ASUS WL-500gP v1

ASUS WL-500g Premium v1 (R1.14)
Availability: discontinued

FCC approval date: 27 March 2006
Country of manuf.: China

Amazon image

ASIN
B0018CZZG8 (, On Amazon, On CCC, multiple uses)
multiple revisions of this device, use caution

Type: wireless router

FCC ID: MSQWL500GP, MSQWL120GV2A

Power: 5 VDC, 2.5 A
Connector type: barrel

CPU1: Broadcom BCM4704 (264 MHz)
FLA1: 8 MiB8,388,608 B <br />65,536 Kib <br />8,192 KiB <br />64 Mib <br />0.00781 GiB <br /> (Spansion S29GL064A90TFI)
RAM1: 32 MiB33,554,432 B <br />262,144 Kib <br />32,768 KiB <br />256 Mib <br />0.0313 GiB <br /> (Hynix HY5DU281622ETP-6 × 2)

Expansion IFs: Mini PCI, USB 2.0
Mini PCI slots: 1
USB ports: 2
Serial: yes

WI1 module: ASUS WL-120g v2A
WI1 module IF: Mini PCI
WI1 chip1: Broadcom BCM4318E
WI1 802dot11 protocols: bg
WI1 antenna connector: U.FL, RP-SMA

ETH chip1: Broadcom BCM4704
Switch: Broadcom BCM5325E
LAN speed: 100M
LAN ports: 4
WAN speed: 100M
WAN ports: 1

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Additional chips
4-port USB Host Chip;VIA;VT6212L;VIA, VT6212L, G 0552CD, TAIWAN, 23B7005400;1;

Stock bootloader: CFE

Stock FW OS: Linux

TPFirmware supported: DD-WRT • (List), FreshTomato • (List | DLs), Oleg-ng (wl500g) • (List), OpenWrt • (List | Dev | DLs), Tomato • (List | DLs), TomatoUSB • (List | DLs)

Default SSID: default (99 addl. devices)
Default IP address: 192.168.1.1
the IP 192.168.1.1 is used by 1295 additional devices
of which 167 are ASUS devices
Default login user: admin
Default login password: admin
admin:admin credentials used by 1321 additional devices
of which 198 are ASUS devices

802dot11 OUI: 00:17:3F (10 E, 26 W)
Ethernet OUI: 00:17:3F (10 E, 26 W)

	FCC ID
ASUS WL-120g v2A	MSQWL120GV2A

	CPU1 brand	WI1 chip1 brand	WI1 chip2 brand
ASUS WL-500gP v1	Broadcom	Broadcom
ASUS WL-500gP v2	Broadcom	Broadcom

For a list of all currently documented Broadcom chipsets with specifications, see Broadcom.

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Wireless Multi-Function Router

Support page

Default settings (including the SSID) are per ASUS's manual.

• Asus WL-500g Premium v1 on TechInfoDepot (images)

Links

• ASUS WL-500gP on OpenWrt wiki
• ASUS routers on Wikipedia

Reviews

• ASUS WL-500g Premium Review on Phoronix

00:17:3F OUI on the label, presumed to be used for both interfaces

• ASUS WL-500g Premium Review on Overclockers (RU)
• Moding ASUS WL-500gP on Geektimes (RU)

Forum threads

• Photo of Asus WL-500g Premium on wl500g.info
• ASUS WL-500gP Hardware Mod on wl500g.info

Hardware
BROADCOM BCM4704KPBG
BROADCOM BCM5325EKQMG
BROADCOM BCM4318EKFBG
SPANSION S29GL064M90TFIR7
HYNIX HY5DU281622ETP-5
VIA VT6212L
SIGE 2521A6

PCI ID
14e4:4704	BCM4704 PCI to SB Bridge
14e4:4705	BCM4704 802.11b Wireless LAN Controller
14e4:4706	BCM4704 Ethernet Controller
14e4:4707	BCM4704 USB Controller
14e4:4708	BCM4704 Crypto Accelerator
14e4:4318	BCM4318 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller
14e4:4319	BCM4318 802.11a/b/g PCI Express Transceiver

Images

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  ASUS WL-500gPv1 PCB (R1.14)