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hi,
asus has released a new official firmware 1.0.7.8 (yes really) for the wl-700ge with the source (300 mb). to find on the asus ftp (ftp.asus.com.tw/pub/asus/wireless/wl-700g).
my box is at the moment on repair... maybe somebody could post the differences and maybe some screenshots (if they have modified it to the 1.0.4.6).
thanks
grat182
expecting KC version as well :D
that's great news gonne download that 300mb file
Lolzz checked www.asus.com its not there but on the ftp its there
mm checked the date its released yesterday
Damn ass slow asus ftp :(
300mb avg speed 23 kb ( this may take a while :( )
ffff waiting 5 min no just to get the image, that 300mb file is a nice job for the router overnight
http://wl700g.homelinux.net/drupal/?q=node/134 another link to the original firmware
mmm
1.0.4.6gpl file -- 390 mb
1.0.7.8gpl file -- 300 mb
Let's hope all sources are inside....
The web-if looks the same I can't see any changes.
gonne try the download master and let m download the source(300mb file) to see what's changed under the hood of this monster
Is there telnet access by default?
LK
The problems with the PS3 still exist. After about 40 photos the media server crashed and I have to reboot the brick. So no changes for this problem.:(
Yep telnet is enabled by default lets hope its only on lan and not on wan ..Quote:
Originally Posted by LeperKing
I see two files on the ftp server:
GPL_WL700gE_1078.rar
and
WL700gE_1078.rar
What are these files and do i need them both.
Woffels
thanks b2b for the screenshots and the info...
ok they haven't improved the webui (thats ok)... maybe it's now possible to modify more in the webui... or the torrent files (> 2gb) or the download speed with the downloadmanager is improved....
or asus has only released a "new" firmware because now telnet is enabled ;-)
grat182
@woffels: the gpl file is the source....
the other file is the nas file to install on the router...
Lets hope so
It took a hell of a time before they came with this update
but the version went up from .4.6 to 7.8 so i expect a smoother box now
telnet is only enabled on lan not on wan ;)
Quote:
Originally Posted by back2basic
thats good :D :D
it is possible to close the telnet access?
grat182
I browsed trough all the options on web-if but can't turn it off
Any hope to run slimserver?:o
@back2basic
Does this firmware spin down the drive?
nope not on mine but the dowload master is active so i think it can't anyway,Quote:
Originally Posted by turrican
gonne try it later with mediaserver &downloadmaster turned off
Asus didn't make a lot of changes I think looking @ this
WL-700gE English Firmware Version, version 1.0.7.8
WL-700gE English Firmware Version
1. fix 'itunes cannot find 700gE' issue
2. fix 'ftp cannot login when switching pbsa->ubsa->pbsa' issue
(source www.asus.com)
it's not easy for asus to make more improvements in the firmware in 9 months :(
Did you try ushare on the 1.0.4.6 2a custom firmware??? Way fewer crashes with the PS3 using that media server.Quote:
Originally Posted by adriaanvn
:confused:No I didn’t. Because: I don’t have the time to experiment with the custom firmware. My knowledge of Linux is very limited and I must be sure that theWL700 comes within an hour in the air again. I don’t have a spare router and my kids can’t live without the net anymore….Quote:
Originally Posted by medsource
I still put my hopes on Asus. A “respected company” who by mistake have released a broken products to the market and will do everything to make there customer happy and will make the thing do what they have promised. (No Asus I am not cynical). I love to look daily on forms like this, hoping for a solution. :(
I'm with you mateQuote:
Originally Posted by adriaanvn
I'm just wondering, if you have access to telnet with this firmware do you still need a custom firmware?
Can't you just upload the source code to add other features?
no i don't think thats possible. kfurge has in his firmware modified that you can start programs with rc.local... i don't think that asus has made a possibility to install and start programs with this "new" firmware...
grat182
Ok so why give access to telnet then?Quote:
Originally Posted by gratitude182
This firmware is useless, they did not improve anything:mad:
I'm going to be reviewing the source code over the next few days. I'll let everyone know if I find anything new of substance.
- K.C.
Thanks that would be great since we have no idea what this new version does, yes I know the improve Itunes bs, I wonder how many people actually use that feature.Quote:
Originally Posted by kfurge
If your making another costume firmware for the new version please consider us noobs and make it easy to use.;)
Thanx in advance!Quote:
Originally Posted by kfurge
You'd be surprised.. they probably just updated the mt-daapd server to a more recent build.. If so then it should work pretty well, and is a very handy thing to have if you're storing all your music on the router and want to access it easily. I don't use it personally at home but at work I'm running the Windows version of mt-daapd (Firefly) and it's pretty slick for sharing music across the network. Home I deal with the sometimes hassle of trying to get OS X to play nice with a Samba network drive. :) If it is a more recent build hopefully it's also got FLAC support, so you can listen to FLAC files in iTunes, something you can't do normally.Quote:
Originally Posted by Guru
never really tried the Itunes stuff.Quote:
Originally Posted by fireflash
I share music/movies/folders across my network the old fashion way by giving access to my harddrive to all my other computers on the network(WEP 64bit protected plus the firewall and you only have access to read the files not change).
Recently I added a 400GB external drive to the WL 700GE, I wanted to replace the internal drive(160GB) to a 500GB but I didn't want to void the warranty, plus this way I can turn off the hard-drive manually.
I never had any lag or frame drop even when I watch HD 720p or 1080i movies that are stored on the external drive connected to the router.
I have a ps3 as well and I can access the 700GE with no problem and play music/videos so I'm not really sure why you need the itunes but if you say it's good I'll take your word for it.
I just want better software(BT client improved) 90% of all the people who purchase this router was for that reason, I can think of many other routers at lower prices with the same features except the BT client.
They should have added Windows as the OS not linux, this way we could have installed everything we wanted on this bad boy, who the heck uses linux except a few people here and there for work related stuff or for fun then they go back to Windows.....what where this people thinking:confused:
Are you just trolling or are you serious? Windows would never run on the modest hardware resources available on our router. It would easily have cost Asus 3-4x more just to run WinCE. I can tell you right now the selection of applications for Linux on the MIPS architecture far dwarfs anything you'll find for WinCE on MIPS. Besides, all of the nifty x86 stuff you have running on your PC couldn't run on the router even if it was running windows.Quote:
Originally Posted by Guru
Now I know you're trolling...Quote:
Originally Posted by Guru
- K.C.
A quick status update on 1.0.7.8:
1) I managed to compile a binary today. Same build process as for 1.0.4.6. However, it didn't compile out of the box like 1.0.4.6 did. Upnp is now distributed as source but the make settings were horribly broken and I had to disable it completely in the main makefile. Fortunately, the binary tarballs still contain a upnp binary so the lack of working source is only an annoyance and can be fixed easily by adjusting the Makefile to be more like 1.0.4.6. The final problem was a hardcoded path in pivot_root that had to be fixed. Otherwise, it built pretty easily.
2) The source code for rc.asus is back. That's good news because "watchdog" is symlinked to rc.asus and was responsible for a number of bad things in the 1.0.4.6 code. Now the annoying quirks (like keeping the HDD from spinning down) may be fixable if they still exist.
3) Most of the back-end executables seem to be exactly the same. Some things were added, some things removed, but I didn't see any major changes. For those interested in torrent support, the version changed and the binary got a little bigger. It's still distributed as a binary only so we'll have to figure out any improvements by trial and error.
- K.C.
Quote:
Originally Posted by kfurge
It would cost asus 3-4x more? the price for this router is already $200-300 at 3x-4x more that's a $1000 but lets say $700 more then enough to buy a computer to run Windows Vista, I got my media center PC intel core 2 duo E4300 OC to 3ghz, 2GB Ram ddr2 667, ATI 2600XT GDDR4 everything cost me $400 and I'm buying this products at store price not the discount that asus and other big companies receive.
my score for Vista is 5.9, it's as high as my main computer running amd FX62
I am more then sure they could have build a box running Windows or some sort of OS that would allow users to install Windows base software.
Not all of us have your knowledge in linux KC, even installing the new firmware 1.0.7.8 gave me a headache, it brick my router, took me 3 days and over 10 hours to make it work again.(thanks to members on this forum;) )
I call Asus and like always they did not offer any help at all for the product they build.
I told you this many times before, since your such a smart guy and know how to use linux why not make a firmware so even the noobs can use, something that has all the packages install and we can upgrade like a normal firmware.
Correction, I upgraded my media center pc, I already had the mobo and an old 80GB drive:D
There's this saying that goes "never look a gift-horse in the mouth".Quote:
Originally Posted by Guru
Guru, I'm assuming that you are a reasonably intelligent person who can wrap their brain around this concept. All the work Kfurge has done on this custom firmware has been gratis (that's free if you don't want to look it up). Which brings me to my point and my inclusion of your post, mainly because it really irked me. The instructions for the custom firmware and all the add on software has been painfully explained elsewhere on this site. Methinks you are relying too much on the "quick fix" or "spoon fed" mentality and that just doesn't fly here. If you take the time to read the instructions carefully, the prior installs function as advertised.
Oh, and if you were wondering I had ZERO linux command line experience prior to tinkering on the wl-700ge.
I imagine I'm not alone in asking, Guru, that you kindly cease complaining about the wonderful and hard work that others have spent a lot of time on.
** Please let this be the last message in this thread that is not directly CONSTRUCTIVE in the topic of the new firmware **
</soapbox>
Look at the other threads on this forum, we actually offer money to K.C. to build a firmware for noobs, I'm sure if he does this and sets a charging fee of $10 per person at least least 5000 people would pay to get it.Quote:
Originally Posted by medsource
How can I not complain? after soo long since the last firmware was release and we don't get shit, I was hoping for a lot of improvements in 1.0.7.8, all it did is brick my router:(
I tried to install the custom firmware by K.C. but problems always come up, missing a line or I did not type the code correctly, or move the RC from here to there etc
Again if you look on other threads I told KC thanks for the custom firmware even do I dont use it, I'm mad at Asus not him and yes I do need to be spoon-feed:D if you live in Ohio I would gladly pay to have you come and install the firmware.
Sorry for the none constructive thread but this one is to talk about firmware 1.0.7.8 and that's what I'm doing, if I had something against KC I would have posted on the custom firmware thread with over 37,000 views not here.
Back to this thread;
1. fix 'itunes cannot find 700gE' issue
2. fix 'ftp cannot login when switching pbsa->ubsa->pbsa' issue
Not sure what the problem was with number 1-2 but it's a good thing that they fix it.
Only 2 things are fix and the size of this firmware is 17.48MB:confused: I thought maybe they added the two new features on the old firmware but then why is the file smaller then 1.0.4.6? I'll ask asus, maybe someone will give me an answer in this life time.
If you're interested in buying the router from me I'll sell it for $210 and you'll never have to read a thread from me again(I'll even delete my account as a bonus), the router is in excellent condition, comes with the original box, manual and it's in warranty.
I don't want to complain, I just want a router that is worth the money I paid for.:D
Offtopic:
Why do we have to live in ohio for that. I think maybe it can be done over a remote desktop connection or someting like that ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Guru
Has anybody used the built-in torrent client in 1.0.7.8? I just updated to the new firmware and not only would it not continue the torrent I had going at the time (on pause). Any other torrent I have tried to start up since has reported: 'initial meta info failed'. Is anybody else seeing this? Does anybody have a workaround?
Nicely done .. rather than fix a broken client they seem to have completely annihilated it :)
This really buggers me .. especially since I was one of the few who actually found the 1.0.4.6 built-in torrent client slightly useful as I don't have a big problem with torrents being slow so long as they steadily progress.
Are u sure? i have a 266 Mhz machine with 32 MB ram and windows 98 has been running just fine on it for past 8 years.Quote:
Originally Posted by kfurge
I know its difficult but it would be far better to have some sort of win OS on the router. Most people who buy the router are not linux literate, they dont buy it so that they have to learn a whole new OS and tinker with linux commands line interface just to get functions that they should have got by default in the first place from Asus. Fact remains most people are more comfortable with and have more knowledge of microsoft's OS's than linux.
Well good luck getting Windows 98 to handle your internet traffic for you.Quote:
Originally Posted by wl700g
I don't understand why people would want a router running any form of Windows on it. Do you realize how much overhead and excess crap Windows has? And yes, it would cost Asus more to make a router that can handle Windows. Do you realize just to get an x86 processor would exceed the router's price point? Not to mention the fact that a router would suddenly have a need for video display hardware (read: added cost) because you'd have to hook a monitor up to it, which doesn't make it very feasible your average Joe. Windows is NOT and never will be an embedded capable OS. Sure, there's CE and all that, but it's a PDA OS, and it's not designed to be a router, and probably has very little in the way of networking support (never used it). Linux is extremely scalable and can be compiled to run on just about anything and fit on just about any storage medium you can dream up. Think about it, this router has 2 MEGS, thats MEGS, not GIGS, of flash space for the firmware. Good luck getting Windows to fit on that.
If you want a Windows router, go build or buy yourself a PC, some networking hardware and a nice copy of Windows Server 2003 or something, and have fun. When you compare the costs and time requirements to do that compared to the WL700g, the Asus solution is starting to look a lot more appealing. Most of the people who buy this router probably have no desire what-so-ever to dive into what makes it tick. As long as you can plug it in, use a nice web interface to configure it, and it all works, then that's all most people want and need. It's the select few of us who wanna see what makes it tick and try to make it do more, or do what it does better.
I'm sorry if I start ranting here, but Windows fanboys really irk me. They think Windows is the end-all be-all of Operating Systems, and everyone and everything should be running Windows because it's fairly brainless to use. But I think they seem to forget that a very very large portion of the internet is running on operating systems OTHER than Windows, mostly a UNIX-based OS. Why? Because they work, require less resources to run, and are incredibly stable, and not to mention, they work. I worked at an ISP that tried to do an all Windows setup, which backfired on them horribly. As soon as they got a competent IT person in there to straighten their mess out, almost all of their servers went to Linux, and a majority of their problems went away. What problems remained were because of, you guessed it, the Windows-based servers they still had to run. The point I'm trying to make is every operating system has it's place and purpose. Windows is for the masses. It can do a little bit of everything. Linux and other UNIX based operating systems are incredibly scalable, and can do many things, and do them well. Apple proved years ago that a UNIX-based OS can make a great desktop OS for the masses when they released OS X, and it just keeps getting better and better.
For the record, I'm a Windows user... I'm an OS X user... I'm a Linux user.
Sorry to get off topic here. I'll wait for KC's enhanced version of the new firmware before upgrading. :)
instead of bitching about it you can also take a look in linux. It isn't that hard to understandQuote:
Originally Posted by wl700g
Here are some books that teach you all about linux http://freebooks.homelinux.net
There are also some great 'live cd's 'on the net were you can boot into linux from a cd and try it.....
You confusing "their cost" with "your price". They're two very different numbers. To provide equivalent performance running windows their cost would be considerably more. Besides the HW cost, licensing of any version of windows, even WinCE would be a significant cost adder.Quote:
Originally Posted by Guru
I know this because I ran such an analysis for a similar project where I work.
- K.C.
Why do I always miss the good posts??? I can't believe I missed a $50k payout!Quote:
Originally Posted by Guru
;-)
- K.C.