{"id":1464,"date":"2023-04-22T18:58:49","date_gmt":"2023-04-22T18:58:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.adrian-smith31.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1464"},"modified":"2023-04-16T13:26:31","modified_gmt":"2023-04-16T13:26:31","slug":"teardown-of-a-high-end-outdoor-mast-head-wi-fi-access-point","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.adrian-smith31.co.uk\/blog\/2023\/04\/teardown-of-a-high-end-outdoor-mast-head-wi-fi-access-point\/","title":{"rendered":"Teardown of a high end outdoor mast head Wi-Fi access point"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here I have a couple of defective enterprise grade access points that were decommissioned as they were suspected as faulty and were out of warranty. They are manufactured by Xirrus and are meant for outdoor high capacity Wi-Fi for public locations e.g. Stadiums, festivals etc. I thought I&#8217;d pull one apart and see what was inside before they were sent for scrap so I will share some photos here and give brief descriptions on what each major chip is and what it does.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-1464 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.adrian-smith31.co.uk\/blog\/2023\/04\/teardown-of-a-high-end-outdoor-mast-head-wi-fi-access-point\/internal_view\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.adrian-smith31.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Internal_View-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Internal View\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1467\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1467'>\n\t\t\t\tComplete unit with top cover removed.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.adrian-smith31.co.uk\/blog\/2023\/04\/teardown-of-a-high-end-outdoor-mast-head-wi-fi-access-point\/soc\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.adrian-smith31.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/SOC-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"SOC\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1470\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.adrian-smith31.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/SOC-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.adrian-smith31.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/SOC-300x297.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.adrian-smith31.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/SOC-1024x1015.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.adrian-smith31.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/SOC-768x761.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.adrian-smith31.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/SOC-1536x1522.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.adrian-smith31.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/SOC-2048x2030.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.adrian-smith31.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/SOC-600x595.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.adrian-smith31.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/SOC-1040x1031.jpg 1040w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1470'>\n\t\t\t\tCPU &#8211; Octeon CN7020-800WG640. MIPS 64 bit dual core at 800Mhz.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.adrian-smith31.co.uk\/blog\/2023\/04\/teardown-of-a-high-end-outdoor-mast-head-wi-fi-access-point\/ram\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.adrian-smith31.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/RAM-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"RAM\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1469\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1469'>\n\t\t\t\tRAM &#8211; DDR3L 1600 256Mb chips x2\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.adrian-smith31.co.uk\/blog\/2023\/04\/teardown-of-a-high-end-outdoor-mast-head-wi-fi-access-point\/latches_and_flash\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.adrian-smith31.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Latches_and_Flash-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Latches and Flash\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1468\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1468'>\n\t\t\t\tSN74LVTH16373 16 bit latches x2 and 2Mb flash (16M bit)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.adrian-smith31.co.uk\/blog\/2023\/04\/teardown-of-a-high-end-outdoor-mast-head-wi-fi-access-point\/internal_view-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.adrian-smith31.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Internal_View-2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Internal View\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1466\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1466'>\n\t\t\t\tAlternate view of the internals. \n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.adrian-smith31.co.uk\/blog\/2023\/04\/teardown-of-a-high-end-outdoor-mast-head-wi-fi-access-point\/emmc\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.adrian-smith31.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/eMMC-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"EMMC\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1465\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1465'>\n\t\t\t\tKingston 4Gb NAND eMMC flash\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>I did a video below of the teardown but there is no narration. It&#8217;s good enough to get the point across but after all this is just an access point but a very expensive, enterprise grade one costing several hundred dollars.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\">\n\t<meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/WGPYhyfYVbE\" \/>\n\t<meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Teardown of a high end outdoor mast head Wi-Fi access point\" \/>\n\t<meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Teardown of a high end outdoor mast head Wi-Fi access point\" \/>\n\t<meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2023-04-22T18:58:49+00:00\" \/>\n\t<meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/WGPYhyfYVbE\/default.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta itemprop=\"embedUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WGPYhyfYVbE\" \/>\n\t<meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"340\" \/>\n\t<meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"560\" \/>\n\t<iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: 0;\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"560\" height=\"340\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WGPYhyfYVbE\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here I have a couple of defective enterprise grade access points that were decommissioned as they were suspected as faulty and were out of warranty. 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