Asus WL-700g Marketing Specifications

[Antiloop]

WL-700g – Download and Share

IEEE 802.11g 125* HSM Wireless Storage Router

• Automatically download and share the multimedia data to your home
• Share your creative idea to your friends
• Give me files – just one click

WL-700g wireless storage router supports one internal IDE interface for 3.5 inch IDE disk and 3 USB 2.0 ports for high speed USB disk, USB Printer, Web Camera or Speaker. With embedded download machine and web server, user can download data from Internet and share their own data to the world.
WL700g incorporates 802.11g OFDM technology designs, which enable fastest 54Mbps IEEE 802.11g wireless transmission and keep compatibility with existing IEEE 802.11b devices. With Encore technology, you will get great range enhancement than 802.11g standard. With Afterburner technology, you will get great performance enhancement than 802.11g standard. All the packets over the air are protected by the strongest wireless security protocol -- Wi-Fi Protected Access Version 2(WPA2).
Like others wireless routers, plug the xDSL/cable modem to the WL-700g, all of users in the home can share the Internet account and surfing the net over the air or through the Ethernet.


Internal IDE Interface for 3.5 inch IDE Disk and 3 USB 2.0 Port for USB disks

• S.M.A.R.T(Self-Monitoring , Analysis and Reporting Technology). Periodically monitors disk status and reports errors to system log.
• AutoCopy button allows user to copy data from USB disk into internal IDE disk.
• USB RAID. Support RAID 0 to expand internal IDE disk and external USB disk into one user-level partition. Support RAID 1 to online-mirror data of IDE disk into USB disk.
• Support Online-Build, Online-Merge, Online-Repair.
• Support to create ReiserFS and FAT32 file system.
• Powerful volume management features
• Schedule-able Backup between IDE and USB disk, or between WL700g and PC(End of July 2005)

Secure and Powerful File Access Mechanisms

• Simultaneous NFS/CIFS/FTP/Web Access support.
• Simple yet advanced File Access Control.
• Real-time encryption ensures data confidentiality.
• Support Work Group, Domain Client, Primary Domain Controller in Windows Environment.

Download Machine

• HTTP, FTP, BT(BitTorrent) download machine. Users can download HTTP, FTP, BT files from Internet without turning on PC.
• Enhanced Download Machine with Gnutella/Fasttrack/OpenFT support. Users can search and download files from Internet without turning on PC

54 Mbps high speed and broadened range wireless LAN access

• Highest 54Mbps speed over the 2.4 GHz frequency band.
• Encore technology. User will get great range enhancement than 802.11g standard.
• Afterburner technology. By using with afterburner capable wireless card(WL100g Deluxe), user will get great performance enhancement than 802.11g standard.
• WMM (Wi-Fi Multimedia) provides multimedia enhancements for Wi-Fi® networks that improve the user experience for audio, video, and voice applications. The Wi-Fi Alliance defined WMM as a profile of the upcoming IEEE 802.11e Quality of Service (QoS) extensions for 802.11 networks and started a certification program for WMM to satisfy the most urgent needs of the industry for a QoS solution for Wi-Fi networks.
• IEEE802.11g and IEEE 802.11b wireless networks operate simultaneously
• Standard 2.4GHz Wi-Fi network to guarantee compatible with existing 802.11b WLAN cards
• Auto fall-back algorithm to select transmission rate.
• If there are no 802.11b devices, turn on 802.11g only mode to boost throughput
• Automatically select the optimal channel when starting up
• Frame bursting for performance improvements (only work with ASUS WL-100g and enable this option)
• One internal Inverted-F antenna and one external dipole antennas; support diversity
• Reverse-SMA antenna connector to support external high gain antenna
• Support roaming to other Wi-Fi compliant Access Points connected by local Ethernet to extend the SOHO network coverage
• WDS (Wireless Distribution System) enable the WL-520g to connect, repeat or bridge other Access Points through the wireless
• Allow enable/disable radio function by time

Secure wireless connectivity

• Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) and Wi-Fi Protected Access version 2(WPA2)
• WPA/WPA2 supports TKIP, AES, WPA, WPA-PSK as well as 802.1x authenticated WPA networks.
• The router can support for AES and TKIP encryption simultaneously, allowing client stations using AES or TKIP to connect
• 128-bit and 64-bit WEP
• Only the wireless clients’ MAC address appear in the Access Control List (ACL) can be allowed to enter the network

Share broadband Internet around the home

• Connect to external ADSL / cable modem via one 10/100Base-T auto-crossover (MDI/MDI-X) Ethernet port
• Four port switch with 10/100Base-T auto-crossover (MDI/MDI-X) Ethernet port connect to local PC
• 802.1H translation mechanism bridging Ethernet and wireless traffics
• IP sharing (NAT) with wired speed.
• UPnP-enabled NAT traversal to enable MSN massager, Netmeeting, Direct Play, Xbox live!
• PPPoE client to connect remote ISP PPPoE server
• PPPoE relay allows multi-PPPoE sessions by PCs under LAN
• PPTP client to connect remote ISP PPP server
• DHCP server / client and DNS Proxy
• DDNS (Dynamic DNS) allows access from Internet by a name but an IP address
• Virtual server and port trigger

Firewall

• Not only basic NAT natural firewall, SPI firewall will filter out the possible advanced forms of attacks from the Internet.
• Denial of Service (DoS) protection
• DMZ

Children Protection

• Filter out specific Internet access within a pre-defined time interval
• Filter out WWW access with specific keywords in URL within a pre-defined time interval

Easy installation, management and maintenance

• Easy Setup button allows user to finish setting in less than three steps.
• Users can easily operate web-based management with popular Internet browser such as IE, Netscape.
• Remote management
• User can locally store/restore configuration
• UPnP Internet Gateway Device
• Upgrade firmware through Ethernet or wireless
• Log any system, traffics, faults and security events in the web and optional logging to a syslog server

VPN support

• VPN pass through for PPTP, L2TP and IPSec protocol.

Specification

WAN
Ethernet Port Support Both Ethernet and 802.3 with Max. Bit Rate 10/100 Mbps with auto cross-over function (MDI-X)
Connector RJ45 for 10/100 BaseT
LAN
Ethernet Port Support Both Ethernet and 802.3 with Max. Bit Rate 10/100Mbps with Auto cross-over function (MDI-X), 4 port switch
Connector 4 x RJ45 for 10/100BaseT
Antenna Support 2 (One internal Inverted-F PCB antenna and one external dipole antenna)
Connector Reverse-SMA antenna connector
IDE Port 1.
USB port 3 x USB 2.0
EZS button Push for 5 seconds to enter easy setup mode
Auto Copy button Push for coping data from USB disk to internal IDE disk.
Reset button Push for above 5 seconds to restore factory settings otherwise perform H/W-reset.
RTC 1
Application UPnP Media Server
Download Machine
Management Web-based manager
UPnP Internet Gateway Device
UPnP Media Server.
S.M.A.R.T for Disk Monitoring and Report
USB RAID with Raid 0, 1, 10.
Firewall NAT and SPI
Can built extra one firewall to protect Internet traffic and another one for wireless
DC Power Adapter AC Input: 100V~240V(50~60HZ); DC Output: +12V with max. 3 A current
Emissions ETS; CE Mark; FCC Part 15
Size TBD
Weight TBD
Operating Frequency 2.4 - 2.5 GHz
Spreading Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum
Modulation OFDM, CCK, DQPSK, DBPSK
Data Rate 802.11g: 6, 9, 12, 18, 24, 36, 48, 54Mbps
802.11b: 1, 2, 5.5, 11Mbps
Operation Channels 11 for N. America, 14 Japan, 13 Europe (ETSI)
3 (non-overlapping)
Range Indoor 130 ft (40 m), outdoor (LOS, Light-Of-Sight) 2000 ft (600 m) at 11Mbps
Indoor 80 ft (25 m), outdoor (LOS, Light-Of-Sight) 500 ft (150 m) at 54Mbps
The range may vary by different environment
Output Power 18~19 dBm (at normal temp. range)
Encryption 64/128-bit WEP
TKIP, AES, WPA, WPA-PSK
Authentication MAC address, 802.1x, MAC Filter
Utilities Device Discovery: Discover WL700g in network and help user to invoke Web Configuration page.
Firmware Restoration: Restore firmware while system enters rescue mode.

[Oleg]

It appears to be broadcom BCM4780 based.
Read this - http://www.broadcom.com/press/release.php?id=577584

It mention ASUS and other companies, which are using reference design (BCM94780) for this.

[Styno]

Well, if Asus ships the WL-700g with the 300MHz chip and a decent amount of RAM this might become a very, very interesting product.

[Red devil]

It appears to be broadcom BCM4780 based.
Read this - http://www.broadcom.com/press/release.php?id=577584

It mention ASUS and other companies, which are using reference design (BCM94780) for this.

From the site:

• Advanced 300 MHz MIPS32™ CPU core
  10/100 Ethernet, PCI 2.3, USB 1.1 and GPIO interfaces
  Hardware AES encryption/decryption included for security
  Built-in support for RAID 0, 1 and 10
  Auto-discovery for simple, plug-and-play installation

Is this MIPS32 cpu ok?

[erik_bies]

Interessting enough, the chipspec said: USB 1.1 whereas the marketing has 3x USB2.0.
Would this be a special AUS version, or they added a separate USB2.0 chip?

Any idea's what about the memory?

[Styno]

Interessting enough, the chipspec said: USB 1.1 whereas the marketing has 3x USB2.0.
Would this be a special AUS version, or they added a separate USB2.0 chip?

My guess is they added a seperate chip to the PCI bus (32bit/33MHz) provided by the broadcom SoC.

[Martin1802]

Hi :-)

sounds like a very nice, good product ... but I'm missing

- a built in DSL modem
- VoIP function with ISDN (or maybe analog) support
- ...

looks like I have to wait a bit for wl7xxg dsl ;-)

Martin

[ncp]

could we expect that asus thought about the heat from the hdd ore aint this gonna be a problem?

[sup]

Only 2MB flash? How did they managed to get all the stuff (like downloading machine, whatever it is) on such a small device?

[Oleg]

The flash contains kernel only and ide stuff. Evrything else is stored on the hdd. Just like boot_dev in my firmware works.

[britnet]

Does somebody know, when it's available in europe?

[Kamilion]

The flash contains kernel only and ide stuff. Evrything else is stored on the hdd. Just like boot_dev in my firmware works.

Damnit. That indicates that they'll only be available with an included drive.
And there's no way in hell I'm gonna stick with a IBM Deathstar.
Hope they offer something smaller than a 160GB version.
I'd rather slap in a maxtor 200GB; least I know it won't die mysteriously like my deathstars did. One of them, an IBM Deathstar 30GB, I had to RMA *6* times until they sent me the 40GB, which had to be RMA'd 3 times. Never ever rely on a deskstar. All that lost data was aggrivating as hell.

[Oleg]

Damnit. That indicates that they'll only be available with an included drive.
And there's no way in hell I'm gonna stick with a IBM Deathstar.
Hope they offer something smaller than a 160GB version.
I'd rather slap in a maxtor 200GB; least I know it won't die mysteriously like my deathstars did. One of them, an IBM Deathstar 30GB, I had to RMA *6* times until they sent me the 40GB, which had to be RMA'd 3 times. Never ever rely on a deskstar. All that lost data was aggrivating as hell.

DTLA series? Never had problems with deskstars, except one DTLA drive.

[Styno]

There are probably means to make an image of this firmware on the HDD, make it available here and then copy it to your own HDD.

[sandoval]

Looks nice, seen some pics and screens of config menu.. download tool is also good...

I'm just missing 1 thing.. a nntp/usenet downloader.. Import an NZB file to download it from usenet.. That would be GREAT!!