US Robotics 8200
The USR8200 is a 5-port router with USB 2.0 and Firewire ports. The internal USRobitics codename for the product is “Jeeves”. The released firmware is based on Jungo's OpenRG.
Supported Versions
There's only one version of the device. However, some units contain older revisions of the IXP422 and these are not supported! The install program detects these and warns the user.
Hardware Highlights
| CPU | Ram | Flash | Network | USB | Firewire | Serial | JTag |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IXP422 | 64MB | 16MB | 4×1 | Yes | Yes | Yes* | Yes* |
- Requires opening the unit.
Back up the original firmware
The OpenWrt repository contains a python script to extract the flash image from Jungo's OpenRG, typical usage:
python2 scripts/flashing/jungo-image.py -p admin 192.168.0.214 Dumping flash contents (16MB) to USR8200-0014C133FB41.bin 99%
RedBoot Installation
Installation requires UART access to the device so make sure to mount a UART to proceed. You also need a TFTP server, so the device can obtain binaries from the network. In the following examples, the TFTP server has IP number 192.168.1.2. Before you begin make sure to note down the hardware (MAC) addresses of your network interfaces, because you will need to add these to your RedBoot configuration later!
Installation involves replacing the manufacturer's firmware (including bootloader). The first step is to install Redboot; obtain a copy from here: https://github.com/linusw/openwrt/releases/download/USR8200-RedBoot/redboot-usr8200.bin
Typical session to install RedBoot using the resident OpenRG bootloader:
USR8200> load -u tftp://192.168.1.2/redboot-usr8200.bin -r 0 Returned 0 USR8200> Download completed successfully USR8200> reboot
When RedBoot starts it should look like this:
**Warning** FLASH configuration checksum error or invalid key Use 'fconfig -i' to [re]initialize database Trying NPE-B...success. Using NPE-B with PHY 9. Trying NPE-C...success. Using NPE-C with PHY 16. Ethernet eth0: MAC address 00:c0:49:f4:31:11 IP: 192.168.1.1/255.255.255.0, Gateway: 0.0.0.0 Default server: 0.0.0.0 RedBoot(tm) bootstrap and debug environment [ROM] Red Hat certified release, version 2.04 - built 19:55:34, Oct 17 2008 Platform: USRobotics USR8200 (IXP42X 266MHz) BE Copyright (C) 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc. RAM: 0x00000000-0x04000000, [0x00024ac8-0x01fc1000] available FLASH: 0x50000000 - 0x51000000, 128 blocks of 0x00020000 bytes each. RedBoot>
After installing RedBoot for the first time the device flash needs to be initialized and partitioned. First initialize it:
RedBoot> fis init About to initialize [format] FLASH image system - continue (y/n)? y *** Initialize FLASH Image System ... Unlock from 0x50fe0000-0x51000000: . ... Erase from 0x50fe0000-0x51000000: . ... Program from 0x01fd0000-0x01ff0000 at 0x50fe0000: . ... Lock from 0x50fe0000-0x51000000: . RedBoot> fis list Name FLASH addr Mem addr Length Entry point RedBoot 0x50000000 0x50000000 0x00060000 0x00000000 FIS directory 0x50FE0000 0x50FE0000 0x0001F000 0x00000000 RedBoot config 0x50FFF000 0x50FFF000 0x00001000 0x00000000
Next create the partitions:
fis create -b 0x00000000 -l 0x00120000 -s 0x00120000 -f 0x50060000 -e 0000000000 -r 0x50060000 -n config fis create -b 0x00080000 -l 0x00400000 -s 0x00400000 -f 0x50180000 -e 0x00080000 -r 0x00080000 -n linux fis create -b 0x00080000 -l 0x00a40000 -s 0x00400000 -f 0x50580000 -e 0x00031000 -r 0x00080000 -n rootfs
Then configure RedBoot, e.g. the ethernet MAC addresses:
RedBoot> fconfig -i Initialize non-volatile configuration - continue (y/n)? y Run script at boot: true Boot script: Enter script, terminate with empty line >> fis load linux >> exec >> Boot script timeout (1000ms resolution): 3 Use BOOTP for network configuration: false Gateway IP address: 192.168.1.1 Local IP address: 192.168.1.107 Local IP address mask: 255.255.248.0 Default server IP address: 192.168.1.2 Console baud rate: 115200 GDB connection port: 9000 Force console for special debug messages: false Network debug at boot time: false Default network device: npe_eth0 Network hardware address [MAC] for npe_eth0: 0x00:0x14:0xc1:0x33:0xfb:0x41 Network hardware address [MAC] for npe_eth1: 0x00:0x14:0xc1:0x33:0xfb:0x42 Update RedBoot non-volatile configuration - continue (y/n)? y ... Unlock from 0x50fe0000-0x51000000: . ... Erase from 0x50fe0000-0x51000000: . ... Program from 0x01fd0000-0x01ff0000 at 0x50fe0000: . ... Lock from 0x50fe0000-0x51000000: .
OpenWrt Installation
Once you have RedBoot on your device, you can install OpenWrt Linux kernel and root filesystem:
load -r -b 0x00080000 -h 192.168.1.2 openwrt-24.10.0-ixp4xx-generic-usrobotics_usr8200-squashfs-kernel.bin fis unlock linux fis write -f 0x50180000 -b 0x00080000 -l 0x0033791e fis lock linux load -r -b 0x00080000 -h 192.168.1.2 openwrt-24.10.0-ixp4xx-generic-usrobotics_usr8200-squashfs-rootfs.bin fis unlock rootfs fis write -f 0x50580000 -b 0x00080000 -l 0x680000 fis lock rootfs
Booting Linux kernel from RAM
If you just want to boot a new kernel from RAM without flashing it first (such as for testing) you can do it like this:
load -r -b 0x00080000 -h 192.168.1.2 openwrt-24.10.0-ixp4xx-generic-usrobotics_usr8200-squashfs-kernel.bin exec
OEM (original firmware) bootlog
Uncompressing Linux...................................................................................................................................... ................................................ done, booting the kernel. Linux version 2.4.21openrg-rmk1 #38 Fri Apr 14 15:41:08 CDT 2006 CPU: XScale-IXP4xx/IXC11xx revision 1 Machine: Intel IXP425 Jeeves Memory range 0x3fff000-0x4000000 is excluded because of PCI DMA bug On node 0 totalpages: 16384 zone(0): 16384 pages. zone(1): 0 pages. zone(2): 0 pages. Kernel command line: console=ttyS1,115200 root=/dev/ram0 rw nohalt Using IXP425 Timer 0 as timer source Calibrating delay loop... 266.24 BogoMIPS Memory: 64MB = 64MB total Memory: 58872KB available (1435K code, 4431K data, 52K init) XScale Cache/TLB Locking Copyright(c) 2001 MontaVista Software, Inc. Dentry cache hash table entries: 8192 (order: 4, 65536 bytes) Inode cache hash table entries: 4096 (order: 3, 32768 bytes) Mount cache hash table entries: 512 (order: 0, 4096 bytes) Buffer-cache hash table entries: 4096 (order: 2, 16384 bytes) Page-cache hash table entries: 16384 (order: 4, 65536 bytes) POSIX conformance testing by UNIFIX PCI: bus0: Fast back to back transfers disabled PCI: Via IRQ fixup for 00:10.0, from 28 to 12 PCI: Via IRQ fixup for 00:10.1, from 27 to 11 Linux NET4.0 for Linux 2.4 Based upon Swansea University Computer Society NET3.039 Initializing RT netlink socket Starting kswapd Random: 0x5bb7bb13 pty: 256 Unix98 ptys configured Serial driver version 5.05c (2001-07-08) with MANY_PORTS SHARE_IRQ SERIAL_PCI enabled ttyS00 at 0xff000003 (irq = 15) is a XScale UART ttyS01 at 0xff001003 (irq = 13) is a XScale UART RAMDISK driver initialized: 16 RAM disks of 16384K size 1024 blocksize SCSI subsystem driver Revision: 1.00ohci1394: $Rev$ Ben Collins <bcollins@debian.org> ohci1394_0: SelfID buffer c4813000 is not aligned on 8Kb boundary... may cause problems on some CXD3222 chip ohci1394_0: OHCI-1394 1.1 (PCI): IRQ=[25] MMIO=[4bfff800-4bffffff] Max Packet=[65536] usb.c: registered new driver usbdevfs usb.c: registered new driver hub ehci_hcd 00:10.2: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 ehci_hcd 00:10.2: irq 26, pci mem c482e700 usb.c: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1 PCI: 00:10.2 PCI cache line size set incorrectly (0 bytes) by BIOS/FW. PCI: 00:10.2 PCI cache line size corrected to 32. ehci_hcd 00:10.2: USB 2.0 enabled, EHCI 1.00, driver 2003-Dec-29/2.4 hub.c: USB hub found hub.c: 4 ports detected host/usb-uhci.c: $Revision: 1.3.30.1 $ time 20:41:22 Apr 14 2006 host/usb-uhci.c: High bandwidth mode enabled host/usb-uhci.c: USB UHCI at I/O 0xffffff60, IRQ 28 host/usb-uhci.c: Detected 2 ports usb.c: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 2 hub.c: USB hub found hub.c: 2 ports detected host/usb-uhci.c: USB UHCI at I/O 0xffffff40, IRQ 27 host/usb-uhci.c: Detected 2 ports usb.c: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 3 hub.c: USB hub found hub.c: 2 ports detected host/usb-uhci.c: v1.275:USB Universal Host Controller Interface driver usb.c: registered new driver usblp printer.c: v0.13: USB Printer Device Class driver Initializing USB Mass Storage driver... usb.c: registered new driver usb-storage USB Mass Storage support registered. NET4: Linux TCP/IP 1.0 for NET4.0 IP Protocols: ICMP, UDP, TCP, IGMP IP: routing cache hash table of 512 buckets, 4Kbytes TCP: Hash tables configured (established 4096 bind 8192) NET4: Unix domain sockets 1.0/SMP for Linux NET4.0. RAMDISK: Compressed image found at block 0 Freeing initrd memory: 28K VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem). Freeing init memory: 52K Mounting cramfs image at 'cramfs' insmod: add-symbol-file PATH/kos_lib.o 0xc487e060 -s .data 0xc4884cb8 -s .bss 0xc48853a4 loading license key: Jungo loading license key: USRloading license key: USR loading license key: USR loading license key: USR insmod: add-symbol-file PATH/ixp425_flash_mod.o 0xc4887060 -s .dcfi_cmdset_0001: Erase suspend on write enabled ata 0xc4887420 -s .bss 0xc4887460 Using buffer write method Using predefined MTD partitions. Creating 1 MTD partitions on "IXP425 Flash Bank 0": 0x00000000-0x01000000 : "openrg" Press ESC to enter BOOT MENU mode. Can't load valid rg_conf - using defaults insmod: add-symbol-file PATH/csr.o 0xc58ab060 -s .data 0xc58c6774 -s .bss 0xc58cd6b4 Module init. insmod: add-symbol-file PATH/ixp425_csr_init_mod.o 0xc592d060 -s .data 0xc592d468 -s .bss 0xc592d480 Intel CSR QMGR & NPE(s) init done. insmod: add-symbol-file PATH/ixp425_eth_mod.o 0xc592f060 -s .datInitializing ixp425_eth driver 0.0.8 a 0xc5930e78 -s .bss 0xc5930ef0 Found PHY 0 at 9 Found PHY 1 at 16 Found PHY 2 at 17 Found PHY 3 at 18 Found PHY 4 at 19 Found PHY 5 at 20 Found PHY 6 at 24 Found PHY 7 at 25 Found PHY 8 at 26 Found PHY 9 at 27 Found PHY 10 at 28 Found PHY 11 at 29 PHY 0 MAC address is: 04:04:04:04:04:04 PHY 1 MAC address is: 06:06:06:06:06:06 insmod: add-symbol-file PATH/igmp_proxy_mod.o 0xc5933060 -s .data 0xc5934488 -s .bss 0xc5934504 insmod: add-symbol-file PATH/log_chardev.o 0xc5936060 -s .data 0xc5936ab8 -s .bss 0xc5936c00 insmod: add-symbol-file PATH/rg_bridge.o 0xc5939060 -s .data 0xc593d68c -s .bss 0xc593d820 failed ipc connect Network is unreachable failed ipc connect Network is unreachable insmod: add-symbol-file PATH/tcp_mss.o 0xc5940060 -s .data 0xc5940260 -s .bss 0xc594028b insmod: add-symbol-file PATH/jfw.o 0xc5942060 -s .data 0xc595d750 -s .bss 0xc595f480 insmod: add-symbol-file PATH/rg_dhcp_pktfil.o 0xc5964060 -s .data 0xc59649a8 -s .bss 0xc5964a98 insmod: add-symbol-file PATH/sbp2.o 0xc5966060 -s .data 0xc5969d78 -s .bss 0xc596a170 sbp2: $Rev$ Ben Collins <bcollins@debian.org> insmod: add-symbol-file PATH/rg_ipv4.o 0xc596c060 -s .data 0xc59IPV4 device driver registered 6c220 -s .bss 0xc596c25e insmod: add-symbol-file PATH/krgldr_module.o 0xc596e060 -s .data 0xc596e240 -s .bss 0xc596e268insmod: add-symbol-file PATH/kleds_mod.o 0xc5970060 -s .data 0xc5970710 -s .bss 0xc5970780 insmod: add-symbol-file PATH/jeeves_rtc7301_mod.o 0xc5972060 -s .data 0xc5972928 -s .bss 0xc597299c JEEVES_RTC7301: 2000-01-01 00:05:39 insmod: add-symbol-file PATH/nb_rt.o 0xc5976060 -s .data 0xc5976498 -s .bss 0xc59764ec insmod: add-symbol-file PATH/ppp.o 0xc5978060 -s .data 0xc597f668 -s .bss 0xc597fab8 PHY 0 MAC address is: 00:14:c1:33:fb:41 PHY 0 MAC address is: 00:14:c1:33:fb:41 PHY 1 MAC address is: 00:14:c1:33:fb:42 PHY 1 MAC address is: 00:14:c1:33:fb:42 Jan 1 00:05:44 pluto[40]: Starting Pluto (FreeS/WAN Version 1.99)
Hardware
Info
Opening the case
Note: This will void your warranty! (Which is unlikely that you have since the product is as of writing over 20 years old.)
- There is one screw under the label on the bottom cover.
- There are 7 tabs (4 under the legs).
- Pry appart.
Main PCB
- The unpopulated mini-PCI slot that can be seen on the PCB was intended for a Wireless card.
- There is a LED mounted specifically to indicate Wireless activity. The wireless LED is not visible from outside of the case, and the slot was left unpopulated, probably because product plans changed.
- There is a LED above the unpopulated flash memory footprint that is illuminating in green when the flash memory is being written.
Serial
There is a 10-pin header on the motherboard. It provides RS-232 level signals. The pin assignments (all other pins are not connected):
| Pin | Signal |
|---|---|
| 3 | TX |
| 5 | RX |
| 9 | Ground |
JTAG
How to connect to JTAG interface, and how to reflash the device with JTAG tools
See port.jtag for more JTAG details.
Empty battery
If you get this boot message:
rtc-r7301 52000000.rtc: hctosys: unable to read the hardware clock
This usually means the lithium CR2032 cell is empty and needs to be replaced to keep the RTC clock ticking when the device is down.
Specific Configuration
Interfaces
The default network configuration is:
| Interface Name | Description | Default configuration |
|---|---|---|
| EthC | LAN ports (1 to 4) | 192.168.1.1 |
| EthB | WAN port | DHCP |
EthB and EthC will become eth0 or eth1 depending on probe order: this doesn't matter.
Buttons
The USR8200 has one button: Reset.