Belkin F5D8231-4 v2

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N1 Wireless Router
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BrandModelRev
Belkin F5D8231-4 v2000
FCC ID
IC ID
Type
wireless router
Series
F5D8231-4
CPU1
Marvell 88F5181
CPU1 Type
ARM926EJ
CPU1 Speed
500 MHz
Flash1 Chip
Brand? Model?
Flash1 Size
4 MiB4,194,304 B <br />32,768 Kib <br />4,096 KiB <br />32 Mib <br />0.00391 GiB <br />
RAM1 Size
32 MiB33,554,432 B <br />262,144 Kib <br />32,768 KiB <br />256 Mib <br />0.0313 GiB <br />
RAM1 Chip
Brand? Model? x 2
ETH chip1
Marvell 88F5181
Switch
Marvell 88E6061
Ethernet Port Count
1-WAN
4-100MbE-LAN
Wired Standard
IEEE 802.3i/3u

802dot11 OUI: none specified

Expansion IF types
Mini PCI
Mini PCI slots
1
Power
12 VDC, 1.2 A
Connector type
barrel
Other

Default IP address: 192.168.2.1
the IP 192.168.2.1 is used by 294 additional devices
of which 99 are Belkin devices

Manuf/OEM/ODM
Retail
FCC approval date 17 October 2006
Country of manuf China
Radio 1
Radio1 module
Radio1 module IF
Mini PCI
Chip1
Marvell 88W8361P
Chip2
Marvell 88W8060
Wireless interface OUI
none specified
Antenna Connector Type
U.FL
MIMO status
2x3:2
Wireless Standard
IEEE 802.11b/g/n
802.11n
up to 300 Mbps
802.11g
up to 54 Mbps
802.11b
up to 11 Mbps
WiFi Operating Frequency
2.4 GHz
 FCC ID
LevelOne WBR-6000 v1ULT540564070601
K7SF5D8231-4B
 CPU1 brandRadio1 chip1 brandRadio1 chip2 brand
Belkin F5D8231-4 v1Intel XScaleAtherosAtheros
Belkin F5D8231-4 v2MarvellMarvellMarvell
Belkin F5D8231-4 v3RalinkRalinkRalink
Belkin F5D8231-4 v4AtherosAtherosAtheros
Belkin F5D8231-4 v5RalinkRalinkRalink

For a list of all currently documented Marvell chipsets with specifications, see Marvell.

For a list of all currently documented Belkin device with specifications, see Belkin.

300 Mbps - 2SS 2.4GHz 802.11n (40MHz chan.) = N300 class

Overview

The FCC test report lists the processor as a 333 MHz Marvell 88F5180n, RAM as 32MB, Flash as 4MB, and switch as the Marvell 88E6061.

The wireless module has "970YBW0000-1.0MM" silkscreened on it in the FCC photos.
As shipped, the wireless module is a SerComm device, board ID YBW10A-1.0MM.

This mini PCI card has device ID [11ab:2a02]. Assumed 2x3 MIMO configuration.

Then native software also allows this device to be easily configured as a simple Wireless Access Point and Ethernet Switch, without the routing and firewall services.

There does not appear to be any port of OpenWRT and such to the F5D8231-4 v2, but the mini PCI card might be re-purposed, to convert an old notebook computer to wireless N, leaving the center receive-only antenna connector open. Native Windows device drivers can be found at Sciencspaces. While no native Linux driver ever made it all the way into the mainstream kernel, the card will also work with the Linux ndiswrapper.