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Buffalo AirStation is the name given to a series of wireless LAN

Wireless LAN

A wireless local area network links two or more devices using some wireless distribution method , and usually providing a connection through an access point to the wider internet. This gives users the mobility to move around within a local coverage area and still be connected to the network...

equipment sold by Buffalo Technology.

Products

Residential gateway
Residential gateway
A residential gateway is a home networking device, used as a gateway to connect devices in the home to the Internet or other WAN.It is an umbrella term, used to cover multi-function networking computer appliances used in homes, which may combine a DSL or cable modem, a firewall, a consumer-grade...

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Wireless LAN
Wireless LAN
A wireless local area network links two or more devices using some wireless distribution method , and usually providing a connection through an access point to the wider internet. This gives users the mobility to move around within a local coverage area and still be connected to the network...

cards

Use with third party firmware

Many of Buffalo's residential gateways use Broadcom

Broadcom

Broadcom Corporation is a fabless semiconductor company in the wireless and broadband communication business. The company is headquartered in Irvine, California, USA. Broadcom was founded by a professor-student pair Henry Samueli and Henry T. Nicholas III from the University of California, Los...

microprocessor chipset

Chipset

A chipset, PC chipset, or chip set refers to a group of integrated circuits, or chips, that are designed to work together. They are usually marketed as a single product.- Computers :...

s, allowing a variety of third party open source firmwares to be installed. Some routers are shipped by Buffalo with DD-WRT

DD-WRT

DD-WRT is a Linux-based firmware for several wireless routers, most notably the Linksys WRT54G . Like other similar projects, DD-WRT is third-party firmware designed to replace the firmware that ships pre-installed on many commercial routers...

already installed.

CSIRO controversy

In late November 2007, Buffalo announced they would temporarily stop supplying wireless LAN products in the USA due to the ongoing lawsuit filed by the 802.11a, 802.11g and 802.11n patent holder CSIRO.

WAP series

Model	Hardware rev	1st seen on Market	FCC ID	Platform & Frequency [MHz]	RAM [MB]	Flash Memory [MB]	Wireless NIC	WLAN standard [802.11]	mini PCI	Serial port	JTAG port	Ethernet port count	PoE	Voltage Input [V/A]
WAPM-HP-AM54G54	?	?	?	Broadcom4704@264	64	8	Broadcom	a/b/g/h	-	1	1	4 PORT ADM6996M	-	5V

WBR series

Model	Hardware rev	1st seen on Market	FCC ID	Platform & Frequency [MHz]	RAM [MB]	Flash Memory [MB]	Wireless NIC	WLAN standard [802.11]	mini PCI	Serial port	JTAG port	Ethernet port count	PoE	Voltage Input [V/A]
WBR-B11	-							a/b				4 LAN/1 WAN	-
WBR-G54	OpenWRT compatible (dd-wrt forum)	?	?	Broadcom4710@125	16	4	Broadcom	b/g	1?	?	?	4 LAN/1 WAN	-	3,3V/2A
WBR2-G54	-	?	FDI-04600142-0	Broadcom4712@200	16	4	Broadcom	b/g	-	1	1	4 LAN/1 WAN	-	3,3V/1,1A
WBR2-G54S	-	?	?	Broadcom4712@200	16	4	Broadcom	b/g	-	-	?	4 LAN/1 WAN	-	3,3V/2A

WCR series

Model	Hardware rev	1st seen on Market	FCC ID	Platform & Frequency [MHz]	RAM [MB]	Flash Memory [MB]	Wireless NIC	WLAN standard [802.11]	mini PCI	Serial port	JTAG port	Ethernet port count	PoE	Voltage Input [V/A]
WCR-G54	-	?	?	?	?	?	Atheros	b/g	-	No	-	3 LAN/1 WAN	-	3,3V/2A
WCR-GN	-	?	?	?	?	?	-	b/g/n	-	No	-	4 LAN/1 WAN	-	-

WHR series

Model	Hardware rev	1st seen on Market	FCC ID	Platform & Frequency [MHz]	RAM [MB]	Flash Memory [MB]	Wireless NIC	WLAN standard [802.11]	mini PCI	Serial port	JTAG port	Ethernet port count	PoE	Voltage Input [V/A]
WHR-G125	-	Germany:Q1/2007	FDI-09101584-0	Broadcom 5354 @ 240 MHz	16 MB	4 MB	Broadcom	b/g	-	-	?	4 LAN/1 WAN	-	3.3V/1A
WHR-G (Japan equivalent of WHR-G125)	-	?	?	Broadcom 5354 @ 240 MHz	16 MB	4 MB	Broadcom	b/g	-	-	?	4 LAN/1 WAN	-	3.3V/2A
WHR-G300N	V1, DD-WRT compatible	?	FDI-09101538-0	Ralink 3052 @ 384 MHz	32 MB	4 MB	Ralink	b/g/n	-	?	?	4 LAN/1 WAN	-	12V/2.0A?
WHR-G300N	V2	?	FDI-09101561	Atheros 7240 @ 400 MHz	32 MB	4 MB	Atheros	b/g/n	-	?	?	4 LAN/1 WAN	-	12V/1A
WHR-G54S	DD-WRT V24-SP2 compatible	?	FDI—04600264-0	Broadcom 5352 @ 200 MHz	16 MB	4 MB	Broadcom	b/g	-	-	?	4 LAN/1 WAN	-	3.3V/2A
WHR-HP-AG108	?	?	FDI-09101540-0	Atheros 5312 @ 220 MHz	32 MB	4 MB	Atheros	a/b/g/h	-	1	?	4 LAN/1 WAN	-	5V/2A
WHR-HP-AMPG (Japan equivalent of WHR-HP-AG108)	?	?	FDI-09101540-0	Atheros 5312 @ 220 MHz	32 MB	4 MB	Atheros	a/b/g/h	-	1	?	4 LAN/1 WAN	-	5V/2A
WHR-HP-G300N	DD-WRT pre-installed	?	FDI-09101621-0	Atheros 7240 @ 400 MHz	32 MB	8 MB	Atheros	b/g/n	No	1 (need hardware pins)	1 (need hardware pins)	4 LAN/1 WAN	No	5V/2.3A
WHR-HP-G54	-	?	FDI-09101577-0	Broadcom 5352 @ 200 MHz	16 MB	4 MB	Broadcom	b/g	No	Internal (+3.3V TTL, not RS232)	?	4 LAN/1 WAN	No	5V/0.9A
WHR-HP-G54-DD	-	?	FDI-09101577-0	Broadcom 5352 @ 200 MHz	16 MB	4 MB	Broadcom	b/g	-	-	?	4 LAN/1 WAN	-	5V/0.9A
WHR-HP-G54S	-	?	?	Broadcom ? @ ? MHz	16 MB ?	4 MB ?	Broadcom	b/g?	-	?	?	4 LAN/1 WAN?	-	5V/0.9A?
WHR-HP-GN	-	?	FDI-09101567-0	Atheros 7240 @ 400 MHz	32 MB	4 MB	Broadcom	b/g/n	-	?	?	4 LAN/1 WAN	-	5V/2.3A
WHR2-A54G54	-	?	?	Broadcom 4704 @ 264 MHz	16 MB ?	4 MB ?	Broadcom	b/g?	-	?	?	4 LAN/1 WAN?	-	5V/0.9A?
WHR3-AG54	-	?	?	Broadcom 4704 @ 264 MHz	64 MB ?	4 MB ?	Broadcom	b/g?	-	?	?	4 LAN/1 WAN	-	3.3V/2A

WLA series

Model	Hardware rev	1st seen on Market	FCC ID	Platform & Frequency [MHz]	RAM [MB]	Flash Memory [MB]	Wireless NIC	WLAN standard [802.11]	mini PCI	Serial port	JTAG port	Ethernet port count	PoE	Voltage Input [V/A]
WLA-G54	-	?	?	Broadcom4702@125	16	4	Broadcom	b/g	1	-	?	4 LAN	-	3,3V/?A
WLA-G54C	-	?	?	Broadcom4702@125	16	4	Broadcom	b/g	-?	-	?	1 LAN	-	3,3V/?A?
WLA2-G54C	-	?	?	Broadcom4702@200	16	4	Broadcom	b/g	-	1	1	1 LAN	-	3,3V/2A
WLA2-G54L	-	?	?	Broadcom4702@200?	16	4	Broadcom	b/g	-	1	1	4 LAN	-	3,3V/?A?
WLAE-AG300N	-	?	?	?	?	?	?	b/g/n	-	-	?	2 LAN	-	-
WLAH-G54	-	?	?	Broadcom4702@200?	16	4	Broadcom	b/g?	-	1	1	1 LAN?	-	3,3V/?A?
WLAH-A54G54 (only Japan, WLAH-G54 plus "a" WiFi)	-	?	?	Broadcom4702@200?	16	4	Broadcom	a/b/g	-	1	1	4 LAN	-	3,3V/2A

WLI series

Model	Hardware rev	1st seen on Market	FCC ID	Platform & Frequency [MHz]	RAM [MB]	Flash Memory [MB]	Wireless NIC	WLAN standard [802.11]	mini PCI	Serial port	JTAG port	Ethernet port count	PoE	Voltage Input [V/A]
WLI-TX1-G54	-	?	QDS-BRCM1005	Broadcom5352@200?	16	4	Broadcom	b/g	-	?	1	1 LAN	-	3,3V/?A?
WLI-TX4-G54HP	-	?	?	Broadcom5352@200	16	4	Broadcom	b/g	-	?	?	4 LAN	-	5V/.9A
WLI-TX1-G54	-	?	QDS-BRCM1005	Broadcom5352@200?	16	4	Broadcom	b/g	-	?	1	1 LAN	-	3,3V/?A?
WLI-TX4-AG300N	-	?	?	-	?	?	?	a/b/g/n	-	?	?	4 LAN	-	?
WLI2-TX1-G54	-	?	?	Broadcom5352@200?	16	4	Broadcom	b/g?	-	?	?	4 LAN?	-	5V/?A?
WLI3-TX1-G54	-	?	?	Broadcom5352@200?	16	4	Broadcom	b/g?	-	?	?	4 LAN?	-	5V/?A?

WVR series

Model	Hardware rev	1st seen on Market	FCC ID	Platform & Frequency [MHz]	RAM [MB]	Flash Memory [MB]	Wireless NIC	WLAN standard [802.11]	mini PCI	Serial port	JTAG port	Ethernet port count	PoE	Voltage Input [V/A]
WVR-G54-NF	-	?	?	Broadcom4704@264	64	8	Broadcom4706	b/g	1	1 (need hardware pins)	1 (need hardware pins)	4LAN/1WAN	-	?V/?A

WYR series

Model	Hardware rev	1st seen on Market	FCC ID	Platform & Frequency [MHz]	RAM [MB]	Flash Memory [MB]	Wireless NIC	WLAN standard [802.11]	mini PCI	Serial port	JTAG port	Ethernet port count	PoE	Voltage Input [V/A]
WYR-G54	?	?	?	?	2 MB	1 MB	?	?	-	-	?	4 LAN/ 1 WAN	-	?

WZR series

Model	Hardware rev	1st seen on Market	FCC ID	Platform & Frequency [MHz]	RAM [MB]	Flash Memory [MB]	Wireless NIC	WLAN standard [802.11]	mini PCI	Serial port	JTAG port	Ethernet port count	PoE	Voltage Input [V/A]
WZR-G144NH	?	?	?	Broadcom 4785 @ 300 MHz	32 MB	4 MB	Broadcom	b/g/n	-	-	?	4 Gb LAN/1 WAN	-	?
WZR-AMPG144NH (equivalents: WZR-AMPG300NH, WZR-AG300NH)	?	?	?	Marvell MV88F5181-Rev-B1 (Orion SoC) @ 333 MHz	32 MB	8 MB	Marvell 88W8363-BEM1	b/g/n	-	-	?	4 Gb LAN/1 Gb WAN	-	?
WZR-G300N	-	?	?	Broadcom 4704 @ 264 MHz	16 MB ?	4 MB ?	Broadcom	b/g	-	?	?	4 LAN/1 WAN	-	12V, 1.25A
WZR-G54	-	?	?	Broadcom 4704 @ 264 MHz	16 MB ?	4 MB ?	Broadcom	b/g?	-	?	?	?	?	?
WZR-HP-G300NH	-	?	FDI-09101560-0	Atheros 9132 @ 400 MHz	64 MB	32 MB	Atheros	b/g/n	-	1(3.3v)	?	4 Gb LAN/1 Gb WAN	-	12V, 1.5A
WZR-HP-G54	-	?	?	Broadcom 4704 @ 264 MHz	16 MB ?	4 MB ?	Broadcom	b/g?	-	?	?	?	?	?
WZR-RS-G54 (equivalents: BHR-4RV Japanese variant without WiFi)	?	?	?	Broadcom 4704 @ 264 MHz	64 MB	8 MB	?	?	?	?	?	4 LAN/1 WAN	-	3.3V, 1.5A
WZR-HP-AG300H	?	?	?	Atheros AR7161 rev 2 @ 680 MHz	128 MB	32 MB	?	?	?	?	?	4 LAN/1 WAN	-	?

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