[OpenWrt-Users] ASUS WL-500g Premium -- tying up some loose ends

Lucas Yamanishi lucas.yamanishi at gmail.com
Sun Feb 3 22:35:03 CET 2008


Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> On Sun, 27 Jan 2008, Lucas Yamanishi wrote:
> .... snip ...
>> I just bought one of these, too, for the same reasons.  Here are a few
>> points I also noticed:
>>
>> 	* The CPU speed, flash space and ram are among the best for
>> 	  low-end devices.
>> 	* CPU is underclocked by default / overclockable.
>> 	* RAM is upgradeable to a maximum of 256MB.
>> 	* USB host controller supports 2 additional ports.
>> 	* 1 UART pinout is marked on the PCB and the chipset supports
>> 	  second yet-to-be found port.
>> 	* Hardware hacks from the WL-500g Deluxe are compatible or
>> 	  nearly compatible, providing a good base of documentation.
>> 	* Antenna on the back is replaceable with standard RP-SMA
>> 	* There is enough room on the back to add two additional
>> 	  antennas for 802.11n or a/b/g frequency diversity spread.
>> 	* Space inside the enclosure is sufficient to add MiniPCI IIIA
>> 	  cards, cooling, and the kitchen sink.
>>
>> I've been reading http://wl500g.info for a lot of initial support.
> 
> very cool.  i hadn't even got that far, i'll add the above to my wiki
> page if you don't mind.
> 
> rday
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By all means, do what you will with it all.  I'd really like to see a 
larger community develop around the gP model.

Lucas

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