Bekijk de volledige versie : Asus WL-HDD inside pics!!
Antiloop
18-08-2004, 01:21
with many thanks to Ceesmf
here are 2 pics..
i've tried to write down the chip numbers..
Network: RTL8201CP http://www.realtek.com.tw/products/products1-2.aspx?modelid=2003073
CPU: BCM4702KPB
IDE: PROMISE PDC20265R http://www.promise.com/product/oem_ataraid_pdc20265r_eng.htm
Flash: MX 29LV320ATTC-90
Memory: Hynix HY57V283220T-7
http://files.wl500g.info/asus/wlhdd/img/wl-hdd.JPG
http://files.wl500g.info/asus/wlhdd/img/wl-hdd1.JPG
Fine thing!
16MB Dram in one Chip (4 Banks x 1mb x 32bit), 4MB Flash, as Usual.
Looks like 500g without bridge chip and second ethernet device, but added Ide-controller (with raid 0/1 support!) on internal PCI-Bus.
Looks it has a good chance to become somthing better than just a Fileserver ... :D
Bought it yesterday, Mycom has it bundled with a 40 or 60 gig laptop HD.
It's a very cool device, but I'm having a hard time connecting it as a client to the wl-500g. Most of my network is wired, I only connect a laptop and pda wirelessly. What I'm trying to do is switch off AP functionality on the wl-hdd, and have it wirelessly connect as a client to the wl-500g so my wired network can see it (It works when I connect a network cable to the wl-hdd but that's no fun). The status log keeps saying "connecting".
Did anyone else buy this thing? I also have a weird problem with the config. When I launch the asus config utility it finds the hdd (but only when it's wired). This should open the browser based config, but that webpage is closed within 1 second? Like someone presses alt-f4 very fast. Luckily my e800 pda could connect to it directly so I could configure it.
close-up of the ports: power, usb, lan, 4 status leds, reset
Features: hdd prescan for error detection and auto copy of usb sticks.
Only usb 1.1 on this one also, but it's only for reading usb sticks anyway.
Well, I got this baby working. It now connects as a client to my wl-500g. The drive is shared wirelessly to the wired network attached to the wl-500g. I created 3 partitions which show as shared drives under computer name WL-HDD. Now on to experiment what more I can do with this...
Is there any links with wl-hdd firmware files? Does it have web iface similar to wl500g, and if so, is there www backdoor available?
Is there any links with wl-hdd firmware files? Does it have web iface similar to wl500g, and if so, is there www backdoor available?
Web interface is exactly the same, will post some shots tonight. It has the same wireless settings as the wl500g to make it an AP, plus a client config to hook it up to other AP's. Storage settings include disk check, partitioning and security settings. Firmware can be restored but no firmware to be found, even on asus sites AND the cd-rom!
Hi
Where do you bought your wl-hdd and what was his price ??
Very interresting ... :).
Ok, seems i have overseen it in your post, but i dont know that shop or whatever and google tells nothing special, have you a link ?
Edit:aah, www.mycom.nl now its clear. Think my last 2 posts can be trashed now :)
Hmm,
190 euro for 40Gb version
220 euro for 60Gb version
Pretty cheap compared to WL-500g + HDD + External casing
BUT: with much less functionality. I won't trade my WL-500g in for this one.
The new WL-500gx has 2 usb ports. One can do (software) RAID with that one too :) and still have the possibility to connect Webcam and printers...
Antiloop
18-08-2004, 18:33
at Aragorn (www.aragorn.nl) it will be around 95,-- euro's (without hdd ofcourse)
but has to be ordered they will never be on stock
Web interface is exactly the same, will post some shots tonight. It has the same wireless settings as the wl500g to make it an AP, plus a client config to hook it up to other AP's. Storage settings include disk check, partitioning and security settings. Firmware can be restored but no firmware to be found, even on asus sites AND the cd-rom!
Does backdoor at Main_AdmStatus_Content.asp exists?
If so, the firmware could be extracted, but you need to know there you harddisk is mounted. To do so, you need to execute (remember to press Refresh, not Enter!)
mount
Post results here. I will let you know that to do at the next step. (Thinking now hard :D )
Also, I'm interested in the output of
dmesg
command.
at Aragorn (www.aragorn.nl) it will be around 95,-- euro's (without hdd ofcourse)
but has to be ordered they will never be on stock
Considering you still have to buy a HDD its still cheap :D
(Thinking now hard :D )
So, the idea is to copy the firmware to your harddrive. The command should look like this (note brackets - they're important!):
(cat /dev/mtd/0 > /tmp/harddisk/pmon)
(cat /dev/mtd/1 > /tmp/harddisk/flash)
you need to replace /tmp/harddisk with right mount point.
Does backdoor at Main_AdmStatus_Content.asp exists?
If so, the firmware could be extracted, but you need to know there you harddisk is mounted. To do so, you need to execute (remember to press Refresh, not Enter!)
mount
Post results here. I will let you know that to do at the next step. (Thinking now hard :D )
Also, I'm interested in the output of
dmesg
command.
Backdoor exists.
Mount gives:
rootfs on / type rootfs (rw)
/dev/root on / type cramfs (ro)
none on /dev type devfs (rw)
proc on /proc type proc (rw)
ramfs on /tmp type ramfs (rw)
/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part1 on /tmp/harddisk/part1 type ext2 (rw,sync)
/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part2 on /tmp/harddisk/part2 type ext2 (rw,sync)
/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part3 on /tmp/harddisk/part3 type ext2 (rw,sync)
I don't know what dmesg is for but now I'm having a hard time getting in the menu again.. :mad:
Dmesg just puts out the boot messages from the kernel, should not harm anything, just give some longer output like mount did.
Whats not working now, no web frontend at all, or cant you login ?
frontend was gone, had to restart. Now it's ok. I'll post the menu shots now.
ROFL
Thats an all-time joke of life, Linux-Device stating best viewd with IE.
Canīt Asus guys make a clean browser-independant front-end... :confused:
P.s: Can you do a "ps -a" in the page you typed in the mount thing ??
ROFL
Thats an all-time joke of life, Linux-Device stating best viewd with IE.
Canīt Asus guys make a clean browser-independant front-end... :confused:
P.s: Can you do a "ps -a" in the page you typed in the mount thing ??
PID Uid Stat Command
1 0 S init noinitrd
2 0 S [keventd]
3 0 S [ksoftirqd_CPU0]
4 0 S [kswapd]
5 0 S [bdflush]
6 0 S [kupdated]
7 0 S [mtdblockd]
32 0 S [khubd]
47 0 S infosvr br0
52 0 S httpd
86 0 S upnp -D -L br0 -W br0
87 0 S udhcpc -i br0 -p /var/run/udhcpc.pid -s /tmp/udhcpc
88 0 S smbd -D
90 0 S nmbd -D
95 0 S sh -c ps -a > /tmp/syscmd.log
96 0 R ps -a
Hey! snmb! I know what that is! :D
Thx
smbd, nmbd, looks quite similar to Olegīs Firmware mods... :D
Asus should send him a wl-hdd for payment ;)
Where it says "file system ok" it already has said twice that the file system needed checking. Is that the linux alternative for Microsofts scandisk?
Hmmm
Under linux the File system driver says the partition needs checking after a couple of time even if no error was detekted, i think they use that system as its the usual linux way to determine if a check is needet. so, dont mind if he says something it can be just a fault-warning.
I dont know why they use ext2 fileystem, this is quite alergic in case of a power-off while write. ext3 would be better.
Linux uses e2fsck for integrity checks, yep thats like scandisk.
Please, could you try again the "dmesg" ??
Tried dmesg again, no crash this time but still no output.
Ok, since Oleg is not here ...
"cat /dev/mtd/1 > /tmp/harddisk/part1/flash.bin"
Should give you after some secounds of waiting a file flash.bin on the first partition where you can download it, including the file system and stuff. can you try ? Maybe asus stock firmware has no dmesg, so this is not working.
Ok, since Oleg is not here ...
"cat /dev/mtd/1 > /tmp/harddisk/part1/flash.bin"
Should give you after some secounds of waiting a file flash.bin on the first partition where you can download it, including the file system and stuff. can you try ? Maybe asus stock firmware has no dmesg, so this is not working.
Read carefully! Surrounding brackets are very important! Otherwise it will not work!
(cat /dev/mtd/1 > /tmp/harddisk/part1/flash.bin)
seems it's running 1.8.x.x series firmware...
If I download the firmware, I assume this will not include my passwords and wep settings?
And has anyone else bought this thing or will I be the only one on the forum? :confused:
If I download the firmware, I assume this will not include my passwords and wep settings?
Yes, these settings are stored separately - don't worry.
Antiloop
26-08-2004, 19:03
If I download the firmware, I assume this will not include my passwords and wep settings?
And has anyone else bought this thing or will I be the only one on the forum? :confused:
i've bought it too, but didn't receive it yet from my distributor :)
Hi,
...I also have a weird problem with the config. When I launch the asus config utility it finds the hdd (but only when it's wired). This should open the browser based config, but that webpage is closed within 1 second?.
same to me. You have to create a rule for the Popupblocker..in my case for the IE6/XP Pro+SP2.
I bought the WL-HDD today, but have no 2,5" HD at the moment to build in ;-)
Is there a custumized Firmware to login via telnet (the backdoor works) and is it possible to mount a USB-Stick directly? I woud like to act the WL-HDD beside the WL-Functions, as a NFS-Server (nfsv3) over LAN to record from a german 'DBox' (DVB-Receiver with Linux and ethernet). Do you think that's possible?
cu,
peter
Stay on topic please, for questions you can open a seperate topic.
Stay on topic please, for questions you can open a seperate topic.
..sorry, but i also answerd the question from copycat.
cu,
peter