ASUS WL-520gU

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dd-wrt Supported
OpenWrt Was Supported
Tomato any flavor Supported
Gargoyle Status Unknown
Platform
BrandModelRev ASUS WL-520gU R1.02
FCC ID MSQWL520GUGC
IC ID 3568A-WL520GUC
Type wireless router
CPU1 checkY Broadcom BCM5354
CPU1 Type BMIPS3300
CPU1 Speed 240 MHz
Flash1 Chip Macronix MX29LV320CBTC-90G
Flash1 Size 4 MiB4,194,304 B <br />32,768 Kib <br />4,096 KiB <br />32 Mib <br />0.00391 GiB <br />
RAM1 Size 16 MiB16,777,216 B <br />131,072 Kib <br />16,384 KiB <br />128 Mib <br />0.0156 GiB <br />
RAM1 Chip Samsung K4S281632I-UC60
ETH chip1 Broadcom BCM5354
Switch Broadcom BCM5354
Ethernet Port Count 1-100MbE-WAN
4-100MbE-LAN
Wired Standard IEEE 802.3i/3u

802dot11 OUI: 00:1E:8C (2 E, 3 W), 00:22:15 (3 E, 3 W), BC:AE:C5 (3 E, 4 W), 00:23:54 (1 E, 1 W)
Ethernet OUI: 00:1E:8C (2 E, 3 W), 00:22:15 (3 E, 3 W), BC:AE:C5 (3 E, 4 W), 00:23:54 (1 E, 1 W)

Stock bootloader CFE
Expansion IF types USB 2.0
USB ports 1
USB Hub Compatible Untested
Power 5 VDC, 2 A
Connector type barrel
Serial Port (UART) yes, J4, 4-pin header
Other

Default SSID: ASUS (100 addl. devices)
Default IP address: 192.168.1.1
the IP 192.168.1.1 is used by 1335 additional devices
of which 174 are ASUS devices
Default login user: admin
Default login password: admin
admin:admin credentials used by 1347 additional devices
of which 208 are ASUS devices

3rd Party Firmware Support DD-WRT • (List)
, Oleg-ng (wl500g) • (List)
, OpenWrt (Was)
, Tomato • (List | DLs)
, TomatoUSB • (List | DLs)
, FreshTomato • (List | DLs)
Retail
Availability End of Life
FCC approval date 20 April 2007
(Est.) release date 26 April 2007
(Est.) initial retail price (in USD): $60
UPC 610839731053
(UPC DB, On eBay)
Newegg 9SIAJ7WGV92563
ASIN B000R3BTDC Flag of US.svg
Country of manuf China
Radio 1
Chip1 Broadcom BCM4318
Wireless interface OUI 00:1E:8C, 00:22:15, BC:AE:C5, 00:23:54
Antenna Connector Type RP-SMA
Wireless Standard IEEE 802.11b/g
802.11g up to 54 Mbps
802.11b up to 11 Mbps
WiFi Operating Frequency 2.4 GHz
Radio cor_rev 9
 FCC ID
ASUS WL-520gCMSQWL520GUGC
 CPU1 brandRadio1 chip1 brandRadio1 chip2 brand
ASUS WL-520gBroadcomBroadcomBroadcom
ASUS WL-520gCBroadcomBroadcom
ASUS WL-520gUBroadcomBroadcom

For a list of all currently documented Broadcom chipsets with specifications, see Broadcom.

For a list of all currently documented ASUS devices with specifications, see ASUS.

54 Mbps - 2.4GHz 802.11g = G54 class

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CPU: Broadcom BCM5354KFBG @240MHz
Flash: Macronix MX29LV320CBTC-90G 4MB
RAM: Samsung K4S281632K-UC60 16MB

Forum threads

WL-520gU RAM upgrade

Flashing

Flashing dd-wrt

Support started version: ?
Current supported version: ?

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Flashing OpenWrt

On the OpenWrt ToH (techdata entry)
On the OpenWrt Wiki
OpenWrt Target: brcm47xx
OpenWrt Subtarget: legacy
OpenWrt Package architecture: mipsel_mips32
Support started version: 8.09
Current supported version: EOL
Last Supported Version: 22.03.7
Comment:
Releases after Backfire are not viable because of lack of sufficient RAM.

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Flashing Tomato

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FCCID MSQWL520GUGC