Posted: Sun May 08, 2011 22:20 Post subject: Re: Linksys E3200 Here
barryware wrote:
Processor = BCM5357 @ 500mhz.
Wow, really? All the other BCM5357 models have only been 300MHz. _________________ Read the forum announcements thoroughly! Be cautious if you're inexperienced.
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I wonder what its max rated clockspeed is then. I can't find even a basic datasheet for BCM5357. _________________ Read the forum announcements thoroughly! Be cautious if you're inexperienced.
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yeah I think cisco is getting away from the lit leds, and this is a cheaper to manufacture clone of the E3000. E3000, has dualband and 480mhz cpu at 64mb ram.. So this is just a tiny step up, and a little less expensive to produce... I have dumped the cfe on the 2500 as well.
yeah I think cisco is getting away from the lit leds, and this is a cheaper to manufacture clone of the E3000. E3000, has dualband and 480mhz cpu at 64mb ram.. So this is just a tiny step up, and a little less expensive to produce... I have dumped the cfe on the 2500 as well.
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Posted: Mon May 09, 2011 14:03 Post subject:
Fractal wrote:
yeah I think cisco is getting away from the lit leds, and this is a cheaper to manufacture clone of the E3000. E3000, has dualband and 480mhz cpu at 64mb ram.. So this is just a tiny step up, and a little less expensive to produce... I have dumped the cfe on the 2500 as well.
Fractal
The led's are on the back of the router. However, there are led's for the lan & wan ports. Green or yellow depending on the connection (100 / 1000)
There is no led for the radio(s) or usb port.
The power led is multi-functional. It blinks differently depending on what it is doing. Basically, blinks slowly when the router is booting or being flashed. It is solid when running, and blinks quickly when doing a wps setup.
The stock firmware has options for turning these leds off completely.
I thought it a plus to have no visible leds from thew front or top. I will use this for a 5ghz client bridge in place of the existing e3000 for my home entertainment center.
The flickering leds on the e3000 are distracting when watching the tv in a dark room.
The diff between the 3200 & 4200 in regards to function: the 4200 has a build in dnla server (stock firmware) and the 3200 has max wireless speed of 300mbps compared to the 4200 @ 450 (5ghz band, assuming you have a client capable).
Both the 3200 & 4200 are advertised having high power amps for the radios unlike their lower numbered cousins. This may be why I see reported radio problems in the 4200 thread. Maybe tx needs to be set very low like the high powered buffalo devices. _________________ [Moderator Deleted]
I was actually able to get dd-wrt to load, just need to modifiy some files heres the output:
Edit: I had started a thread about this, with pic, below is link
Code:
# cat /proc/cpuinfo [J
system type : Broadcom BCM5357 chip rev 1
processor : 0
cpu model : MIPS 74K V4.9
BogoMIPS : 149.50
wait instruction : no
microsecond timers : yes
tlb_entries : 64
extra interrupt vector : no
hardware watchpoint : yes
ASEs implemented : mips16 dsp
VCED exceptions : not available
VCEI exceptions : not available
Init Arena
Init Devs.
This is a Serial Flash
Boot partition size = 262144(0x40000)
Found a 8MB ST compatible serial flash
et0: Broadcom BCM47XX 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet Controller 5.70.55.2102 @VERSION_TYPE@
CPU type 0x19749: 300MHz
Tot mem: 65536 KBytes
### Change it to 0x20e0842 (2) ###
Device eth0: hwaddr C0-C1-C0-A5-67-34, ipaddr 192.168.1.1, mask 255.255.255.0
gateway not set, nameserver not set
Header CRC: 0xBEAC3156
Calculate CRC: 0xBEAC3156
Image 1 is OK
Try to load image 1.
I wonder if new switch 53125 is backwards compatible with 53115 ???
LOM probably knows already but I'm going to do a GPL request to get the latest Ethernet driver too. Can one of you running dd-wrt on it clarify how functional the switch is? Please test VLAN support as well:
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Posted: Tue May 10, 2011 0:07 Post subject:
Antioch wrote:
Barryware: You were indeed right about something happening with the E3200 sometime soon.
Mine's in the mail, can't wait till it gets here! Are you enjoying yours so far?
Actually.. that was the 2500.. I said what I said cuz I know a forum member is sending Eko the router (2500)
In regards to enjoying my 3200.. I have just been gathering data from it. Once I brick it for good, I can use it for a serving tray when I have guests.
Or as mentioned in another thread, Linksys had designed the perfect door stop. _________________ [Moderator Deleted]