[TriLUG] Re: tinkering with the WL-500G and Linux

[Greg Brown]

For the record, "wet" or bridge mode, appears totally broken using the
Asus 500 G.  Grrrr!!!!!!!

Greg

On 11/21/05, Greg Brown <gwbrown1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> So far the thoughts on the Asus WL-500G are mixed.  OpenWRT installed
> easily enough, boot_wait was already set on and this helped out quite
> a bit.  There is only one external antenna so diversity antenna is not
> a valid setting, but for most users that won't matter.
>
> WL (the command) installs easily enough via ipkg but I am having some
> problems setting the power level.  Once I am ssh'ed into into the
> router I can set the power level easily enough but I am having a hard
> time scripting the power setting via a /etc/init.d script (something
> easily done with a WRT54G).  If I can't set the power level
> automatically at each reboot the unit is more or less useless for any
> amplified use so that is a very big bummer indeed.
>
> Still to be tested: USB connectivity and usefulness and WET (bridge) mode.
>
> Greg
>