500g vs 550gE...What's the actual difference?
The 500gE model isn't available in Australia, but I am curious as to what's the actual differences between this and the older 500g model?
Is it because of the new wireless bit to support a larger area of coverage? WPA2 support? Maybe USB 2.0? Is everything else pretty much the same?
If it is, I plan on getting the Mitsubishi R100 (OEM of 500g), as it is cheaper.
(Both the 500g and 550gE models use Linux, and that's my prime requirement) :)
CPU specs? USB2 harddisk performance?
I've looked at the thread in this forum and can't seem to find a clean and complete spec.
From what I've read, it seems the unit has 2 USB2 ports and 32MB of RAM.
What about the CPU? Is it much faster than the one in the WL550g?
Also I'm interested in the performance I could expect from it as a file server, with harddisk(s) connected the USB2 ports. I've just seen one article here which seems to indicate that the performace is pretty lousy (like 1MB/s). Was it an oddball case or should I expect it to be that bad?
Also what would happen if I plug one HDD in each USB2 port? Has anybody tried that, maybe even mirroring the two drives?