wl-500g deluxe problems

[Ritesh]

Thanks

Its Clear now

[AlbertG1984]

A few weeks ago i bought a WL500Gx. Before updating the bootloader i checked the hardware revision and it returned this:

nvram get hardware_version
WL500gd-01-04-01-50

I thought Asus didn't ship units with a repaired bootloader? The serialnr of my unit starts with 53.

If the hardware revision is ok, do i know for sure i have the right bootloader? I have 32 mb of RAM, i already checked that. How do i check for the LAN/WAN port problem?

[Oleg]

This router seems to be updated by tech support stuff. There is no need to update the bootloader.

[Pjotrek]

Just bought my second WL500gx (in Sweden).
Serial no 54...., boot loader 01-04-01-50.
Seems they have started delivering units with the new loader.

...Bought my third unit (friday 13th!) Jan 2006:
Serial 45..., boot loader 01-04-01-50.

[Isidor]

Hi Oleg

Just to tell I've applied the Bootloader upgrade as explained in post
http://www.wl500g.info/showthread.php?t=1704

I've just purchased 2 wl-500gx in France, both of the where old versions
- WL500gx-01-01-01-33: 16Mo
- WL500gx-01-03-01-33: 32Mo

I've Upgraded the second one, out off the box without issue.

For the the first one, I was using it already and configured on a 10.x.x.x network.
The burnboot.exe failed with my windows PC on 192.168.1.2 and failed also with an 10.x.x.x IP address.
Reseting the default factory config brings back the WL500 to the 192... so I could acheive the process.

It might help other people

Tanks a lot for your firmare and support
Isidor

[Sascha]

Hi All,
I am new hier and find this forum super. But for my question I can not found answer. I have updated bootloader in my g500gx (SN starts with 52). My old version were 01-03-01-33. I have backup from them (cat /dev/mtd/0 > /tmp/harddisk/cfe.bin). But how can I restore it? The file size is different as I have in in pmon.zip. With new bootloader (01-04-01-50) I have a strange problem with my USB2.0 Drive. If I connect it to router, router is very slow. Response from Internet and router it self is very very slow. After reboot I can not ping it, web interface is also not available. Flash with recovery utility from asus does not help. But after some time it answers pings and works fine until I connect drive. Mybe, it have nothing to do with bootloader, I will test it.
Thanx a lot !

[Oleg]

Do not waste your time. The bootloader has nothing to do with usb stuff.

[Bratwurst]

Hello,

wenn i buy a wl-500gx these days, ist the problem with the bootloader still existing? Or does ASUS just sell fixed routers?

thx

[zagi]

Hello!

I am a new user on this forum, i found it interesting also a have one problem.

I can't use ip with 255 in wan ip, the latest asus firmware don't acceppt IP with no. 255 (i recceive message xy.255.xx.xz is not a valid IP adress.)

The IS provider changed IP(with 255 no.), so for now on i can't use router.
Can please anyone tell me what can i do.

Best regards!

And thanks for helping me!
p.s. I tried to reach asus help desk, they said that thea are not planing any new firmware updates for router WL 500 g deluxe that i have.

[Sascha]

Do not waste your time. The bootloader has nothing to do with usb stuff.

You are right. Bootloader has nothing to do with USB, sorry for stupid question.

Now I have the same problem, what describes in http://www.wl500g.info/showthread.ph...oto=nextnewest. (Router has a problem at power-up. After some hours ...or some days it coms again.) I have waranty and will send router to asus support. Before I can do it, I will restore original old bootloader and asus original firmware. With bootloader I have problem

could you say please, how can I restore my old backup from bootloader?
I tryed (cat /tmp/harddisk/cfe.bin > /dev/mtd/0) but it does not work, exception is:
"cannot create /dev/mtd/0: Permission denied"

Thanks a lot

[Oleg]

Do not restore a bootloader. This is an official upgrade.

[Sascha]

Do not restore a bootloader. This is an official upgrade.

Ok, thank you. I try it with asus firmware and new bootloader...

[Me2]

Hello!

I am a new user on this forum, i found it interesting also a have one problem.

I can't use ip with 255 in wan ip, the latest asus firmware don't acceppt IP with no. 255 (i recceive message xy.255.xx.xz is not a valid IP adress.)

The IS provider changed IP(with 255 no.), so for now on i can't use router.
Can please anyone tell me what can i do.

Best regards!

And thanks for helping me!
p.s. I tried to reach asus help desk, they said that thea are not planing any new firmware updates for router WL 500 g deluxe that i have.

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Same problem here on a Asus wl500gP
Does not accept an ip in 212.0.255. range
Helpdesk very unresponcive till now
Steven