List of Asus routers
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ASUSTeK Computer Incorporated (Asus) makes a series of powerful network routers directly competing with routers from Linksys and Buffalo.
Asus series of routers generally ship with Broadcom chipsets, faster processors, more memory, removable antennas and USB ports for expansion. Although their factory default firmware is feature-rich, it’s still not considered very stable and powerful enough compared to its hardware. Open source Linux based router firmware projects such as Sveasoft,[1] DD-WRT,[2] OpenWRT,[3] FreeWRT[4] and Tomato Firmware[5] are able to get much better performance out of Asus routers.
Asus Routers
Model | Hardware rev | FCC ID | Platform & Frequency [MHz] | RAM [MB] | Flash Memory [MB] | Wireless NIC | WLAN standard [802.11] | mini PCI | Serial port | JTAG port | Ethernet port count | Voltage Input [V/A] | Special Features/notes | Sveasoft firmware version | Min required DD-WRT version | Notes for Running DD-WRT | Min required Tomato Firmware version | Notes for Tomato Firmware | |
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WL-300G[6] | - | MSQWL300G | Broadcom4710@125 | 16 | 4 | Broadcom | b/g | 1 | - | ? | 1 LAN | 5 | - | v23 SP2 | initial flash via Asus tool | ||||
WL-500B[7] | - | MSQWL500B | Broadcom4710@125 | 16 | 4 | Broadcom | b (maybe wlan must be replaced to work) | 1 | - | 1 | 4 LAN/1 WAN | 5 | 1 USB, 1 LPT | v23 SP2 | initial flash via Asus tool | ||||
WL-500G[8] | - | MSQWL500G | Broadcom4710@125 | 16 | 4 | Broadcom | b/g | 1 | - | 1 | 4 LAN/1 WAN | 5 | 1 USB, 1 LPT | Alchemy, Talisman | v23 SP2 | initial flash via Asus tool | |||
WL-500G Deluxe[9] | - | MSQWL500GD | Broadcom5365@200 | 32 | 4 | Broadcom | b/g | ? | 1 | ? | 4 LAN/1 WAN | 5 | 2 USB 2.0; internal pins:,[10] 3 × GPIO, 2 × serial port[11] (voltage conversion needed[12]), reset | Alchemy, Talisman | v23 SP2[13] | initial flash via Asus tool, tftp, or web interface | |||
WL-500G Premium[14] | - | MSQWL500GP | Broadcom4712&4704@264 | 32 | 8 | Broadcom | b/g | 1 | 1 | ? | 4 LAN/1 WAN | 5 | 2 USB | Alchemy, Talisman | v23 SP3 | initial flash via Asus tool | |||
WL-500G Premium[14] | v2 | MSQWL500GPV2 | Broadcom5354@240 | 32 | 8 | Broadcom | b/g | 1 | 1 | ? | 4 LAN/1 WAN? | 5 | 2 USB | Talisman | v24 rc7 - build 9264 | initial flash via Asus tool | Tomato_1_19_ND | Tomato_1_19_ND works for Broadcom5354 chipset | |
WL-500W[15] | - | MSQWL500W | Broadcom4704@264 | 32 | 8 | Broadcom | b/g/n | 1 | ? | 1 | 4 LAN/1 WAN | 5 | 2 USB | Talisman | v24 RC3 | initial flash via Asus tool | |||
WL-520G | - | MSQWL520G | Broadcom5350@200 | 8 | 2 | Broadcom | b/g | ? | ? | ? | 4 LAN/1 WAN | 5 | ? | v24 micro build 8733 | initial flash via Asus tool | ||||
WL-520GC[16] | - | MSQWL520GUGC | Broadcom5354@240 | 16 | 2 | Broadcom | b/g | ? | - | ? | 4 LAN/1 WAN | 5 | ? | v24 micro build 8257 | initial flash via Asus tool | ||||
WL-520GU | - | MSQWL520GUGC | Broadcom5354@240 | 16 | 4 | Broadcom | b/g | ? | ? | ? | 4 LAN/1 WAN | 5 | 1 USB | v24 build 8257? | initial flash via Asus tool | Tomato_1_22_ND | |||
WL-550gE[17] | - | MSQWL550GE | Broadcom5352@200 | 16 | 4 | Broadcom | b/g | ? | - | - | 4 LAN/1 WAN | 5 | 2 USB 1.1 (Requires soldering header) | Talisman | v23 SP2 | initial flash via Asus tool | |||
WL-600G[18] | - | - | - | - | - | - | b/g | - | - | - | 4 LAN/1 WAN | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
WL-700gE[19] | Model | Hardware rev | FCC ID | Platform & Frequency [MHz] | RAM [MB] | Flash Memory [MB] | Wireless NIC | WLAN standard [802.11] | mini PCI | Serial port | JTAG port | Ethernet port count | Voltage Input [V/A] | Special Features/notes | Sveasoft firmware version | Min required DD-WRT version | Notes for Running DD-WRT | Min required Tomato Firmware version | Notes for Tomato Firmware |
See also
- Alternative firmwares
External links
References
- ^ Sveasoft
- ^ DD-WRT Wiki - Supported Devices
- ^ Asus Wl 500 premium Open WRT Howto: WiFi router for the Huawei E220
- ^ freewrt.org - The device (in short: WL500gP) is fully supported by FreeWRT
- ^ Tomato Firmware - Asus WL500G Premium (no USB support)
- ^ WL-300G
- ^ WL-500B
- ^ WL-500G
- ^ WL-500G Deluxe
- ^ 2 extra USB ports
- ^ serial port
- ^ voltage conversion
- ^ v23 SP2
- ^ a b WL-500G Premium
- ^ WL-500W
- ^ WL-520GC
- ^ WL-550gE
- ^ WL-600G
- ^ WL-700gE