ASUS WL-520GU Successful flash!

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goldfingerz
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PostPosted: Fri May 02, 2008 2:59    Post subject: Reply with quote
I've successfully flash my newly bought wl-520gu.

My first major problem is that wireless transmission isn't working at all. My status page says radio is off. If I ssh into my wl-520gu and do "wl radio on", I get this error message:

wl:radio on ->wl driver adapter not found

So far i've tried firmware:

dd-wrt.v24-9333_NEWD_nokaid_usb.bin
and
dd-wrt.v24-9396_NEWD_nokaid_usb.bin

What's causing this?
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goldfingerz
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PostPosted: Fri May 02, 2008 3:43    Post subject: Reply with quote
BTW some more info on my router:

Router model: Asus WL-520GU/GC
CPU model: Broadcom BCM5354 chip rev 2
Last firmware I tried: DD-WRT v24 RC-7 (04/11/0Cool mini - build 9396M Eko
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mucker
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PostPosted: Sat May 03, 2008 6:50    Post subject: Reply with quote
Eko wrote:
Please don't mix apples and pears here:
Asus WL520G has vlan1ports="0 5"
Asus WL520GU or GC has vlan1ports="4 5"


Hi EKO,

When I telnet my WL-520GU router using the command: nvram show | grep vlan

part of the results show:

vlan0ports=1 2 3 4 5*
vlan1ports=0 5

I have never had a WAN issue, all of the plugs work as labeled, and everything appears to be working great. Currently using the 9433 RC7 Asus generic nokaid firmware. Is it possible there are hardware differences between the 520GU units?

I have been having a problem with Tomato receiving WAN info and that's what started me looking at the vlan1's. After numerous attempts, I have never been able to receive WAN info with Tomato's 1.19 NB and the 520GU. Don't know what's up with that and can find no info either.

Thanks for your hard work!
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tacothekid
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PostPosted: Sun May 04, 2008 1:34    Post subject: Reply with quote
Just curious if the USB issues with this router have been worked out yet. Anyone know?
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jdmulloy
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PostPosted: Wed May 07, 2008 1:11    Post subject: Reply with quote
mucker wrote:
jdmulloy wrote:
Road-Rage wrote:
Eko wrote:
The problem is that usb modules are not good for 5354 cpu. When we find needed patches, we will fix this.


Thanks for the quick reply. Do you know if someone is actively working on it? How can I know when it's ready (or ready to be tested)?


What is the status of this? I've been having trouble with USB printing, sometimes it will just reboot, sometimes the printer will start but not get all the data and hang, and sometimes on rare occasion it will print.

see http://www.dd-wrt.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=171232#171232

What is necessary to get this working? Do the open-wrt guys have it working? Does the ASUS firmware use linux?


IMO, I don't think it is a DD-WRT problem. Even with the Asus firmware, the printing function was flakey with a couple of different printers. I am not sure the router is a great print server with any firmware and that is too bad. This would be the ideal platform if everything worked correctly. Certainly can't beat the price. If the USB ever gets figured out (works more like a plug and play device), this could one of the best bang for buck routers out there.


It's working better now with usb-ohci but eventually it will produce an error message from dmesg.

"usb-ohci.c: OHCI Unrecoverable Error"

A reboot fixes it but obviously this won't work permanently. Anyone have any success?
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vagder
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PostPosted: Wed Sep 24, 2008 15:20    Post subject: Reply with quote
I am trying to upload the firmware as the No1 post says, but it keep saying "No wireless device in recovery mode is found".
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zcream
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 20, 2008 3:39    Post subject: USB support ? Reply with quote
Hi! Just wondering what the current status of USB support is ? I looked at the wiki for 520GU and it seems to be fine over there..

Can I add a USB hub w/ printer, external HDD and a USB pen drive ?
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zcream
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 20, 2008 3:46    Post subject: Works with others/eko/v24_TNG/SVN10431/mini_usb Reply with quote
Not my finding - but from another post

Look at
http://dd-wrt.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=39583&highlight=wl520gu

Post from KeithB at the bottom
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 21, 2008 2:46    Post subject: ehi or ohci for usb Reply with quote
Hi Eko. The SPN versions seem to have ehci_usb. Are the NEWD versions containing ohci then ? Thanks!
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negusm
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 15, 2009 3:19    Post subject: Reply with quote
FYI, I did the following:

1. I took my new WL-520GU out of the box.
2. I hooked it up to make sure it worked.
3. I went to ASUS web site to get their latest "Firmware Restoration" utility (windows gui).
4. I powered on the unit holding the restoration button in with a pen.
5. I flashed the router with dd-wrt.v24_vpn_generic.bin (the july SP1 version).
6. Rebooted the router.

I am now having fun setting it up as a VPN server! Sweet!

The only thing to note is that I had to tell the Asus resto prog to keep flashing since it kept popping up a window that it couldn't find any devices to flash. Eventually it found it though....probably just a power up or detection delay...or vista getting in the way...

Edit: Tested the wireless, port forwarding, etc and all work so far.

-Mike
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HockeyFan4Life
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 15, 2009 3:23    Post subject: Reply with quote
negusm wrote:
FYI, I did the following:

1. I took my new WL-520GU out of the box.
2. I hooked it up to make sure it worked.
3. I went to ASUS web site to get their latest "Firmware Restoration" utility (windows gui).
4. I powered on the unit holding the restoration button in with a pen.
5. I flashed the router with dd-wrt.v24_vpn_generic.bin (the july SP1 version).
6. Rebooted the router.

I am now having fun setting it up as a VPN server! Sweet!

The only thing to note is that I had to tell the Asus resto prog to keep flashing since it kept popping up a window that it couldn't find any devices to flash. Eventually it found it though....probably just a power up or detection delay...or vista getting in the way...

Edit: Tested the wireless, port forwarding, etc and all work so far.

-Mike
You may want to update the firmware to a more recent version. There is a bug with SP1, look in the Peacock Sticky Thread for more info.
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gamer.pro.2000
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 15, 2009 3:27    Post subject: Reply with quote
Why was this old, old topic drug from the grave, exactly?
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negusm
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 15, 2009 18:21    Post subject: Reply with quote
gamer.pro.2000 wrote:
Why was this old, old topic drug from the grave, exactly?


Sorry, didn't know it was against the rules.

-Mike
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 15, 2009 19:14    Post subject: Reply with quote
Mike, there is always someone to try to put people down. I learned from your post. Thank you for it. Bill
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 15, 2009 20:10    Post subject: Reply with quote
Yeah...Bill is right...old posts resurrected can sometimes show others that its ok to search the forum for answers first before posting a question.

You did your homework...you shared your results.

Thank you for your contribution.

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