Can you recommand the 700ge

[antoschka]

Hi folks,

today my wlan AP has passed away and I am thinking about consolidating the rest of my network device to one single device. The requirments are:
- WLAN AP (at least WEP Encryption and hidden SSID and MAC verification)
- FTP Server (there is a thread mentioning problems with the FTP server transfering files > 2GB is it true or is there a work atound?)
- at least 4 Ethernet interfaces
- possibility to connect other USB devices (I don't like to mount the device every time I start the computer, because backup job should run automatically - do I need to do that with 700ge?)
- Firewall

Can you recommand the 700ge for these purposes?

thanks in advance

Torsten

[LordMiG]

Hi Torsten!

I think the WL700 is exactly what you need, it meets all of your requirements:

WLAN=Yes (WEP=Yes, HideSSID=Yes, MAC Access Control=Yes)
FTP-Server=Yes (There is no 2GB limit for the FTP-Server*)
Ethernet Ports=4
Connect USB-Devices=Yes (you can connect USB-flashdrives, USB-harddisks, USB-printers and USB-webcams to your WL-700)
Firewall=Yes (+ a lot of options like: URL-filtering, custom LAN-WAN-filters)

*The 2GB-limit you mentioned concerns only the built-in downloadmanager. This tool allows you to download FTP/HTTP/Torrent-Files without a PC. Because of a bug in the firmware, the download manager is currently limited to 2GB-files. I hope Asus will fix this soon!

Mike

[antoschka]

Hi Mike,

this helped me a lot. Are there any comparable devices on the market at this moment? Besides the haddrive what is the main advantage of WL-700ge in comparison to wl-500 Premium.

Greetings Torsten

[LordMiG]

Hello again!

The differences in hardware:

WL500 Premium = 266MHz Processor, 8MB ROM, 32MB RAM, 2x USB 2.0
WL700gE = 300MHz Prozessor, 2 MB ROM, 64MB RAM, 160GB HDD, 3x USB 2.0

The differences in software:

WL700: HTTP/FTP-Hosting, no OpenWRT (http://openwrt.org/)-support at the moment
WL500 Premium: no HTTP/FTP-Hosting, full OpenWRT (http://openwrt.org/)-support

Mike

[antoschka]

Hi,

Thanks for the short Summary. IS there really no FTP-Server included in the 500-one? Is it going to come with future firmware version?

Thanx

Torsten

[WlanMan]

IS there really no FTP-Server included in the 500-one? Is it going to come with future firmware version?
Dont expekt this from Asus, they need arguments to sell the higher priced stuff :).

You CAN add an ftp server to the 500g but you have to install the additional software on it with olegs firmware on your own. It works, no doupt.

Greets
P.s: My old 500g died with a damaged voltage regulator a few days ago, 2 weeks before end of guarante. Hope they fix it!

Greets
Wlanman