Archived. So I just needed to touch the orange wire to that pad which is part of one of the data lines (a slave-out judging by the amount of data). Remember that I can’t just modify the boot parameters to skip the login prompt because the modem no longer boots to anything but the bootloader. But all of you fancy folks can probably use either a bus pirate or logic analyzer. I did some probing on these and wouldn’t ja’ know it, we have UART! Would be awesome to get a root shell on this modem! The heart of the in-building Internet and/or Phone service is the 2Wire Gateway, provided by AT&T. So, I had AT&T Fiber installed a few months ago and they gave me the Pace 5268. The back of the modem has tons of ports and might even support cable internet. Close. Binwalk it. Now we will take a quick look at the gateway itself and find a way to take control. It was not a saturation issue but definitely jitter when communicating to their router. I called to complain, and they (att chat person) told me that the range on the wifi is officially 25 feet. Or a copy of the binary you got dumped so I can help sift through it in my free time. Apparently the wifi on the unit is just sub-optimal. So I did some extra careful solder work and attached a couple of random wires I had laying around from my last TSA show-and-tell moment and then spread on the hot glue really thick to ensure that not even I could mess this up. I probed around for a bit and discovered a copper pad which was connected to one of the data pins from the flash chip. No the live round is not part of the circuit; yes we now have a direct line to… not much sadly. Turned off Wi-Fi on the Pace and just set up the Time Machine as an access point. Still no luck with finding a UART I decided to remove that heat sink enclosure that’s encasing the processor. Get help, share your story with AT&T, and get to know some of the people responsible for helping deliver service to all your devices! Plugged into the ethernet, and 30-200+ms pings drop to a consistent 2-3 ms as expected. What an ordeal! Look for a channel that has the least amount of interference and overlap. I also had some problems with my pings spiking when I'm only using about 3Mbps (45/6) and TV dropping with a sign saying Uverse has lost signal. Optimize your networking experience – Pace 5268. In case you can’t tell it’s quite a large modem, promising tons of extra (what they like to call) “features”. When it did that, the game would freeze on my screen until it normalized. This basically means that my modem will not boot again until those bad page markers in the chip’s OOB are cleared. Whew! I finally got my hands on a 5268 and man they're not small at all. Here are some samples of what I found. MAYBE 30, but that's it. Cool, an official update image. I showed your work to my son who is 18 in college and he said “how do you apprentice this guy” , he took Java and 3d printing in high school. There may be other modems that work just fine, but I can confirm 100% the PACE 5268AC does not work properly with their fiber service. It takes quite some time before loading a page. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. The HPNA port is for connecting STBs only, it has nothing to do with VDSL.We have a similar device up here that's already in the field but it's made by Sagemcom (FAST5250 aka HomeHub 2000), it does pair bonding, and also has two VOIP ports. Old, but for those that were wondering about the VDSL over HPNA not happening and why. id some probing on these and wouldn’t ja’ know it, we have UART! Now, during that 5 second delay I was able to escape to the bootloader menu! Normally, when a key is pressed during this 5 second window we would get a bootloader shell however input has been intentionally blocked during this sequence and doesn’t get enabled until after the kernel has already loaded. Cracking WiFi without clients: The PMKID method. thank u. Cookies help us deliver our Services. The range is different in every house. It still doesn't replace the Motorola, now Arris, VAPs (video access points) that connect the wireless STBs though. If I did it too late the kernel would cuss at me and then reboot. If either one of them had a chance to be deployed, I … I threw a google on-hub on the ethernet connection, that completely solved the problem. It serves as an Internet modem, VoIP phone gateway, and network router. 2.4 GHz did not exhibit the problem, on either routers). Hey Your mode of describing everything in this paragraph is genuinely good, every one be able to effortlessly know it, Thanks a lot. Doesn't matter if you're on 2.4ghz or 5ghz, it's 25 feet. And here’s a typical UART signal that I pulled from Google: See the difference? Review (mpn: 296-0417700 for sale) 296-0417700 T Uverse PACE 2wire 5268AC Gateway Modem Router Power Supply This is slightly used at t u-verse 5268AC gateway Internet wireless modem router with power adapter in perfect working and excellent cosmetic condition. Tom Wheeler On Biden's Telecom Ambitions; Dish Inks Huge Crown Castle 5G Tower Deal; + more news, Digital Redlining: ISPs Widening The Digital Divide; T-Mobile vs. In case you can’t tell it’s quite a large modem, promising tons … Continue reading "Exploring the AT&T U-verse 5268AC DSL Modem – Part 1" As you can see it’s a pretty busy board. When we last left off we had identified a possible point of attack for the U-verse gateway via a port open to the public internet. I said this man is a genius. AT&T U-verse 5268AC router WiFi Range / Problems. first of his name and of the real men. At this point I got the Pace put back in and reinstated my old Time Capsule router that I used when I had Charter.