Posted: Mon Aug 26, 2019 12:15 Post subject: (Golden Oldie) ASUS WL-500W firmware question
Hi All,
I pulled out an old stock WL500-W which has to act as a repeater to cover some dead areas at the back of my garden.
I read the WIKI and Peacock thread and TFTP'd succesfully the NVRAM - Recover - Mini Asus.Trx which is actually
DD-WRT v24-sp2 (08/12/10) mini - build 14929
After doing some research I found that most of the recommended firmware links are all running dead (logically)
I don't want to end up wild guessing and having a bricked router.
Thanks in advance!
btw: the mini 14929 build doesnt work as it should because when I hit the save button the screen goes instantly to an error saying " 192.168.1.1 didn't send any data"
Edit: It works in Explorer, not in Chrome
Posted: Mon Aug 26, 2019 23:32 Post subject: Re: (Golden Oldie) ASUS WL-500W firmware question
Algert wrote:
I pulled out an old stock WL500-W which has to act as a repeater to cover some dead areas at the back of my garden.
I read the WIKI and Peacock thread and TFTP'd succesfully the NVRAM - Recover - Mini Asus.Trx which is actually
DD-WRT v24-sp2 (08/12/10) mini - build 14929
After doing some research I found that most of the recommended firmware links are all running dead (logically)
Does anyone has a fine working build?
If you want a newer build try 33772 (which has the Krack fix for client/repeater modes). Reset then manually set up. If you have issues, flash 33555. All kinds of old k2.4 routers were reported working with 33772. _________________ #NAT/SFE/CTF: limited speed w/ DD#Repeater issues#DD-WRT info: FAQ, Builds, Types, Modes, Changes, Demo#
OPNsense x64 5050e ITX|DD: DIR-810L, 2*EA6900@1GHz, R6300v1, RT-N66U@663, WNDR4000@533, E1500@353,
WRT54G{Lv1.1,Sv6}@250|FreshTomato: F7D8302@532|OpenWRT: F9K1119v1, RT-ACRH13, R6220, WNDR3700v4
Posted: Tue Aug 27, 2019 9:53 Post subject: Re: (Golden Oldie) ASUS WL-500W firmware question
Quote:
If you want a newer build try 33772 (which has the Krack fix for client/repeater modes). Reset then manually set up. If you have issues, flash 33555. All kinds of old k2.4 routers were reported working with 33772.
If I don' see my router model in the list should I then take the broadcom mega.generic or the mini.Asus ?
Posted: Tue Aug 27, 2019 15:21 Post subject: Re: (Golden Oldie) ASUS WL-500W firmware question
Algert wrote:
If I don' see my router model in the list should I then take the broadcom mega.generic or the mini.Asus ?
The mini file is (I presume) just for initial flash. You could use any mini/usb-standard/mega generic broadcom/ file to update (of course after researching new build threads).
redhawk0 wrote:
Here is the last working USB build that I have for this model.
Does USB not work post-19463 for k2.4 builds, or you've just never tested it? _________________ #NAT/SFE/CTF: limited speed w/ DD#Repeater issues#DD-WRT info: FAQ, Builds, Types, Modes, Changes, Demo#
OPNsense x64 5050e ITX|DD: DIR-810L, 2*EA6900@1GHz, R6300v1, RT-N66U@663, WNDR4000@533, E1500@353,
WRT54G{Lv1.1,Sv6}@250|FreshTomato: F7D8302@532|OpenWRT: F9K1119v1, RT-ACRH13, R6220, WNDR3700v4
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Posted: Tue Aug 27, 2019 16:42 Post subject:
If I remember correctly....(we're going back quite a few years now)....the USB drivers were removed from the firmware after that build. So you could never mount the usb drive. In the same folder that I had this build of firmware...I have another file called EXT2.zip. I believe this to be the EXT2 USB drivers (ext2.o) that had to manually be installed after this build. I could never get it to work though.
The repeater function should work...I was one of the original testers and had tested all my units as R/RB back in the day.
redhawk _________________ The only stupid question....is the unasked one.
Posted: Tue Aug 27, 2019 19:19 Post subject: Its working
Thanks for the help guys,
The Redhawk post *.bin did load correctly after GUI flashing and waiting 2 coffee to give the Nvram time to write everything away.
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Posted: Fri Jul 09, 2021 23:47 Post subject:
I guess it depends on whether or not you want working USB or not. I do not know if any of the more recent releases with USB support work or not as I don't own this or any of it's clones. NOTE: The device wiki has not been updated since 17:47, 31 July 2012, not sure how much of that information still applies or is relevant.
