Firmware v1.7.5.9 CR1 [Oleg]

[Oleg]

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Guys, I've made new firmware available at wl500g page. It's based on 1.7.5.9 ASUS firmware.

Please read carefully everything before downloading (download link is at the bottom of page).

This new firmware features new approach for customizing firmware and storing of user configurable files in the flash. I the mean time I will remove bootCmds completely because it's now absoleted by persistent files feature. bootCmd was used at the early stage of building the custom firmware (they appears in 1.6.5.3-1) and was more like hackish way. With new persistent files feature you can completely alter boot scripts of the wl500g and customize it on your own.

As for other changes - this is mostly bug fixes for 1.7.5.6-5, there is no other major updates.

[Panja]

Thanks Oleg!

Good work again

[smallkeung]

i just upgraded to 1.7.5.9-1 Wa~~~~ the tranfer rate in BT is much more higher. The upload rate at 9xx KB and the download rate at 6xx KB. I never see that over 3xx KB before i upgrade. I don't know what happen may be the internet connection very fast yesterday. but I believe the 1.7.5.9 does something to make it faster... Thanks....

But the wan port die issue is still occured......

[pipos]

Hi all

Only one question. Is teoreticaly possible to upload fw. 1.7.5.9 CR1 to wl300b/g or wl500b?

Does anybody try this?

(Maybe i will use cca 100 pcs. of ASUS in client mode, and 10$ can make change in absolute costs.)

[Oleg]

wl500b should work, wl300g WILL NOT work.

[marciton]

could we still use samba ?

[Oleg]

Hm.. Why not?

[Alpaca]

I just flashed to this firmware and have the following problem (although I fear that it is not really firmware-related as I have experienced this with the two latest Asus releases as well )

I start from scratch after a factory reset with the quick setup. The only things I choose/enter are ADSL/PPPoE and user name/password. After the restart I am connected to the internet. If I do another restart without any changes by clicking on one of the finish buttons in the web interface, I am no longer connected to the internet and do not seem to be able to get there.

The log shows:

Jan  1 01:00:15  syslog.notice klogd: klogd started: BusyBox v1.00-pre7 (2004.06.14-19:28+0000)
Jan  1 01:00:15  user.warn klogd: CPU revision is: 00024000
Jan  1 01:00:15  user.warn klogd: Loading BCM4710 MMU routines.
Jan  1 01:00:15  user.warn klogd: Primary instruction cache 8kb, linesize 16 bytes (2 ways)
Jan  1 01:00:15  user.warn klogd: Primary data cache 4kb, linesize 16 bytes (2 ways)
Jan  1 01:00:15  user.warn klogd: Linux version 2.4.20 (root@omnibook) (gcc version 3.0 20010422 (prerelease) with bcm4710a0 modifications) #24 Mon May 3 20:52:46 MSD 2004
Jan  1 01:00:15  user.warn klogd: Determined physical RAM map:
Jan  1 01:00:15  user.warn klogd:  memory: 01000000 @ 00000000 (usable)
Jan  1 01:00:15  user.warn klogd: On node 0 totalpages: 4096
Jan  1 01:00:15  user.warn klogd: zone(0): 4096 pages.
Jan  1 01:00:15  user.warn klogd: zone(1): 0 pages.
Jan  1 01:00:15  user.warn klogd: zone(2): 0 pages.
Jan  1 01:00:15  user.warn klogd: Kernel command line: root=/dev/mtdblock2 noinitrd init=/linuxrc
Jan  1 01:00:15  user.warn klogd: CPU: BCM4710 rev 0 at 125 MHz
Jan  1 01:00:15  user.warn klogd: Calibrating delay loop... 82.94 BogoMIPS
Jan  1 01:00:15  user.warn klogd: Mount-cache hash table entries: 512 (order: 0, 4096 bytes)
Jan  1 01:00:15  user.warn klogd: Buffer-cache hash table entries: 1024 (order: 0, 4096 bytes)
Jan  1 01:00:15  user.warn klogd: Page-cache hash table entries: 4096 (order: 2, 16384 bytes)
Jan  1 01:00:15  user.warn klogd: Checking for 'wait' instruction...  unavailable.
Jan  1 01:00:15  user.warn klogd: POSIX conformance testing by UNIFIX
Jan  1 01:00:15  user.warn klogd: PCI: Fixing up bus 0
Jan  1 01:00:15  user.warn klogd: PCI: Fixing up bridge
Jan  1 01:00:15  user.warn klogd: PCI: Fixing up bus 1
Jan  1 01:00:15  user.warn klogd: Initializing RT netlink socket
Jan  1 01:00:15  user.warn klogd: Starting kswapd
Jan  1 01:00:15  user.notice klogd: NTFS driver v1.1.22 [Flags: R/O]
Jan  1 01:00:15  user.warn klogd: pty: 256 Unix98 ptys configured
Jan  1 01:00:15  user.notice klogd:  Amd/Fujitsu Extended Query Table v1.1 at 0x0040
Jan  1 01:00:15  user.warn klogd: Physically mapped flash: Swapping erase regions for broken CFI table.
Jan  1 01:00:15  user.notice klogd: number of CFI chips: 1
Jan  1 01:00:15  user.notice klogd: Flash device: 0x400000 at 0x1fc00000
Jan  1 01:00:15  user.notice klogd: Physically mapped flash: squashfs filesystem found at block 949
Jan  1 01:00:15  user.notice klogd: Creating 5 MTD partitions on "Physically mapped flash":
Jan  1 01:00:15  user.notice klogd: 0x00000000-0x00040000 : "pmon"
Jan  1 01:00:15  user.notice klogd: 0x00040000-0x003e0000 : "linux"
Jan  1 01:00:15  user.notice klogd: 0x000ed760-0x003e0000 : "rootfs"
Jan  1 01:00:15  user.notice klogd: 0x003f0000-0x00400000 : "nvram"
Jan  1 01:00:15  user.notice klogd: 0x003e0000-0x003f0000 : "config"
Jan  1 01:00:15  user.warn klogd: ip_conntrack version 2.1 (128 buckets, 1024 max) - 344 bytes per conntrack
Jan  1 01:00:15  user.warn klogd: ip_conntrack_pptp version 1.9 loaded
Jan  1 01:00:15  user.warn klogd: ip_nat_pptp version 1.5 loaded
Jan  1 01:00:15  user.warn klogd: ip_tables: (C) 2000-2002 Netfilter core team
Jan  1 01:00:15  user.warn klogd: ipt_time loading
Jan  1 01:00:15  user.warn klogd: FAT: bogus logical sector size 34816
Jan  1 01:00:15  user.warn klogd: FAT: bogus logical sector size 34816
Jan  1 01:00:15  user.err klogd: NTFS: Unable to set blocksize 512.
Jan  1 01:00:15  user.warn klogd: VFS: Mounted root (squashfs filesystem) readonly.
Jan  1 01:00:15  user.warn klogd: Warning: unable to open an initial console.
Jan  1 01:00:15  user.warn klogd: Algorithmics/MIPS FPU Emulator v1.5
Jan  1 01:00:15  user.warn klogd: eth0: Broadcom BCM47xx 10/100 Mbps Ethernet Controller 3.50.21.10
Jan  1 01:00:15  user.warn klogd: eth1: Broadcom BCM47xx 10/100 Mbps Ethernet Controller 3.50.21.10
Jan  1 01:00:15  user.warn klogd: PCI: Enabling device 01:02.0 (0004 -> 0006)
Jan  1 01:00:15  user.warn klogd: eth2: Broadcom BCM43XX 802.11 Wireless Controller  3.50.21.10 (Compiled in . at 20:53:00 on Jan 21 2004)
Jan  1 01:00:23  user.warn klogd: lp driver: get device ID
Jan  1 01:00:23  user.warn klogd: neg fail
Jan  1 01:00:27  user.warn klogd: Register User Space Key Handler : 464 0

Any ideas?

[Airblade]

Hy I can't login on WL-500g now that I upgrade firmware to 1.7.5.9 release. Whay is that I do not know.

Tell me plese what to do!

[pipos]

I tested this firmware on wl500b. Everything looks working fine, when i don't touch g-settings.

Is there some strange problem using this fw on 300g, or 300b? The size looks be the same, the hardware too.

THX

[LaB]

Airblade: had the same problem after updating. Killed the power and plugged it back it. After booting, everything worked fine.

[Oleg]

I tested this firmware on wl500b. Everything looks working fine, when i don't touch g-settings.

Is there some strange problem using this fw on 300g, or 300b? The size looks be the same, the hardware too.

THX

Hardware is different. If you brave enough and love risky thing, try flashing it. And if it boots ok, switch to AP mode. Probably client mode will work also in HomeGateway & Router config. If it does not boot then use firmware restoration (it's better to try using firmware restoration with known good firmware before upgrade). BUT THERE IS NO WARRANTY.

[Oleg]

Hy I can't login on WL-500g now that I upgrade firmware to 1.7.5.9 release. Whay is that I do not know.

Tell me plese what to do!

Power on/off. If it does not boot, use firmware restoration.

[Alpaca]

Any suggestions concerning my problem? Does the log look ok?

[Oleg]

Any suggestions concerning my problem? Does the log look ok?

I've no idea. Have you checked, that your settings still there?