This way you can get 802.11n support, higher TX power, etc. In case of WL500G Premium V1 you can easily replace wi-fi radio with some better wireless card (which should be in MiniPCI form factor), thanks to MiniPCI slot. # Well i was lucky and i got no problems, if they appear, just #enable fstab at boot (warning, it takes a bit of time to boot) #to clear any partition table on the usb stick #to locate the usb disk dev point, in my case /dev/sda1ĭd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda bs=1M count=10 #won't work because some packages are missing Opkg update #fresh list of available packages Option proto dhcp Switch Ports (for VLANs)Īction did to let the system see a 4GB usb stick, plus pivot overlay. The interface connected to the wireless configuration is not using the bridge option nor having a relation to a switch with more than one port (for example if with eth0 we define a switch over multiple ports) Note: would be better to check this statement more thoroughly. While for 'sta' mode (a wifi client) it is possible to obtain it only if If connected to whatever interface defined in /etc/config/network, Change your /etc/config/wireless to include the following:įurther investigation shown that the wireless is able to provide an AP Re-assemble the case, and install packages kmod-madwifi and hostapd-mini to get the new wireless controller to work. In some cases the card is glued to a supporting sponge on the main board, so you might have to apply a certain measure of force to get it out. In order to replace the Broadcom controller with an Atheros one, open the case (instructions above), carefully disconnect the antenna cable from the card, press out the two latches on the sides, and pull the card out of the socket. Atheros-based wireless cards that have been known to work include the Wistron CM9 (though some people say that signal quality is poor), and various Tp-Link cards such as the TL-WN560G (signal quality reported to be the same as with the original Broadcom controller). The advantage is that the Atheros card has an open source driver and is supported by the 2.6 kernel version of OpenWrt. Some people have replaced this with an Atheros MiniPCI card. The standard wireless LAN controller is the BCM4318 on a MiniPCI card. Note: with the default factory firmware, it is possible to know what version you have by Note: The release Chaos Calmer 15.05.1 works fine on both versions of the router. Note: As of Attitude Adjustment 12.09-beta2 the v2 seems to work well, including the wireless. However, the recommendation to avoid 2.6 kernels still applies: wireless stops working now and then, needing b43/b43legacy module(s) reload to recover. WPA2-PSK and No Encryption modes were tested. Note: As of Backfire 10.03.1-rc4, the wireless in v2 somehow works with the 2.6 kernel in AP mode. Note: As of r18801 in the 8.09 (kamikaze) branch, the wireless in v2 works fine even with the 2.6 kernel at least in the client mode - so if you do not need AP mode and need 2.6 kernel, v2 should be usable now. Note: The wireless in the v2 is a low power wireless PHY, which currently isn't really supported by b43, therefore 2.4 is still recommended for the v2. Antenna on the left (from the front view)Īntenna on the right (from the front view)
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