Console port does not require soldering, the pins are already there. Looking at the image above the pins are:

Paramterers are 115200 8-N-1, TTL levels.

CFE version 1.0.37-0.8 for BCM96348 (32bit,SP,BE) Build Date: ¤G 2¤ë 26 11:44:07 CST 2008 (root@Yau) Copyright (C) 2000,2001,2002,2003 Broadcom Corporation. Initializing Arena. Initializing Devices. readNvramData crc is error CPU type 0x29107: 240MHz, Bus: 133MHz, Ref: 26MHz Total memory used by CFE: 0x80401000 - 0x805249F0 (1194480) Initialized Data: 0x8041C980 - 0x8041E380 (6656) BSS Area: 0x8041E380 - 0x804229F0 (18032) Local Heap: 0x804229F0 - 0x805229F0 (1048576) Stack Area: 0x805229F0 - 0x805249F0 (8192) Text (code) segment: 0x80401000 - 0x8041C978 (113016) Boot area (physical): 0x00525000 - 0x00565000 Relocation Factor: I:00000000 - D:00000000 Board IP address : 192.168.1.1:ffffff00 Host IP address : 192.168.1.100 Gateway IP address : Run from flash/host (f/h) : f Default host run file name : vmlinux Default host flash file name : bcm963xx_fs_kernel Boot delay (0-9 seconds) : 1 Board Id Name : 96348GW-10 Psi size in KB : 24 Number of MAC Addresses (1-32) : 1 Base MAC Address : 00:1f:c6:69:c5:9f Ethernet PHY Type : Internal Memory size in MB : 32 *** Press any key to stop auto run (1 seconds) *** Auto run second count down: 110 GPIOio_PIN_HIGH is Off Code Address: 0x80010000, Entry Address: 0x8026f018 Decompression OK! Entry at 0x8026f018 Closing network. Starting program at 0x8026f018 Linux version 2.6.8.1 (root@localhost.localdomain) (gcc version 3.4.2) #2 Thu Jun 24 10:08:58 CST 2010 Parallel flash device: name MX29LV320AT, id 0x22a7, size 4096KB 96348GW-10 prom init CPU revision is: 00029107 Determined physical RAM map: memory: 01fa0000 @ 00000000 (usable) On node 0 totalpages: 8096 DMA zone: 4096 pages, LIFO batch:1 Normal zone: 4000 pages, LIFO batch:1 HighMem zone: 0 pages, LIFO batch:1 Built 1 zonelists Kernel command line: root=31:0 ro noinitrd console=ttyS0,115200 brcm mips: enabling icache and dcache... Primary instruction cache 16kB, physically tagged, 2-way, linesize 16 bytes. Primary data cache 8kB 2-way, linesize 16 bytes. PID hash table entries: 128 (order 7: 1024 bytes) Using 120.000 MHz high precision timer. Dentry cache hash table entries: 8192 (order: 3, 32768 bytes) Inode-cache hash table entries: 4096 (order: 2, 16384 bytes) Memory: 29344k/32384k available (1723k kernel code, 2996k reserved, 700k data, 76k init, 0k highmem) Calibrating delay loop... 239.20 BogoMIPS Mount-cache hash table entries: 512 (order: 0, 4096 bytes) Checking for 'wait' instruction... unavailable. NET: Registered protocol family 16 Total Flash size: 4096K with 71 sectors File system address: 0xbfc10100 Can't analyze prologue code at 801bd654 usbcore: registered new driver usbfs usbcore: registered new driver hub devfs: 2004-01-31 Richard Gooch (rgooch@atnf.csiro.au) devfs: boot_options: 0x1 NTFS driver 2.1.15 [Flags: R/O DEBUG]. Initializing Cryptographic API PPP generic driver version 2.4.2 NET: Registered protocol family 24 Linux video capture interface: v1.00 Using noop io scheduler bcm963xx_mtd driver v1.0 brcmboard: brcm_board_init entry Serial: BCM63XX driver $Revision: 3.00 $ ttyS0 at MMIO 0xfffe0300 (irq = 10) is a BCM63XX u32 classifier OLD policer on NET: Registered protocol family 2 IP: routing cache hash table of 512 buckets, 4Kbytes TCP: Hash tables configured (established 2048 bind 4096) Initializing IPsec netlink socket NET: Registered protocol family 1 NET: Registered protocol family 17 NET: Registered protocol family 15 Ebtables v2.0 registered NET: Registered protocol family 8 NET: Registered protocol family 20 802.1Q VLAN Support v1.8 Ben Greear All bugs added by David S. Miller VFS: Mounted root (squashfs filesystem) readonly. Mounted devfs on /dev Freeing unused kernel memory: 76k freed init started: BusyBox v1.00 (2009.11.12-02:25+0000) multi-call binary Algorithmics/MIPS FPU Emulator v1.5 BusyBox v1.00 (2009.11.12-02:25+0000) Built-in shell (msh) Enter 'help' for a list of built-in commands. Loading drivers and kernel modules... Asus mknod Init Using /lib/modules/2.6.8.1/extra/atmapi.ko atmapi: module license 'Proprietary' taints kernel. Using /lib/modules/2.6.8.1/extra/adsldd.ko adsl: adsl_init entry Using /lib/modules/2.6.8.1/extra/blaa_dd.ko blaadd: blaa_detect entry Using /lib/modules/2.6.8.1/kernel/net/atm/br2684.ko Using /lib/modules/2.6.8.1/extra/bcmprocfs.ko Broadcom BCMPROCFS v1.0 initialized Using /lib/modules/2.6.8.1/extra/bcm_enet.ko Broadcom BCM6348B0 Ethernet Network Device v0.3 Jun 7 2010 17:07:52 mii_init: Config Ethernet Switch Through MDIO Pseudo PHY Interface dgasp: kerSysRegisterDyingGaspHandler: eth0 registered eth0: MAC Address: 00:1F:C6:69:C5:9F Using /lib/modules/2.6.8.1/extra/bcm_usb.ko Broadcom BCM6348B0 USB Network Device v0.4 Jun 7 2010 17:07:54 usb0: MAC Address: 00 1F C6 69 C5 9F usb0: Host MAC Address: 00 00 00 00 00 00 cfm init() wlctl: not found wlctl: not found wlctl: not found wlctl: not found wlctl: not found wlctl: not found wlctl: not found wlctl: not found BcmAdsl_Initialize=0xC006A3D8, g_pFnNotifyCallback=0xC00855A4 AnnexCParam=0x7FFF7EB8 AnnexAParam=0x00000980 adsl2=0x00000000 pSdramPHY=0xA1FFFFF8, 0x40011422 0xC4218CA3 AdslCoreHwReset: AdslOemDataAddr = 0xA1FFBB64 AnnexCParam=0x7FFF7EB8 AnnexAParam=0x00000980 adsl2=0x00000000 dgasp: kerSysRegisterDyingGaspHandler: dsl0 registered ATM proc init !!! ==> Bcm963xx Software Version: 3.10L.01.A2pB023k.d20k_rc2 <== lan setting: 0 0 device usb0 entered promiscuous mode br0: port 1(usb0) entering learning state br0: topology change detected, propagating br0: port 1(usb0) entering forwarding state device eth0 entered promiscuous mode br0: port 2(eth0) entering learning state br0: topology change detected, propagating br0: port 2(eth0) entering forwarding state wlctl: not found wlctl: not found wlctl: not found wlctl: not found wlctl: not found wlctl: not found Using /lib/rt2880_iNIC.ko RT2880 iNIC: 802.11n WLAN PCI driver v1.1.6.0 (Nov 26, 2007) RT2880 iNIC: pci dev 0000:00:01.0 (id 1814:0801 rev 00) PCI: Enabling device 0000:00:01.0 (0000 -> 0002) rt->regs = b0000000 ra0: Ralink iNIC at 0xb0000000, 00:00:00:00:00:00, IRQ 32 PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:01.0 to 64 Update MAC(0)=00:1f:c6:69:c5:9f RacfgTaskThread pid = 253 RacfgBacklogThread pid = 254 device ra0 entered promiscuous mode iNIC Open ra0 ADDR0 = 00000000, ADDR1 = 10000008 CMD = 04a00016, STATUS = 00000000 LATENCY = 40, CACHE LINE SIZE = 08 INT LINE = 32 Reset Card ADDR0 = 00000000, ADDR1 = 10000008 CMD = 04a00016, STATUS = 00000000 INT LINE = 32 PDMA_RST_IDX = 0 PDMA_GLO_CFG = 00000020 TX_MAX_CNT0 = 00000080 2. reg = 00000020 2. PDMA_GLO_CFG = 0000006d, reg = 00000065 Op mode = 1 RACFG_CMD_BOOT_NOTIFY Open file: /lib/iNIC_ap.bin Open file: /var/iNIC_ap.dat BssidNum=1 Wait for boot done... RACFG_CMD_BOOT_INITCFG(0) RACFG_CMD_BOOT_INITCFG(1) Send Init Cfg Data Done RACFG_CMD_BOOT_UPLOAD(0) RACFG_CMD_BOOT_UPLOAD(1) RACFG_CMD_BOOT_UPLOAD(2) Send RT2880 Firmware Done Close Firmware/Profile file Send STARTUP to RT2880 RACFG_CMD_BOOT_STARTUP Update MAC(0)=00:1f:c6:69:c5:9f br0: port 3(ra0) entering learning state br0: topology change detected, propagating br0: port 3(ra0) entering forwarding state infosvr start!!! DNS Proxy Init! wlctl: not found wlctl: not found wlctl: not found wlctl: not found wlctl: not found wlctl: not found wlctl: not found wlctl: not found wlctl: not found wlctl: not found wlctl: not found wlctl: not found uhci_hcd: falsely claims to have parameter debug USB Universal Host Controller Interface driver v2.2 PCI: Enabling device 0000:00:07.0 (0000 -> 0001) uhci_hcd 0000:00:07.0: UHCI Host Controller uhci_hcd 0000:00:07.0: irq 32, io base 12000000 uhci_hcd 0000:00:07.0: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1 hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found hub 1-0:1.0: 2 ports detected PCI: Enabling device 0000:00:07.1 (0000 -> 0001) uhci_hcd 0000:00:07.1: UHCI Host Controller uhci_hcd 0000:00:07.1: irq 32, io base 12000020 uhci_hcd 0000:00:07.1: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 2 hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found hub 2-0:1.0: 2 ports detected PCI: Enabling device 0000:00:07.2 (0000 -> 0002) ehci_hcd 0000:00:07.2: EHCI Host Controller ehci_hcd 0000:00:07.2: irq 32, pci mem b0010000 ehci_hcd 0000:00:07.2: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 3 ehci_hcd 0000:00:07.2: USB 2.0 enabled, EHCI 1.00, driver 2004-May-10 hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found hub 3-0:1.0: 4 ports detected usblp: falsely claims to have parameter proto_bias usbcore: registered new driver usblp drivers/usb/class/usblp.c: v0.13: USB Printer Device Class driver SCSI subsystem initialized Initializing USB Mass Storage driver... usbcore: registered new driver usb-storage USB Mass Storage support registered. br0: port 2(eth0) entering disabled state br0: port 1(usb0) entering disabled state