New Buffalo WHR-G125

Just noticed this is out. The old WHR-G54 has been "out-of-stock" for a month and this is now showing up - in it's place?

Wonder what the difference is, other than the case. I see that the antenna is probably no longer "hi-gain" which means what? 2 dbi vs 4. Is it fixed or removable?

Also looks like the LAN lights have been moved to the front.

Firmware? RAM, etc? Might they be pulling a Linksys?

Anyway, it's good that they have a super-cheap solution again, because sometimes that's all that's needed.

Inicidentally, the WHR-G54 is still up as a product at Buffalo (on some pages). Just can't buy it anywhere right now.

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Steve

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According to Buffalo the WHR-G54 is now obsolete. I have a couple of the WHR-G125s here that were shipped in place of the WHR-G54s but haven't had a chance to look at them. I will post an update.

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DD-WRT Forum

The WHR-HP-G125 has an FCC ID FDI-09101584-0 if you wish to look it up.

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Here is what I have found:

whr-g125 & whr-hp-g125 are the same internally. They have different antennas. Both have the same FCCID FDI-09101584-0

They are powered via a 3.3V inline wall-wort, in the same style as the whr-hp-54g.

whr-g125 has a non-removable 2dBi ant. attached via coax to the pcb.

whr-hp-g125 has a 4 dBi ant. with a rp-sma ant jack that is attached to the pcb via coax. The antenna pictured in the FCC pix appears identical to the antenna shipped with the older whr-hp-g54.

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4MB flash & 16MB ram remain unchanged from the older whr-g54 series.

The new models use a Broadcom BCM5354 chip where the whr-hp-g54 uses a BCM5352.

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"BCM5354 Adds 802.11g Radio - Also in November, Broadcom announced its BCM5354, an upgrade to its BCM5352 802.11g router-on-a-chip. The new chip, which is already in full production, adds a direct-conversion radio to its predecessor. The resulting product combines a MIPS CPU, a five-port Fast Ethernet switch, and all 802.11g functions except for the relatively low-cost RF front end."

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shows it running at 240MHz. The older whr-hp-g54 runs at 200MHz.

From the FCC site I see there was a change made in the application. First application date is 03/26/2007. A "Class II Permissive Change" has a 04/12/2007 date.

The changes: WAN jack changed from Black to Blue. A heatsink has been added to the Broadcom BCM5354 chip. The AC power adapter specs were changed from a universal 100-240VAC input & 3.3V,2A output to a 100-120VAC input & 3.3V, 1.2A output.

kc

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Great work. Thanks. That fills in most of the gaps.

I wonder about how the gain and sensitivity compare between the new and the old HP.

Steve

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fwiw

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"in my first tests based on a sample provided by Buffalo, this router was showing a significantly better receiving sensitivity than comparable older broadcom based routers like the Linksys WRT54G."

"DD-WRT does support this Router in since mid of May in our V24 release series. watch out for this new product at your local stores."

"The DD-WRT Team has made a special build for this router series to support the new features of this wifi chipset, consider that this firmware is not compatible with any other Broadcom router."

kc

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Interesting how they compare the new Buffalo to the old Linksys as opposed to the old Buffalo. Then again, the old WHR-g54 had a 4dbi antenna and the new has a fixed 2dbi.

I'm still curious how the new HP compares to the old HP. I guess nobody has one yet.

Not shown at Buffalo.

We'll find out soon enough.

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