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    Asus WL500W router..

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by Ataranea, Aug 22, 2007.

  1. Ataranea

    Ataranea Notebook Evangelist

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    Anyone have any experience with this router and what other routers are recommended if you guys dont like this one. From what I have read it is a pretty good router.
     
    Ataranea, Aug 22, 2007
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  2. matt_h1

    matt_h1 Notebook Deity NBR Reviewer

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    It has some great features but has a few problems aswell. 802.11n support is kinda flakey, And unless you set it to a specific channel, if no computers are connected to the wireless it turns off the wireless all together.
     
    matt_h1, Aug 22, 2007
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  3. mWMA

    mWMA Notebook Geek

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    I don't recommend you buy this router as the Asus firmware on it is really bad. I returned mine and decide to wait on purchasing a N router until dd-wrt support a similar feature N router.

    If you don't care for N support and just want a decent G then get ASUS WL-500G Premium which is about 85-90 dollars on newegg. Flash it with dd-wrt and you got a solid router.

    I currently use a ASUS WL-500G Premium and 2 linksys WRT54GL in WDS mode and a Buffalo 54G-HP as Range booster. All four router use DD-WRT v23 SP2. I even have a 750G USB drive connected to the asus and loaded a bittorrent client in router.
     
    mWMA, Aug 22, 2007
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  4. Ataranea

    Ataranea Notebook Evangelist

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    Hmm cool thanks alot.
     
    Ataranea, Aug 23, 2007
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  5. mactepu

    mactepu Newbie

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    just bought a new wi-ro WL500W a week ago. and i can configure it well, all pc and nb on my network can use lan or wireless connection for sharing data and internet through my TPLink TD8800 adsl modem.

    internet --- adsl modem (192.168.1.1) --- (192.168.1.2) wi-ro (10.88.88.1) --- (dhcp) pc & nb

    but i think there are many configuration to make so my WL500W can run with its maximum performance, can someone help me with setting up? i just cant understand the wi-ro operation mode (home gateway, router or access point?), right now its in home gateway mode. thx experts :)
     
    mactepu, Feb 4, 2008
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