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  1. #16

    Wireless N on WL-500gP v1

    Hy ,

    I want to know if is possible to replace my default wireless card (G) from WL500GP with this wireless card TP-LINK TL-WN861N !!

    right now i use this firmware : WL500gp-1.9.2.7-rtn-r4667.trx

    someone ??

  2. #17
    Quote Originally Posted by xplay View Post
    Hy ,

    I want to know if is possible to replace my default wireless card (G) from WL500GP with this wireless card TP-LINK TL-WN861N !!

    right now i use this firmware : WL500gp-1.9.2.7-rtn-r4667.trx

    someone ??
    Don't think you can do it with this card.

    It doesn't provide AP mode from what I've read.

    You need to look into BCM43222 or WL500W wireless card.

    There is a thread in Russian only (unfortunately) about this upgrade I'd suggest simply instead of upgrading Wireless card buying new router completely instead, because there are many problems with recent -rtn firmware on ASUS wl-500gP v1.

    1) memory allocation when there is large network activity going on - router might reboot itself or just hang or if you're using pptp/l2tp connection mode - disconnect (link and another link happens when you're actively using WAN resourcers link2)

    2) dnsmasq unaligned instruction - sometime it just happens randomly and dnsmasq killed (link)

    3) I've been using BCM43222 wireless card with wl500gP v1 - on recent firmware you can experience slowdown happening over wireless connection (link)

    I'm using myself custom build of r3323 it doesn't have reboots issue and dnsmasq issue, but it has some bugs too, related to the wireless driver / memory allocation:

    Code:
    Mem-info:
    Normal per-cpu:
    CPU    0: Hot: hi:    0, btch:   1 usd:   0   Cold: hi:    0, btch:   1 usd:   0
    Active:2244 inactive:479 dirty:8 writeback:0 unstable:0
     free:235 slab:3139 mapped:347 pagetables:84 bounce:0
    Normal free:940kB min:2500kB low:3124kB high:3748kB active:8976kB inactive:1916kB present:32512kB pages_scanned:0 all_unreclaimable? no
    lowmem_reserve[]: 0
    Normal: 1*4kB 1*8kB 0*16kB 1*32kB 0*64kB 1*128kB 1*256kB 1*512kB 0*1024kB 0*2048kB 0*4096kB = 940kB
    Swap cache: add 0, delete 0, find 0/0, race 0+0
    Free swap  = 0kB
    Total swap = 0kB
    Free swap:            0kB
    8192 pages of RAM
    0 pages of HIGHMEM
    927 reserved pages
    794 pages shared
    0 pages swap cached
    swapper: page allocation failure. order:0, mode:0x20
    Call Trace:
    [<c01376c0>] init_module+0x2e6c0/0x30148 [et]
    [<c037fd78>] wlc_send_q+0x180/0x330 [wl]
    [<c041dc14>] wlc_hdr_proc+0x78/0x27e8 [wl]
    [<c0422100>] wlc_sendpkt+0x148/0x52c [wl]
    [<c04224c8>] wlc_sendpkt+0x510/0x52c [wl]
    [<c04226d8>] wlc_recvdata_sendup+0x1f4/0x5e0 [wl]
    [<c0422a10>] wlc_recvdata_sendup+0x52c/0x5e0 [wl]
    [<80004da0>] memcpy+0x0/0x4
    [<c0423284>] wlc_recvdata_ordered+0x7c0/0xb6c [wl]
    [<c0429904>] wlc_ampdu_recvdata+0x40c/0x64c [wl]
    [<c0421d10>] wlc_prep_sdu+0x1468/0x1710 [wl]
    [<c0425290>] wlc_recvdata+0xbc0/0xd64 [wl]
    [<c0425790>] wlc_recv+0x208/0x2ba8 [wl]
    [<c0425588>] wlc_recv+0x0/0x2ba8 [wl]
    [<c0429ee4>] wlc_dpc+0x388/0x94c [wl]
    [<c03b12e0>] wlc_bmac_retrylimit_upd+0x108/0x1d8 [wl]
    [<c041cfdc>] wl_intrson+0x20c/0x37c [wl]
    [<c0183e38>] usb_hcd_irq+0x5c/0x18c [usbcore]
    [<80001524>] ret_from_irq+0x0/0x4
    [<80332c84>] start_kernel+0x378/0x4d8
    [<8033256c>] unknown_bootoption+0x0/0x324
    [<8034ce50>] _einittext+0x0/0x0
    
    Mem-info:
    Normal per-cpu:
    CPU    0: Hot: hi:    0, btch:   1 usd:   0   Cold: hi:    0, btch:   1 usd:   0
    Active:2244 inactive:479 dirty:8 writeback:0 unstable:0
     free:235 slab:3139 mapped:347 pagetables:84 bounce:0
    Normal free:940kB min:2500kB low:3124kB high:3748kB active:8976kB inactive:1916kB present:32512kB pages_scanned:0 all_unreclaimable? no
    lowmem_reserve[]: 0
    Normal: 1*4kB 1*8kB 0*16kB 1*32kB 0*64kB 1*128kB 1*256kB 1*512kB 0*1024kB 0*2048kB 0*4096kB = 940kB
    Swap cache: add 0, delete 0, find 0/0, race 0+0
    Free swap  = 0kB
    Total swap = 0kB
    Free swap:            0kB
    8192 pages of RAM
    0 pages of HIGHMEM
    927 reserved pages
    794 pages shared
    0 pages swap cached
    I never experienced such issues on 2.4.20 kernel (original Oleg's firmware 1.9.2.7-10), so it's most likely issues with current kernel used in rtn line.

    And if you still want to buy a replacement card I'd suggest buy some Atheros one which is supported in 2.4.20 kernel (not sure need to check) or card from WL500W (it's very hard to find tho).

  3. #18
    staticroute thx for your suggestion i will apreciate your advice and answer for my question !

    the true is yestarday i upgrade my WL-500gP v1 firmware to WL500gp-1.9.2.7-rtn-r4667.trx ,
    untill now i use oleg firmware 1.9.2.7-10 for over 3 years .. absolute no problem with them!

    maybe i should stay on them and not upgrade to rtn-r4667

    WL-500gP v1 is a very good router, but you right i have to look further to buy a new router maybe RT-N56U or RT-N65U

  4. #19
    Quote Originally Posted by xplay View Post
    staticroute thx for your suggestion i will apreciate your advice and answer for my question !

    the true is yestarday i upgrade my WL-500gP v1 firmware to WL500gp-1.9.2.7-rtn-r4667.trx ,
    untill now i use oleg firmware 1.9.2.7-10 for over 3 years .. absolute no problem with them!

    maybe i should stay on them and not upgrade to rtn-r4667

    WL-500gP v1 is a very good router, but you right i have to look further to buy a new router maybe RT-N56U or RT-N65U
    I strongly suggest staying on Oleg's firmware because it's the most stable there available for this router.

    I'd use it myself but unfortunately I have to stick around to rtn-r3323 due upgrade 802.11n module.

    Take a look at RT-N66U as well, it might be good, not sure. Personally I'm wanting Ubiquiti RSPro but it's not available anymore

  5. #20
    Quote Originally Posted by staticroute View Post
    I strongly suggest staying on Oleg's firmware because it's the most stable there available for this router.

    I'd use it myself but unfortunately I have to stick around to rtn-r3323 due upgrade 802.11n module.
    Hi staticroute,

    can I assume your -N experience with WL500GP v1 is successful ?

    I have both TP-Link WN861N and BCM43222 cards. Which one to try out with ?

    1. If Yes, am I right, in assuming that the correct Oleg's FW for the purpose is 1.9.2.7-9 ?
    2. If No, could you point me to the right FW for stable -N performance on the router ?
    3. Is the USB HDD connection ability and DL use is kept in this FW ?
    4. Does the 3G USB stick ability been kept too ?

    TNX for your time, indeed !
    Last edited by AlexPPC; 20-03-2014 at 04:04. Reason: typo

  6. #21
    There is no need to go back to old old old old old oleg Fimware.

    The Enthusiast-Fimware features both kernels 2.4 and 2.6. Just use WL500gp-1.9.2.7-d-r2624 (d-Branch is kernel 2.4) if you have issues with the rtn-Branch (kernel 2.6).

    lly and theMiron did a great job enhancing the last oleg. They fixed many security issues and improved stability.
    RT-N66U TomatoUSB 1.28.0000 MIPSR2-135 K26AC USB AIO-64K running Entware-NG
    pyload 0.4.9
    minidlna 1.1.2
    samba 3.6.5
    openvpn 2.3.10
    ̶W̶L̶5̶0̶0̶g̶P̶ ̶1̶.̶9̶.̶2̶.̶7̶-̶r̶t̶n̶-̶r̶4̶7̶5̶0 retired

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