Done it on my 2 WL500Gp routers
For anyone interrested i've done the R17 mod 2x this evening. I don't have any soldering experience on this size components. I have however soldered one SMD component once before.
Anyone going to try this be aware you DO need very high precision. If in doubt test on a broken piece of hardware like an old mobile phone. I was shitting my pants while doing this mod.
I bought 10x 62ohm resistors ... they only sell per 10 and cost me (for the 10) 1,50 in euro's. They gave me 11 by accident ;-).
First I opened up one of my routers to find the board inside to be way smaller than expected. The SMD components are 10x bigger than what I found inside. Anyway I had already $%^%% the warranty so I continued.
I unsoldered the R17 resistor which took a while to get out. Soldered the SMD resistor diagonaly away from the other contact and used wire to connect the other side.
My first router didn't seem to get away from -98dB however reception already seemed better so I went on to #2.
Doing my second router I found the -98dB had dropped to -85dB which made me rethink the first attempt.
I redid the first and at some moment my router seemed borked. It did receive but my laptop and other router could not see it. After some tinkering it worked again. I think it was some plastic residue in the slot.
Now my recetion is -85dB :-]
However I do have unstable WDS which needs looking into. Stops after a few minutes of service. This is a whole other problem since WDS initially never wanted to work.
Now that they are working and I'm sending this post to illustrate my thankfulness.
Thank you for inventing this mod!!!!!!
Confirming router OK, S/N starting with "79..." (SEP-07)
Hello!
I've checked R17 on my router and it's 62 ohms allright, the wi-fi card reads "WL-120G V2A R1.01" the mainboard reads "WL-500G PREMIUM R1.14" the unit's serial number begins with "79..." the firmware was :) Oleg's ver. 1.9.2.7-9 ;)
Greetings
Inertial
How to replace the mini pci card?
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Originally Posted by
mimmopoli
Yes it's possbile and it work!
I changed the mini pci original card with a standard BCM94318MPG found on ebay, it's incredible, I gain about 10db on my wds link!
Mimmopoli
P.s:For other info please refer on the original topic on dd-wrt forum...
I just bought a standard BCM94318MPG and want to install it in my wl-500gp.
Should I just replace it? No need for drivers?
On the BCM94318MPG it is possible to connect the external antenna to two connectors. One called MAIN (J1) and other AUX (J2). On the original asus pci card they are called MAIN (J2) and AUX (J1).
To which one should the external antenna be connected?
Thank you