TRENDnet TEW-632BRP & TEW-652BRP

TRENDnet TEW-632BRP & TEW-652BRP

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.

1) 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.

2) OpenWrt support for this device has ended in 2022.
19.07.10 was the last official build for 4/32 devices.

WARNING: Later versions of TEW-652BRP have a different chipset (RTL8196x) and are not compatible with OpenWrt. No known way to distinguish versions without opening the packaging.

Comparison table

Here is a table containing different version/chipset of the TrendNet TEW-652BRP product. TEW-632BRP revisions 1.x and 2.x have very subtle difference from 652 and may be considered the same model.

H/W	S/N	FCC ID	CPU	Radio	RAM	Flash	Is supported ?
v1.0R	???	???	AR9130	???	32MB	4MB	10.03.1
v1.1R	???	S9Z TEW652 BRP	AR9130	???	32MB	???	1.0 firmware appears to work
v1.2R	CA09 486 312 409	S9Z TEW652 BRP	AR9130	AR8216	32MB	???	1.0 firmware appears to work
v2.1R	C210 036 500 118	S9Z TEW652 BRP2	RTL8196B	RTL8192SE	32MB	4MB	No
v3.0R	???	???	???	???	???	???	No
v3.1R	???	???	???	???	???	???	No
v3.2R	C211 196 501 518	XU8 TEW652 BRPV3	RTL8196C	RTL8192CE	32MB	4MB	No

Are all revisions of a version OpenWrt compatible ?

Identify the product version aka H/W

You can easily identify your product by looking at the label on the underside.

Hardware

H/W v1.0R

Applicable for any others revisions ?

Hardware Highlights

CPU	Ram	Flash	Network	USB	Serial	JTag
Atheros AR9130	32MB	4MB		No	Yes	Yes

NOTE: Same configuration as TEW-652BRP H/W v1.1R

Trendnet TEW-652BRP hardware version 1.0R - supported since Kamikaze trunk 2009-01-15

Model: TEW-652BRP
H/W: 1.0R (and 1.1R)
S/N:
FCC ID:
CPU: Atheros AR9130 add info for controller
Radio:
RAM (SDRAM): 32MB (like Pointec PT461616HG)
Flash (NVRAM): 4MB (like Spansion S29PL032A1 3v CMOS FLASH)
6-port 10/100 Fast Ethernet switch: AR8216

Virtually identical to TrendNet TEW-632BRP v1.0R and D-Link DIR-615 C1
working Kamikaze trunk 2009-01-15
See this forum topic

H/W v2.1R

Trendnet TEW-652BRP hardware version 2.1R - not yet supported by OpenWRT

Model: TEW-652BRP
H/W:V2.1R
S/N C210 036 500 118 is this useful ?
FCC ID: S9Z TEW652 BRP2 (useful for identification of hardware)
CPU: Realtek RTL8196B
Radio: Realtek RTL8192SE
RAM (SDRAM): MVC v54c3256164vdi6 - 32MB
Flash (NVRAM): MX 29LV320BTI-70G : 4MB

H/W v3.2R

Trendnet TEW-652BRP hardware version 3.2R - not yet supported by OpenWRT

Model: TEW-652BRP
H/W: V3.2R
S/N: C211 196 501 518
FCC ID: XU8 TEW652 BRPV3
CPU: Realtek RTL8196C RTL8196C
Radio: Realtek RTL8192CE (at least similar to: http://152.104.125.41/products/productsView.aspx?Langid=1&PFid=48&Level=5&Conn=4&ProdID=278)
RAM (SDRAM): 32MB
Flash (NVRAM): 4MB

Trendnet's Firmware and some GPL source code: http://www.trendnet.com/support/supportdetail.asp?prod=160_TEW-632BRP

Photos

Here is a photo of the PCB of the TEW-652BRP V3.2R:

Evolution

Revision	Model Specific Notes
2.1	Platform changed to Realtek 8196b
3.0	Emphasis on cooperation with Samsung TV. Platform unknown. http://trendnet.ru/products/catalog/detail/TEW-652BRPv3x

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