Thanks for the information. Do you have any idea what could cause this much noise?
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Have wl-50gP serial begins with 77, wl noise shows -98
I need to change resistor R17, right ? Mesuring the R17 value I found a strange value 3.6 kohm, strange :confused:
Yes you have to change R17.
if you mesure R17 on the board, you are mesuring also all components connected to R17, so it's normal.
:)
I'm lost :confused:
Mine tells me it is -12
If -89 is good and lower is bad (if I understand this topic correctly...) than mine must be OK, right......?
Don't know the s/n right now because I'm at work.
Edit:
Well, I've got two. One s/n starts with 68 (oldie...) and gives -12
The second one is newer; 75 and is completely default and telling -98
The latter I modified by placing a correct R17 and now it says: -85
So I guess things are improved, right ?
But what about the first one giving the -12 ???
The two are wireless connected using WDS and both react to 'wl rate' with 24 Mb. I'm told this is normal for WDS (?)
This box is a little modified end is running OpenWRT WR-0.9
any ideas?
Hello all,
Don't know if this is the right place to post but..
My Asus serial number starts with 77 => July 2007.
The Asus official communicate stated that the problem existed for units manufactured before July 2007 => my unit needs the mod or not ?
I'm not very sure if it gets on the good side :)
Also, what txpwr should I use or what else can I change (I already placed an ANT-150 antenna from Asus instead of the default one) ?
With the default setting I get full signal in my room, but only 1 line of signal in the kitchen and 1 / none sometimes in the living room (small 2 room apartment).
Thanks,
Mihai
I just removed the cover from the unit and saw:
WL-120G V2AE R1.00 and WL-120G V2A R1.01 on it.
serial begins with 77 => July.
On another thread here I saw that the board it I mentioned above is the right one.
Do I require the change of the resistor ?
(the only indication to this is the wl noise command which gives average -96 and Oleg said that with the right resistor it should be -87 or close to).
i tried to do it this way and bought one of these:
http://cgi.ebay.com/BroadCom-BCM9431...2em118Q2el1247
BroadCom BCM94318MPG 4324A BRCM1016 Mini Pci + FCC CE
but when i plugged it in, it didnt work (i'm using dd-wrt v23 standard). any idea what i need to do to get it to work? is it the right model? do i need to switch to oleg?
Hello,
This disappears if you upgrade firmware.
This was how I solved it :)
But I also changed the broadcom wifi with atheros and I have much better signal.
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Mihai
I have 1.9.2.7-7f-pre8 installed.
Isn't that one good enough / updated ?
BCM94306MPSG working on WL-500gP?
10x
Just to confirm my experience on repairing teh factory fault on the PCI card on an Asus WL-500gP.
The SN started wit: 66.. So it meaned the defective series.
The on-site check (http://my.router...) showed 97dB, so again: defective.
I used method with replacing the defective resistor.
Unfortunately in teh store they didn't have the right size of the 62 Ohm ones: they offered 0603 instead 0402. So, I buy it. Price: 0.02E.
After replacing it as above instruction the coverage has been increase by 6-7 meters. And in the mean time the signal is much more stable and good.
Thank you for the method, guys !
Best regards
AlexPPC
P. Just wanted to ask: If I connect to the PCI card a second antenna to the "AUX" connector, do I need any firmaware changes?
I am now with the original 1975 firmware from Asus.
wl-500gP pre 2007 version
-99dB has dropped to -85dB, 68R standart size resistor, thanks for this great mod/bug repair.
http://home.karneval.cz/10102207/68R.jpg
Thanks to this forum I also solved an issue described in here: http://wl500g.info/showthread.php?p=221271#post221271
With my notebook using an Intel 5350 WiFi card I got a stable connection, but not in another room, as mentioned in the thread I had problems with my girlfriend's notebook and also my mobile phone didn't work.
Because of this I had to use a second access point to get her into the Web.
I didn't have a 68 Ohm resistor here, but adding a 82 Ohm resistor also worked.
After boot I still had a noise level of about -96, but after some minutes it went down to -86 to -84 and now my mobile phone works, I got full 54Mbit in all rooms an my girlfriend's notebook is working now without any problem.
Big thanks to you about investigating about this problem and finally finding a solution!