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    500g vs 550gE...What's the actual difference?

    The 500gE model isn't available in Australia, but I am curious as to what's the actual differences between this and the older 500g model?

    Is it because of the new wireless bit to support a larger area of coverage? WPA2 support? Maybe USB 2.0? Is everything else pretty much the same?

    If it is, I plan on getting the Mitsubishi R100 (OEM of 500g), as it is cheaper.
    (Both the 500g and 550gE models use Linux, and that's my prime requirement)

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    Quote Originally Posted by stmok
    The 500gE model isn't available in Australia, but I am curious as to what's the actual differences between this and the older 500g model?

    Is it because of the new wireless bit to support a larger area of coverage? WPA2 support? Maybe USB 2.0? Is everything else pretty much the same?

    If it is, I plan on getting the Mitsubishi R100 (OEM of 500g), as it is cheaper.
    (Both the 500g and 550gE models use Linux, and that's my prime requirement)
    you are mixing up things, are you talking about WL500g or WL500gE or WL550gE ?

    anyway WL550gE has Broadrange (802.11n alike stuff) it should boost up to 300% more coverage, further it has 1 10/100 WAN port, 4 10/100 LAN ports, and NO USB ports, and no LPT port

    the Broadrange can only be used in combination with a broadrange enabled client: WL100gE (pcmcia), WL138gE (I won't recommend this one, if I look back to experiences from users with the WL138g)

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    Question Wl550_e

    Hi,

    I was told by my ASU dealer (very big one, so that why I'm concerned) that the WL500G is end-of-life and only options are WL550G_encore and teh 520/530G

    All 3 of them come without printer ports.

    Do you know more of this ? Is it possible to hook up a printer (via some hacking) to the WL550E ?

    What is other differences does the WL550G_E have vs. teh good old WL550G ? Only the sensitivity and range ?

    What firmware does it run ?

    Thanks mates,

    BigO

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    CPU specs? USB2 harddisk performance?

    I've looked at the thread in this forum and can't seem to find a clean and complete spec.
    From what I've read, it seems the unit has 2 USB2 ports and 32MB of RAM.
    What about the CPU? Is it much faster than the one in the WL550g?

    Also I'm interested in the performance I could expect from it as a file server, with harddisk(s) connected the USB2 ports. I've just seen one article here which seems to indicate that the performace is pretty lousy (like 1MB/s). Was it an oddball case or should I expect it to be that bad?

    Also what would happen if I plug one HDD in each USB2 port? Has anybody tried that, maybe even mirroring the two drives?

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