ASUS WL-500g Deluxe

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	High Speed 802.11g –Afterburner technology
Wikipedia	Asus routers
InfoDepot Wiki	Asus WL-500g Deluxe
WikiDevi.wi-cat.ru	ASUS WL-500g Deluxe
3rd Party Firmware
dd-wrt	Supported
OpenWrt	Was Supported
Tomato any flavor	Supported
Gargoyle	Status Unknown
Platform
Brand • Model • Rev	ASUS WL-500g Deluxe
FCC ID	MSQWL500GD
Type	wireless router
CPU1	Broadcom BCM5365P
CPU1 Speed	200 MHz
Flash1 Chip	AMD Am29LV320DB-90EI
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	32 MiB33,554,432 B <br />262,144 Kib <br />32,768 KiB <br />256 Mib <br />0.0313 GiB <br />
RAM1 Chip	Samsung K4S281632F-TC75 x 2
ETH chip1	Broadcom BCM5365P
Switch	Broadcom BCM5365P
Ethernet Port Count	1-100MbE-WAN 4-100MbE-LAN
Wired Standard	IEEE 802.3i/3u
	802dot11 OUI: 00:13:D4 (2 E, 1 W); Ethernet OUI: 00:13:D4 (2 E, 1 W)
Stock bootloader	CFE
Expansion IF types	USB 2.0
USB ports	2
USB Hub Compatible	Untested
Power	5 VDC, 2 A
Connector type	barrel
Serial Port (UART)	yes, (115200 8N1)
JTAG Port	no
	Additional chips; USB 2.0 Host Controller;VIA;VT6212L;;1;
Other
	Default IP address: 192.168.1.1; the IP 192.168.1.1 is used by 1326 additional devices; of which 173 are ASUS devices; Default login user: admin; Default login password: admin; admin:admin credentials used by 1343 additional devices; of which 207 are ASUS devices
3rd Party Firmware Support	DD-WRT • (List); , Oleg (wl500g) • (List); , OpenWrt (Was); , TomatoUSB • (List \| DLs);
Retail
Availability	End of Life
FCC approval date	29 October 2004
Country of manuf	China
Radio 1
Chip1	Broadcom BCM4306
Chip2	Broadcom BCM2050
Wireless interface OUI	00:13:D4
Antenna Connector Type	U.FL, 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	5

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

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

• 54 Mbps - 2.4GHz 802.11g = G54 class

Links of Interest

Product page

Wikis

On the OpenWrt wiki (part numbers)
On the DD-WRT wiki

The device is using a VIA VT6212L USB 2.0 controller.

Forum threads

Asus WL-500g Deluxe on wl500g forums

BROADCOM BCM5364PKPB
MX 29LV320ABTC-90
SAMSUNG K4S281632F-TC75
BCM4306KFB
BCM2050KML
ATMEL434 93C46
VIA VT6212L
DELTA LF8731 0432
DELTA LF8505 0434W

Flashing

NOTE: During configuration or flashing a device, the only things that should be hooked to the device is the computer and power.

Flashing dd-wrt

Supported by dd-wrt as of = v23 SP2

Install Guide

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Flashing OpenWrt

This device is NOT RECOMMENDED for future use with OpenWrt due to low flash/ram. DO NOT BUY DEVICES WITH 4MB FLASH / 32MB RAM if you intend to flash an up-to-date and secure OpenWrt version onto it! See 4/32 warning for details.

This device does not have sufficient resources (flash and/or RAM) to provide secure and reliable operation. This means that even setting a password or changing simple network settings might not be possible any more, rendering the device effectively useless. See OpenWrt on 4/32 devices what you can do now.

OpenWrt support for this device has ended in 2022.
19.07.10 was the last official build for 4/32 devices.

Devices with Broadcom WiFi chipsets have limited OpenWrt supportability (due to limited FLOSS driver availability for Broadcom chips). Consider this when choosing a device to buy, or when deciding to flash OpenWrt on your device because it is listed as supported. See Broadcom WiFi for details.

On the OpenWrt ToH (techdata entry)
On the OpenWrt Wiki
OpenWrt Target: brcm47xx
OpenWrt Subtarget: legacy
OpenWrt Package architecture: mipsel_mips32
Support started version: 10.03.1
Current supported version: 22.03.7

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