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reply to vip007

Re: Uniden ENR-1504 router?

I don't think it's worth it.

I've just spent the last hour trying to set up this router (again, after a month since I removed it due to problems mentioned in my posts above) and I had to reset it to factory defaults, reboot it several times, etc (which is not the case when I set up my old SMC router.)

More than anything, I don't believe Uniden will provide good tech support. Their tech support is not knowledgable and responds slowly. They refused to answer the last question I sent them by email, arguing that I sent it from a different email address (this was a follow-up to a case) and said I would first have to call in and change my email address on their records. How pittyful! Finally, I doubt they'll be posting updates to router firmware any time soon (despite known problems, such as MAC cloning.)

Go with an established network equipment manufacturer (Netgear, Linksys, Dlink, SMC,...). You can almost always find a ~$15 deal on their routers (after coupons/MIR).

For what it's worth, Uniden just released the v1.08 firmware for the ENR-1504 on their website. Not sure what it does since there's no change log.

»www.uniden.com/productsupport_do···=ENR1504

Hopefully it'll fix more problems than it creates.

I guess I was wrong about firmware updates

Anyhow, I just upgraded and have not noticed any changes. The version (1.08) date is Sept. 29, 2003. I have not tried to verify if this fixes the MAC cloning problem.

Just received mine. Upgraded to 1.08 .
MAC spoofing worked, when I specified the address manually.
Factory reset kept 1.08 upgrade.
Internal (natural) MAC address automatically (surprised me!) worked with Comcast.

Tested with Steve Gibson's »www.grc.com "Shield's Up" test service (All Service Ports).
Uniden ENR1504: 0 Ports Open, 1050 Ports Closed, 6 Ports Stealth
Stealth ports: 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 445
SMC7004BR: 0 Ports Open, 1 Ports Closed, 1055 Ports Stealth
Closed ports: 113

NO unsolicited packets were received, in either case.
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OK, so now that we have both the ENR1504 and a RP614v2 firmware files available we can attempt to figure out how to upload the RP614 one into ENR1504. My guess is we only need to modify the RP614 file (change some manufacturer ID string) to fool ENR1504 into loading it... (And then probably change some checksum.)

Any hints how to do this?

After poking through the ENR firmware file I found these model numbers listed in it: AT-AR220E, DR-E604W, LD-BBR4, and WSR-500.

Turns out AT-AR220E is an Allied Telesyn router, »www.alliedtelesyn.com/allied/pro···&lang=en, and, judging from its manual, it has a very similar web interface and basic setting options as ENR1504 (although it has fewer options, it seems.) LD-BBR4 is its sibling, seems like a Japanese version of the router. Could not find out anything about WSR-500.

The ENR and RP firmwares look somewhat similar (RP's is longer), at least in the beginning and at the end.

The UNIDEN router pcboard has DR-E604W silkscreened on it.

The router is based on a Kendin KS8695 and requires an offchip flash for storing the firmware. When I opened the router I was hoping the eeprom was socketed so I could program it directly with the RP614 firmware. But the flash is very much soldered down. I didn't look to see if there was some sort of header for programming.

One neat thing is that the router is likely running embedded Linux since the development tools for the KS8695 include a Linux kernel. Getting a hold of the development tools for the KS8695 may be another way of getting the RP615 firmware into the unit.

reply to vip007
Odd thing about AT-AR220E is the external power brick connection is listed as 12VDC @ 1.2A in the documentation.

The Uniden and its brick that I have in hand are both labeled as 7.5VDC @ 1A.

AND, the front LED displays are decidedly different.
Uniden - single row of LEDs: power, test, WAN, 4, 3, 2, 1
AT - single power and test, triple LEDs 1, 2, 3, 4, single link, active WAN LEDs.

Uniden LEDs are multi-color.
(Lovely blue for power).
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reply to daifanshi

said by daifanshi:

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One neat thing is that the router is likely running embedded Linux since the development tools for the KS8695 include a Linux kernel.

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