We ordered two ASUS WL-500W and one Linksys WRT610N. Let's find out if we get those to fly.
Then Netgear WNR854T is also an alternative 802.11n device, although it hasnot been well tested.
Seems to ony support Kernel 2.4 :-( Tobias Am 07.10.2008 um 14:28 schrieb Dongsu Park:
Hi, Tobias Heer wrote:Hi Dongsu, Am 24.09.2008 um 12:47 schrieb Dongsu Park:My suggestion #1: ASUS WL-500W http://www.asus.com/products4.aspx?l1=12&l2=43&l3=0&model=1121&modelmenu=1 http://wiki.openwrt.org/OpenWrtDocs/Hardware/Asus/WL500W http://www2.computeruniverse.net/info.asp?id=90232799&used=&idused=&sr=wl-500w Good specification: Flash 8MB, RAM 32MB, 802.11n, 2 USB interfaces.It's most widely used among 802.11n devices supported by OpenWRT, notby 7.09 kamikaze, but only by development versions on svn repo. So choosing this device is for us some challenge, since we need to upgrade our development tree to a recent version, including some debugging in hipl sources.I hope openWRT 8.09 is coming soon. It should fix these problems. Can you check if there is a good (easy, fast, no extra hardware (cables)?) way to flash these devices?I cannot find any explicit reference about how to flash OpenWRT images for ASUS WL-500W via serial/USB interfaces. All the infos are using mtd after logging on via telnet. This point could be a problem in some emergency situations.Even if OpenWRT 8.09 is released, it doesn't mean we don't need to take care of nasty porting issues. When hipl was first loaded onto OpenWRT 7.09 weneeded lots of fixes. It would be the same for this release as well.I can't find that device but I can order a WRT610N (8MB/64MB/ 300Mhz). It seems to have a quite fast CPU and lots of flash/ram. Do you think itsIf we choose this, we also need to take into account other similar devices like Linksys WRT350N.doable for that device?Hmm.. strange, it has disappeared in recent days. I also cannot find it ononline shops.Then Netgear WNR854T is also an alternative 802.11n device, although it hasnot been well tested. http://www.computeruniverse.net/info.asp?id=90218855&used=&idused=&sr=wnr854t http://wiki.openwrt.org/OpenWrtDocs/Hardware/Netgear/WNR854?highlight=(Category80211nDevice) Actually most 802.11n devices are not yet well tested by users.My suggestion #2: Linksys WRT54GShttp://www1.linksys.com/products/product.asp? grid=33&scid=35&prid=610http://wiki.openwrt.org/OpenWrtDocs/Hardware/Linksys/WRT54GS http://www2.computeruniverse.net/products/e90140999/linksys-wrt54seu-wireless-g-access-point.asp Specification: Flash 8MB, RAM 32MB, but neither 802.11n nor USB interfaces.This device also uses a broadcom chip. No problems with Kamikate (kernel2.6) with this one?In the OpenWRT forum, I cannot find any bad comments about Broadcom 5325interface or Linksys WRT54GS. I think it's stable enough. Cheers, DongsuBest regards, TobiasTobias Heer wrote:Hi everyone. We are about to buy a number of new openWRT routers. As my favoritemodel (WGT634U) is not sold anymore, we need to find another openWRTplatform. I'm asking myself whether the Fonera has enough oooomphz for our purposes. I think I would rather use a slightly better box. Decision criterions are: full openWRT Kamikaze support (no weird hacking required), smooth way to get openWRT installed, much ram, nice CPU... and it would be cool if it had USB or 802.11N capabilities... but these not a key requirement. Any suggestions? If no one has a favorite router that he or she thinks is suitable we need to start investigating: Dongsu could you spend some cycles figuring out which router would be best. It would be great if we could order the device at a major german online store. I prefer www.computeruniverse.com but other stores would also be okay. I'd like to order this or next week. Best regards, Tobi-- Dipl.-Inform. Tobias Heer, Ph.D. Student Distributed Systems Group RWTH Aachen University, Germany http://ds.cs.rwth-aachen.de/members/heer
-- Dipl.-Inform. Tobias Heer, Ph.D. Student
Distributed Systems Group RWTH Aachen University, Germany http://ds.cs.rwth-aachen.de/members/heer
