Asus WL-500g Premium v2.0

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FCC photos show the device with a 512Mb Samsung K4H511638D-UCCC RAM chip.

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Specs
Platform Serial Num. = ? FCC ID = MSQWL500GPV2 Industry Canada ID = ? CPU Type = Broadcom BCM5354KFBG (SoC)(BCM5354) MIPS Rev = R1 CPU Speed = 240 MHz Bus = ? Flash Type = Parallel Flash Chip = Macronix MX29LV640DBTC-90G Flash Size = 8 MB Max Firmware Size = 7995392 bytes RAM Size = 32 MB RAM Chip = Hynix HY5DU561622ETP-D43 nvram Size = ? ETH chip1 = Broadcom BCM5354 Switch = Broadcom BCM5354KFBG (SoC) Port-based vlan = Yes 802.1q vlan = Yes Ethernet Port Count = 1-10/100-WAN 4-10/100-LAN Wired Standard = IEEE 802.3/3u Ethernet interface OUI = 00:1F:C6 boot_wait = ? bootloader = CFE Flash Card Socket/Type = No Expansion IF types = No PoE = No Power = 5 VDC, 2.5 A Connector type/size = Barrel plug LEDs/Color = ? Size = ? USB = 2 x USB 2.0 Serial Port = Yes JTAG Port = Yes Supported by TJTAG 3.02 = ? Supported by dd-wrt as of = v24 rc7 - build 9264 dd-wrt K2.4 Support = Yes dd-wrt K2.6 Support = ? Special Features = ? Radio (wl0) Wireless Radio = Broadcom BCM5354KFBG (SoC) WLAN DSP processor = Broadcom BCM5354KFBG (SoC) Wireless interface OUI = 00:1F:C6 Antenna Connector Type = RP-SMA MIMO status = N/A Wireless Standard = IEEE 802.11b/g 802.11g = 6, 9, 12, 18, 24, 36, 48, 54 Mbps 802.11b = 1, 2, 5.5, 11 Mbps WiFi Operating Frequency = 2.4 - 2.5 GHz Radio cor_rev = wl0=13 Radio Capabilities = ? Other Default IP address: 192.168.1.1 Default login user: admin Default login password: admin Default SSID = ? OEM = ? 3rd Party Firmware Support = ?

Links of Interest

 * Asus WL-500gP v2.0
 * Clock Timing Bug

Flashing DD-WRT
The easiest, most reliable method to flash to 3rd party firmware is to use ASUS Firmware Restoration tool that comes on the CD bundled with the product. There is no firmware size limit requiring you to flash dd-wrt mini first; you can go ahead and flash dd-wrt mega right from the start.

When flashing from 3rd party firmware to other 3rd party firmware, just use the firmware upgrade utility in the web GUI. This applies to 3rd party firmwares that include a web GUI, as not all of them do so.

The ASUS Firmware Restoration Utility comes with the CD-ROM included with the device and by default installs to
 * WinXP / Vista 32-bit
 * Vista 64-bit

Flash using recovery method
To flash using the "recovery" method, do the following...


 * 1) Unplug the router
 * 2) Press and hold the restore switch and plug in power.
 * 3) Keep holding the restore switch until the power light starts to blink on and off.
 * 4) The router is now in recovery mode
 * 5) Change the ip settings on your computer to:
 * 6) IP: 192.168.1.xxx(use anything above 1, I like 100)
 * 7) Subnet: 255.255.255.0
 * 8) Gateway: 192.168.1.1
 * 9) Run the recovery program and point it to your .bin file of choice
 * 10) Hit the "upload" button and wait about 2 minutes.
 * 11) Change your IP settings back to DHCP and let it get an address
 * 12) Open a web browset and go to http://192.168.1.1 and have fun!

mspacone

Updated 'out of the box' TFTP method
Very easy process to flash a WL-500gP v2 out of the box straight to dd-wrt. You will need 2 Files for this procedure. This will be used in the initial flash ftp://ftp.dd-wrt.com/others/eko/V24_TNG/svn13491-snow/NEWD/dd-wrt.v24-13491_NEWD_mini_asus.trx This will be used in the 2nd flash for upgrade, which will add USB support ftp://ftp.dd-wrt.com/others/eko/V24_TNG/svn14853/dd-wrt.v24-14853_NEWD_big.bin This is an optional program for Windows. Those that do not know command line TFTP well enough should use this. ftp://ftp.dd-wrt.com/others/tornado/Windows-TFTP/tftp.exe 1) Power up router for atleast 2 minutes. 2) Once router is fully powered up, unplug the power. 3) Set the computer to a static IP 192.168.1.6 then plug in lan cable into port 1 4) Press and hold the restore button (the black button, not the red EzSetup button) 5) Plug power back in with restore button held for 30 seconds then release. 6) This will put the router in TFTP mode with the power led blinking. Set the tftp.exe Server to 192.168.1.1 and leave password blank then select the dd-wrt.v24-13491_NEWD_mini_asus.trx 7) Use tftp.exe to then flash the 13491 NEWD mini, after success wait 5 minutes, then unplug power 8) Plug power in and go to http://192.168.1.1 set a user/password 9) Once in go to Administration > Firmware Upgrade and select the dd-wrt.v24-14853_NEWD_big.bin 10) When file has been selected, set "After flashing, reset to" Default settings then Upgrade. 11) Wait till upgrade is complete and webgui is once again shown. Then set a user/password. 12) Once you have set a user/password make no other settings and close the web browser. 13) Telnet should be enabled by default, so telnet in at 192.168.1.1 with User:root Password:Whatever_You_set_it_to_in_the_webgui 14) When you get to the command prompt issue 2 commands erase nvram reboot 15) This will hard reset your router, wait 2–3 minutes then re-access webgui at 192.168.1.1 16) Set whatever settings you like and enjoy dd-wrt.
 * Also to remember to unset you static ip after flashing, if you intend on using DHCP

USB Info
[dd-wrt-wiki:USB_on_ASUS_WL500GPV2

DD-WRT vlan Info

 * DD-WRT:VLAN Support

buddee wrote: Confirmed working with the Asus WL-500gP v2. Before and after pics included. After moving port 3 into WAN port it of course no longer functioned like a LAN port.

1 2 3 4 | Case labels 3 2 1 0 | NVRAM ports

Pictures
FCCID MSQWL500GPV2

DD-WRT LED Problem
As of 01-01-10

Eko PostPosted: Fri Jan 01, 2010 1:43 am Post subject: Reply with quote This is a problem with these routers: If I set right value, so led turns off when radio is off, the router will crash 80% of time in client mode.

Better to have stable router then one tiny led cosmetic problem.