Well, there was some delay in the releasing this firmware version. I wa a bit busy with various stuff and finally I've tried to made it stable. So, here it goes. Ethernet port related crashes, which was since 1.9.2.7 should go away (wl500g only), also wireless module was updated to the latest from the 1.9.3.6 beta, which seems fixes some glitches found in the 1.9.2.7 firmwares.
Changes:
- Used wireless module from the 1.9.3.6 beta, should improve stability
- Rewrote ethernet driver "WAN port dies workaround" completely. This should fix random reboots caused by 1.9.2.7 firmwares
- Fixed ppp never ending loop, caused by pressing Disconnect button
- Connect and Disconnect button should work better now in the PPTP/PPPoE mode
- Removed never ending ping done by firmware, notifying guys from Taiwan of your router, then you press Connect
- Updated PPTP client to 1.6.0
- Fixed "Idle 0" as well as probably other settings in the web interface which are allowing 0 to be specified
- Add usb serial support to the kernel, included an updated pl2303 version (thanks to Rod Whitby for porting this to the current kernel)
- Added chat ppp program
- USB services are get started now even if NFS only is enabled (thanks to Rod Whitby for figuring this out)
- Finally, WAN Hostname no longer prevents samba from working
- WL500g Deluxe now supports MAC cloning
- WL500g Deluxe with an updated bootloader now correctly enables WAN port in the AP mode
- ASUS test program is no longer installed, so busybox version is now used
- ipkg.sh should now correctly create /opt/tmp/ipkg
- NFS max block size is now 32K (use with care)
- Added codepages 860, 861, 865, 866, 869, cp1250, cp1251 (use usb_vfat_options to pass additional mount flags to mount)
- Old upnp entries should not have any effect then upnp is disabled
- Added new network type - MAN on the static routes page, should be used with PPTP/PPPoE connections to access internal networks
- Changed maximum number of routes - 16 vs 6
- Fixed a PATH problem in the telnet sessions
- RAW printing is now bidirectional (used p910nd 0.7)
- Afterburner setting is now accessible on the wl300g/wl500g/wlhdd units (enabled for the supported devices only). You still need to enable it in the hardware by executing wlan_update once in the telnet session/hidden page, this should also fix "range" problem
- Added System Command page, which is well known as Hidden Admin Page
- Added support for system shutdown - press RESTORE/RESET button until power led turns off completely and release it, your unit should go "down" in several seconds. Use halt from the command line to do the same.
- Replaced /usr/local/sbin/ip-ip and ip-down with ip-up-script/ip-down-script ppp options
- Added /usr/local/sbin/pre-shutdown script support - called before reboot/halt
- Other usefull things
Uploaded updated firmware 1.9.2.7-5a, the changes are:
- Fixed RAW printing bugs, switched to unidirectional transfers by default
- Fixed support for the WPA-PSK in the Client Mode, thanks to miraculix for findings
- Fixed ftp server bug, which prevented files to be uploaded to subdirectories
- CET Timezone update by engy, added Czech Republic
- Increased number of entries on the Bandwidth page up to 32, patch from engy
- Added awk applet, applied mktime patch from engy
- Applied timezones uClibc patch prepared by engy
- Applied tomilius patches adding several new iptables targets
- Updated WL500g Deluxe to use latest ethernet module, removed closed source binaries
Grab your free copy of new firmware, unzip it and flash to your router. As usual, be sure to visit my page if you've not done this yet.
