to flash OpenWRT for the first time you have to switch to boot partition 2 and then flash the factory image directly from the Vendor web interface. To switch on partition 2 you have to enable telnet first.

• Go to http://192.168.1.250/debug.htm and check “Enable Telnet”.
• Connect through telnet and login using admin/password.

$ telnet 192.168.1.250

• Read the current boot partition

$ artmtd -r boot_part

• Write the new boot_part

$ artmtd -w boot_part 02

• Reboot and re-check that the currently booted partition is partition 2
• Flash the OpenWRT image trough the Vendor-UI

• Download the stock firmware from official NETGEAR support
• Follow the nmrpflash procedure like above, using the official Netgear firmware (for example RBR50-V2.2.1.210.img)

$ nmrpflash -i XXX -f FILE

Currently not available.

→ generic.sysupgrade

→ generic.debrick

→ failsafe_and_factory_reset

→ Basic configuration After flashing, proceed with this.
Set up your Internet connection, configure wireless, configure USB port, etc.

→ hardware.button on howto use and configure the hardware button(s). Here, we merely name the buttons, so we can use them in the above Howto.

Front:
Insert photo of front of the casing

Back:
Insert photo of back of the casing

Backside label:
Insert photo of backside label

→ Warranty

Main PCB:
Insert photo of PCB

→ 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

→ port.jtag general information about the JTAG port, JTAG cable, etc.

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

→ bootloader

None so far.

• You can check and edit the boot partition in the Uboot shell using the UART connection
  • boot_partition_show shows the current boot partition
  • boot_partition_set 1 sets the current boot partition to 1
• Router MAC addresses:
  • LAN XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:69
  • WAN XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:6a
  • WIFI 2G XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:6a
  • WIFI 5G XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:6b
  • WIFI 5G (2nd) XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:6c
  • LABEL XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:69

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