Buffalo WHR-HP-G54

bg (G54)
Wireless-G High Power Router and Access Point
Wikipedia	Buffalo Inc.
InfoDepot Wiki	Buffalo WHR-HP-G54
WikiDevi.wi-cat.ru	Buffalo WHR-HP-G54
3rd Party Firmware
dd-wrt	Supported
OpenWrt	Supported
Tomato any flavor	Supported
Gargoyle	Status Unknown
Platform
Brand • Model • Rev	Buffalo WHR-HP-G54
FCC ID	FDI-09101577-0
IC ID	6102A-002
Type	wireless router
CPU1	Broadcom BCM5352E
CPU1 Type	BMIPS3300
CPU1 Speed	200 MHz
Flash1 Chip	Winbond W19B320ABT7H
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	16 MiB16,777,216 B <br />131,072 Kib <br />16,384 KiB <br />128 Mib <br />0.0156 GiB <br />
RAM1 Chip	Mira P2V64S40ETP-G6 x 2
ETH chip1	Broadcom BCM5352E
Switch	Broadcom BCM5352E
Ethernet Port Count	1-100MbE-WAN 4-100MbE-LAN
Wired Standard	IEEE 802.3i/3u
802dot11 OUI: 00:0D:0B (7 E, 12 W), 00:16:01 (7 E, 15 W) Ethernet OUI: 00:0D:0B (7 E, 12 W), 00:16:01 (7 E, 15 W)
Stock bootloader	CFE 1.0.37-1.08 BCM947XX
Stock FW OS	Linux
Expansion IF types	none specified
Power	5 VDC, 1.3 A
Connector type	barrel
Serial Port (UART)	yes
Flags: high power
Additional chips 2.4GHz Power Amplifier IC;Anadigics;AWL6153;;1;
Other
Default SSID: 000D0BXXXXXX (3 addl. devices) , 001601XXXXXX (2 addl. devices) Default IP address: 192.168.11.1 the IP 192.168.11.1 is used by 32 additional devices of which 26 are Buffalo devices Default login user: root Default login password: blank root:blank credentials used by 72 additional devices of which 24 are Buffalo devices
3rd Party Firmware Support	DD-WRT • (List) , OpenWrt • (List | Dev | DLs) , Tomato • (List | DLs)
Retail
Availability	End of Life
FCC approval date	06 August 2005
UPC	747464109695 (UPC DB, On eBay)
ASIN	B000AOKTJ8
Country of manuf	Taiwan
Radio 1
Chip1	Broadcom BCM5352E
Chip2	Broadcom BCM2050
Wireless interface OUI	00:0D:0B, 00:16:01
Antenna Connector Type	RP-SMA
Wireless Standard	IEEE 802.11b/g
802.11g	up to 54 Mbps
802.11b	up to 11 Mbps
WiFi Operating Frequency	2.4 GHz
Radio cor_rev	9

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

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

• 54 Mbps - 2.4GHz 802.11g = G54 class

Overview

Multiple revisions?

• "BCM5352-HP-EA" is silkscreened on the board in the TechInfoDepot pictures.
• "BCM5352-HP-DA" is silkscreened on the board in the FCC photos.

This device is using an Anadigics AWL6153 Power Amplifier Module.

Links of Interest

Wikis

• On the OpenWrt Wiki
  • Like most low-spec b/g BCM47xx gear, using Backfire (10.03.1) would be recommended
• On the DD-WRT Wiki

Spec. sites

• On whirlpool.net.au

If the Whirlpool data is accurate, the default SSID is the wireless interface MAC address. WiGLE data shows the XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX pattern described in the Whirlpool data to be somewhat less common than XXXXXXXXXXXX.

Flashing

Flashing dd-wrt

Supported by dd-wrt as of = v24 std (05/24/08) - build 9526

initial flash: use Tftp flash

WHR-HP-G54

Flashing OpenWrt

On the OpenWrt ToH (techdata entry)
On the OpenWrt Wiki
Support started version: 7.09
Current supported version: 10.03.1

Please insert instructions here

Flashing Tomato

Please insert instructions here

JTAG-Serial Info

Serial

Serial Pinouts

(3.3) (GND) (TxD) (RxD)
           J1

<---- board edge
----> to Flash

Pictures

Highres Images of PCB

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  Front

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  Rear

Images

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  board top

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  BCM5352E WiSoC

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  Flash

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  RF section

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  BCM2050 RFIC

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  AWL6153 PA

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  label on the Ethernet ports

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  silkscreened text

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  board top, above power

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  board bottom

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  RAM and general area