Taking Apart the Monoprice Wireless-N Router

Written 2015-04-13

Tags:Teardown Monoprice Wifi Realtek 

Today I take apart a Monoprice Wireless-N WiFi Router.

Here's the packaging
Monoprice Wireless-N Router

What's in the box?
Monoprice Wireless-N Router

If you flip it over, there are four screws under the feet.
Monoprice Wireless-N Router

After removing the screws, the rear case flips off easily - no plastic catches to be found.
Monoprice Wireless-N Router

Here's the PCB. It has Seems like the console is J15, just northwest of the CPU. From pin 1, the pinout goes power, ground, serial, serial.
Monoprice Wireless-N Router