2wire HomePortal 1000SW

The 2wire HomePortal 1000SW is an ADSL gateway device that was distributed by some DSL providers (for example SBC).

Hardware

Firmware

The firmware is VxWorks-based, according to Wind River (the maker of VxWorks).

Hacking

decompressing image

  1. Get a firmware recovery image from http://www.fastaccess.drivers.bellsouth.net/#2wire

  2. search for location of bzip2 header: BZh

  3. copy file starting at location of the header into a new file
  4. bunzip2 this new file, ignore warnings about trailing garbage
  5. run strings(1) or hexdump(1) on resulting file

the connector between LEDs

I tested this connector for a transmitting serial line and found none. According to a JTAG company, 2wire used JTAG for debugging and thus didn't include a UART in their SoC. This leads me to believe that this is a JTAG connector.

jakllsch's wiki: 2Wire HomePortal 1000SW (last edited 2011-05-09 12:45:24 by JonathanKollasch)