NetComm NB604N

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DEVICE INTERFACE

  4 x 10/100Mbps LAN ports
  1 x RJ11 DSL interface (ADSL2+)
  1 x USB 2.0 port – for external Hard Disk Drive Storage
  2 x 2 external WiFi antennas

WIRELESS

  Supports IEEE 802.11n (draft 2.0), IEEE 802.11g and IEEE 802.11b
  Data Rates: Up to 300Mbps for 802.11n, up to 54Mbps for 802.11g and up to 11Mbps for 802.11b
  Antenna Configuration: 2 fixed external antennas (2T2R)
  Operating Channels: 13 channels
  Support 802.1x, WPA/WPA-PSK, WPA2/WPA2-PSK, Mixed WPA/WPA2, and Mixed
  WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK
  Supports multiple SSIDs
  Supports wireless QoS (WMM)
  Supports wireless protected setup (WPS) with PIN and PBC method

Instruction set	MIPS
Vendor	Broadcom
bootloader	cfe
Board ID	96328ang
System-On-Chip	BCM6328
CPU @Frq	Broadcom4350 V7.5 @320MHz
Flash size	8192 KiB
Flash Chip	S25FL064P
RAM size	64 MiB
RAM Chip	Winbond W9751G6KB-25
Wireless NIC	BCM43225KMLG
Modem	xDSL
USB	Yes 1 x 2.0
Serial	Yes
JTAG	No

Model Number

Front:

http://media.netcomm.com.au/public/assets/image/0011/99956/NB604N-Front.jpg

Back:

http://media.netcomm.com.au/public/assets/image/0010/99955/NB604N-Back.jpg

Photo of back of the casing

Note: This will void your warranty!

To remove the cover unscrew 4 screws on base and prise top off (held in place with internal snap in clips)

Main PCB

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

How to connect to the Serial Port of this specific device:

Sample output

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HELO
CPUI
L1CI
DRAM
----
PHYS
ZQDN
PHYE
DINT
LSYN
USYN
MSYN
LMBE
PASS
----
ZBSS
CODE
DATA
L12F
MAIN


CFE version 1.0.37-106.24 for BCM96328 (32bit,SP,BE)
Build Date: Wed Mar  9 08:59:51 EST 2011 (root@localhost.localdomain)
Copyright (C) 2000-2009 Broadcom Corporation.

spiclk=40000000
maxoplen=512
flash=S25FL064A size=8MB id=0x010216  sector=64k
 wp1=1c  wp2=1c
HS Serial flash device: name S25FL064A, id 0x010216 size 8192KB
Total Flash size: 8192K with 128 sectors
Chip ID: BCM6328B0, MIPS: 320MHz, DDR: 320MHz, Bus: 160MHz
Main Thread: TP0
Memory Test Passed
Total Memory: 67108864 bytes (64MB)
Boot Address: 0xb8000000


Board IP address                  : 192.168.1.1:ffffff00  
Host IP address                   : 192.168.1.100  
Gateway IP address                :   
Run from flash/host (f/h)         : f  
Default host run file name        : vmlinux  
Default host flash file name      : bcm963xx_fs_kernel  
Boot delay (0-9 seconds)          : 1  
Board Id (0-3)                    : 96328ang  
Number of MAC Addresses (1-32)    : 11  
Base MAC Address                  : 00:60:64:82:08:7f  
PSI Size (1-64) KBytes            : 48  
Enable Backup PSI [0|1]           : 1  
System Log Size (0-256) KBytes    : 0  
Main Thread Number [0|1]          : 0  
BigSmallImg mode [0|1]            : 0  

---cfe_bg_tasklist and cfe_bg_args is  ---cfe_bg_tasklist and cfe_bg_args is  send udp message finished.
Not response, auto boot ...
*** Press any key to stop auto run (1 seconds) ***
Auto run second count down: 1
---cfe_bg_tasklist and cfe_bg_args is
CFE> 
web info: Waiting for connection on socket 0.

CFE>

It's possible to bring up the CFE web interface

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NetComm NB604N

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Serial

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