Homebox - Hardware

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Introduction:
The homebox is a adsl2+/ethernet gateway with VOIP support and USB connectivity.

The Homebox black is based on a motherboard from Ikanos, Palladia 402[1], and the manufacturer of the whole box is Bewan[2]. The earlier white homebox model was based on Palladia 400[3] from Centillium[4].

Wifi:
The 802.11G wifi card inside the router is attached to a mini-pci slot, thus it's upgradeable. The homebox has two antenna connectors, one internal and one external making diversity possible.

Controllers:
ADSL2+/Router controller: Infineon "Amazon" PSB 50510[5]
USB controller: Via VT6212[6]
Switching controller: Infineon "Samurai" ADM6991[7]

Performance Specifications:
CPU: 200MHz 32-bit MIPS 4KEc RISC with MMU[8].
RAM: 32MB
Flash 16MB

Internal pictures: http://www.mobilabredband.se/files.php?p=%2FWippies

Motherboard specifications:
Homebox black: http://www.ikanos.com/lib/assets/pdfs/solutions/Palladia_402_Final_03-14-08.pdf
Homebox grey: http://www.ikanos.com/lib/assets/pdfs/solutions/Palladia_400_Final_03-14-08.pdf

Bewan iBox papers:
http://www.bewan.com/newsletter/fai01/indexuk.html
http://www.scribd.com/doc/34223/BeWAN-ibox-introduction

Startup logs: http://www.dd-wrt.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=99632&sid=e263540f9545885e221ed7d9b4eaf988