Bekijk de volledige versie : WLDR-100: a WL-HDD clone
Thinking on buying a WL-HDD, I've found a similar product : the SparkLan WLDR-100.
http://www.sparklan.com/products_landisk_wldr_100.htm
It seems to have the same functions as the WL-HDD but with 2 USB2 ports :cool:
As anybody heard of that product ?
As anybody info on the hardware ? Is it possible to install Oleg or OpenWRT firmware inside ?
Thanks
pippolippi
02-05-2006, 20:14
Interesting. The specifications don't say the processor, but it has 32M of ram and it supports ext2+ext3 (and ntfs read only) so it's probable that it is running a version of linux.
What's the price and where is it available?
I've asked SparkLan about technical spec, they only told me that it's based on a Ralink chip (http://www.ralinktech.com/home.asp) without any precison :confused: .
They have a list of retailer on their site, but none in France :( .
Somebody point me to the SMC SMCWAPS-G which looks (concerning spec) very similar: http://www.smc.com/index.cfm?event=viewProduct&localeCode=EN_USA&pid=1519
For now it's about 30% more expensive than the WL-HDD :( and also was unable get details hardware information.
Nice boxes. :)
Running linux 2.4.26, ralink radio and x86 (!!!) compatible CPU.
Seems like that reference design is by RDC Semiconductor Co. Ltd
http://www.rdc.com.tw/
The flash seems to be 4MB.
The net chip is RDC R6040 - no info
The cpu is probably RDC3210 - also not known
pippolippi
03-05-2006, 17:45
I can find the smc unit (which seems identical to the sparklan one, probably the same oem, so it's just a matter of finding the cheapest rebadger ;) ) for around 110€ shipped (in spain , for comparison an NSLU2 is around 100€ shipped).
The wl-hdd is 80€ shipped, so, yes, it's 35% more expensive, but if it really has 32M of ram and 2 USB2.0 ports and it is hackable it could be a good buy, especially for what I need the device for (http://wl500g.info/showthread.php?t=5195). It has to be seen if it is possible to install a custom linux firmware on it.
In germany you can find it for ~90€ shipped and in france for 120€ (I think without shipping).
pippolippi
08-05-2006, 23:46
Nice boxes. :)
Running linux 2.4.26, ralink radio and x86 (!!!) compatible CPU.
According to the initial ramdisk on the latest smc firmware it's 2.4.28, and indeed all binaries are for x86, using uClibc.