W-Lan mit Asus WL500b V2?!?

Hello everyone,

I've used the Firmware from Asus in version 1.8.1.9 on my WL500b router.
Now I upgrade to 1.9.2.7-7f for Asus WL-500b in version 2, because of crash every few days.
The new version of firmware is very great. A lot of new powerful feautures.
Thank a lot!
But there a some problems with wlan. I found on the config-page of the router the product id. It seems that I have version 2 of the Asus WL500b router.
Thats means I have a Ralink Wireless PCI Adapter RT2400 / RT2460 wlan-module.
Here some logs:

"message.log":

Jan 1 01:00:03 syslogd started: BusyBox v1.1.3
Jan 1 01:00:03 kernel: 0x000ec4e4-0x003f0000 : "rootfs"
Jan 1 01:00:03 kernel: 0x003f0000-0x00400000 : "nvram"
Jan 1 01:00:03 kernel: 0x003e0000-0x003f0000 : "flashfs"
Jan 1 01:00:03 kernel: sflash: chipcommon not found
Jan 1 01:00:03 kernel: NET4: Linux TCP/IP 1.0 for NET4.0
Jan 1 01:00:03 kernel: IP Protocols: ICMP, UDP, TCP
Jan 1 01:00:03 kernel: IP: routing cache hash table of 512 buckets, 4Kbytes
Jan 1 01:00:03 kernel: TCP: Hash tables configured (established 1024 bind 2048)
Jan 1 01:00:03 kernel: ip_conntrack version 2.1 (128 buckets, 1024 max) - 344 bytes per conntrack
Jan 1 01:00:03 kernel: ip_conntrack_pptp version 1.9 loaded
Jan 1 01:00:03 kernel: ip_nat_pptp version 1.5 loaded
Jan 1 01:00:03 dnsmasq[51]: read /etc/hosts - 4 addresses
Jan 1 01:00:03 dnsmasq[51]: reading /tmp/resolv.conf
Jan 1 01:00:03 kernel: ip_tables: (C) 2000-2002 Netfilter core team
Jan 1 01:00:03 kernel: ipt_time loading
Jan 1 01:00:03 kernel: NET4: Unix domain sockets 1.0/SMP for Linux NET4.0.
Jan 1 01:00:03 kernel: IPv6 v0.8 for NET4.0
Jan 1 01:00:03 kernel: IPv6 over IPv4 tunneling driver
Jan 1 01:00:03 kernel: NET4: Ethernet Bridge 008 for NET4.0
Jan 1 01:00:03 kernel: 802.1Q VLAN Support v1.7 Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com>
Jan 1 01:00:03 kernel: All bugs added by David S. Miller <davem@redhat.com>
Jan 1 01:00:03 kernel: FAT: bogus cluster size 19
Jan 1 01:00:03 kernel: FAT: bogus cluster size 19
Jan 1 01:00:03 kernel: NTFS: Unable to set blocksize 512.
Jan 1 01:00:03 kernel: VFS: Mounted root (squashfs filesystem) readonly.
Jan 1 01:00:03 kernel: Mounted devfs on /dev
Jan 1 01:00:03 kernel: Freeing unused kernel memory: 72k freed
Jan 1 01:00:03 kernel: Warning: unable to open an initial console.
Jan 1 01:00:03 kernel: Algorithmics/MIPS FPU Emulator v1.5
Jan 1 01:00:03 kernel: eth0: Broadcom BCM47xx 10/100 Mbps Ethernet Controller 3.90.37.0
Jan 1 01:00:03 kernel: eth1: Broadcom BCM47xx 10/100 Mbps Ethernet Controller 3.90.37.0
Jan 1 01:00:03 kernel: device eth0 entered promiscuous mode
Jan 1 01:00:03 kernel: br0: port 1(eth0) entering listening state
Jan 1 01:00:03 kernel: br0: port 1(eth0) entering learning state
Jan 1 01:00:03 kernel: br0: port 1(eth0) entering forwarding state
Jan 1 01:00:03 kernel: br0: topology change detected, propagating
Jan 1 01:00:04 kernel: usb.c: registered new driver usbdevfs
Jan 1 01:00:04 kernel: usb.c: registered new driver hub
Jan 1 01:00:04 kernel: usb-ohci.c: USB OHCI at membase 0xb8004000, IRQ 2
Jan 1 01:00:04 kernel: usb-ohci.c: usb-00:04.0, PCI device 14e4:4715
Jan 1 01:00:04 kernel: usb.c: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1
Jan 1 01:00:04 kernel: hub.c: USB hub found
Jan 1 01:00:04 kernel: hub.c: 2 ports detected
Jan 1 01:00:05 kernel: lp0: using parport0 (polling).
Jan 1 01:00:05 kernel: usb.c: registered new driver usblp
Jan 1 01:00:05 kernel: printer.c: v0.13: USB Printer Device Class driver
Jan 1 01:00:07 kernel: usb.c: registered new driver audio
Jan 1 01:00:07 kernel: audio.c: v1.0.0:USB Audio Class driver
Jan 1 01:00:07 kernel: Linux video capture interface: v1.00
Jan 1 01:00:08 kernel: SCSI subsystem driver Revision: 1.00
Jan 1 01:00:09 kernel: Initializing USB Mass Storage driver...
Jan 1 01:00:09 kernel: usb.c: registered new driver usb-storage
Jan 1 01:00:09 kernel: USB Mass Storage support registered.
Jan 1 01:00:12 pppd[84]: Plugin rp-pppoe.so loaded.
Jan 1 01:00:12 pppd[84]: RP-PPPoE plugin version 3.3 compiled against pppd 2.4.2
Jan 1 01:00:12 pppd[85]: pppd 2.4.2 started by admin, uid 0
Jan 1 01:00:12 kernel: lp driver: get device ID
Jan 1 01:00:12 kernel: neg fail
Jan 1 01:00:17 pppd[85]: PPP session is 25088
Jan 1 01:00:17 pppd[85]: Using interface ppp0
Jan 1 01:00:17 pppd[85]: Connect: ppp0 <--> eth1
Jan 1 01:00:18 kernel: lp driver: get device ID
Jan 1 01:00:18 kernel: neg fail
Jan 1 01:00:18 kernel: neg fail

.... lsmode ....

Module Size Used by
usb-storage 62184 0 (unused)
sd_mod 13292 0 (unused)
scsi_mod 70216 1 [usb-storage sd_mod]
videodev 8344 0 (unused)
audio 50680 0 (unused)
soundcore 5320 0 [audio]
printer 12676 0 (unused)
lp 8668 0
parport_splink 2956 1
parport 25696 1 [lp parport_splink]
usb-ohci 21940 0 (unused)
usbcore 77264 1 [usb-storage audio printer usb-ohci]
ipt_NETMAP 992 2
ip_nat_starcraft 2224 0 (unused)
et 34912 0 (unused)


... ifconfig....

br0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0E:A6:16:22:C9
inet addr:192.168.6.10 Bcast:192.168.6.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::20e:a6ff:fe16:22c9/10 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:320019 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:338647 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:25002664 (23.8 MiB) TX bytes:392808403 (374.6 MiB)

eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0E:A6:16:22:C9
inet6 addr: fe80::20e:a6ff:fe16:22c9/10 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:320019 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:383913 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
RX bytes:30763006 (29.3 MiB) TX bytes:395524401 (377.2 MiB)
Interrupt:3 Base address:0x2000

eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0E:A6:16:22:C9
inet6 addr: fe80::20e:a6ff:fe16:22c9/10 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:290725 errors:2 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:1
TX packets:319621 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
RX bytes:372125002 (354.8 MiB) TX bytes:29664928 (28.2 MiB)
Interrupt:4 Base address:0x8000

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:105275 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:105275 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:9029433 (8.6 MiB) TX bytes:9029433 (8.6 MiB)

ppp0 Link encap:Point-Point Protocol
inet addr:xx.xx.xx.xx P-t-P:xx.xx.xx.xx Mask:255.255.255.255
UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1492 Metric:1
RX packets:274778 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:303669 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:3
RX bytes:363958708 (347.0 MiB) TX bytes:22477931 (21.4 MiB)

It seems that no module for wlan is loaded. A modprobe wl do not work.
What can I do?

Thanks
Manuel

hello,

now I've open the router. The product Id tell me I have the version 2. But I have a broadcom 4301 wlan module installed. That look like version 1.

What is now the real different between version 1 and 2????
Download the firmware in version 1 don't work because of the product id.

best reguards
manuel

Hello,

ok now I have update the router successfully.

If the broadcom WLAN module is build in, you have realy version 1.
And if the product ID show you, you haver version2 you can't flash it by the html page.
Then you have to use the firmware restorator. It's a little bit difficult to get a connection, but it works!

good luck for every one, how want to do the same.
I think a update is a very good thing. You have a lot of new features.
It' s realy good work!!!

Thanks
Manuel

My WL-500b claim itself v2 but I cat /proc/pci|grep PCI, got:
PCI devices found:
Class 0500: PCI device 14e4:0803 (rev 0).
Class 0200: PCI device 14e4:4711 (rev 0).
Class 0200: PCI device 14e4:4713 (rev 0).
Class 0703: PCI device 14e4:4712 (rev 0).
Class 0c03: PCI device 14e4:4715 (rev 0).
Class 0604: PCI device 14e4:0804 (rev 0).
Class 0b30: PCI device 14e4:0805 (rev 0).
Class 0501: PCI device 14e4:0811 (rev 0).
Class 0200: PCI device 14e4:4713 (rev 0).
Class 0600: PCI device 14e4:4710 (rev 1).
Class 0280: PCI device 14e4:4301 (rev 2).
thus no ralink wifi exists. all in all are broadcom

I think if I got a broadcom wl kernel module then insmod it, doesn't it work?
but...where can i get this module?

I want to suggest oleg or some experts that if they put the broadcom
kernel module together with ralink into wl-500bv2.trx if the module
is small.