Comments on: Asus WL-520GU for $19.99 after MIR

By: Jeff

Jeff — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 19:36:38 +0000

Angel – Unfortunately I have heard that same complaint before. If anyone finds a cheap source for these overseas, please post about it here!

By: Angel Genchev

Angel Genchev — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 09:07:35 +0000

WL-520gU for $19.99 – it is possible only in the USA. Here in EU the price is at least $75 w VAT.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 07:57:14 +0000

I haven’t found one yet. I’m hoping someone speaks up here in the comments.

By: Edward Cooper

Edward Cooper — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 13:15:40 +0000

Anyone know a reasonably prices source for these in Europe/UK. They are shockingly expensive over here!

By: trevor

trevor — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 06:48:42 +0000

Jeff,

Thanks for the reply.

I’ve received advice to use the lua language as an alternative.
I’ve had an attempt at compiling but it didnt go too well. I cant decide whether to try lua or hold out for a python install??

Either way thanks for your great website. It’s offered some great tips/notes.

Regards,
Trevor

By: Jeff

Jeff — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 17:58:42 +0000

I compiled Python but it was huge, >2MB, too big to fit along with the OS on the WL-520gU. For this reason I didn’t include it on the site. Perl is a bit more lightweight, and microperl is only ~400k so if you can live with a stripped down version of Perl, try installing microperl instead. Unfortunately these high level languages are very resource heavy and don’t play well with the router.

The WL-500g V2 has twice the flash of the 520, so you might be able to install Python if you don’t have much else on the router.

Do you have a way of compiling packages yourself?

By: trevor

trevor — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 11:08:14 +0000

Hello,

Perhaps a question that you may or may not be able to help with?? but I downloaded your build of openwrt and flashed a ASUS WL-500g Premium V2 and it worked ok. I added a usb drive.

But I’m having trouble getting Python to run/install! Have you had a crack at getting python to work??

Apologies if this comment/query is in the correct location.

Thanks,
Trevor

By: robert

robert — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 15:58:58 +0000

Congrats on this series on hacking an embedded Linux system. Reading it was a pleasure! It’s really amazing what a creative mind can do. What puzzles me though is why manufacturers, who must know what potential their product has, don’t promote it accordingly. This could just be a link on the product page or a few pages in a wiki. Doesn’t cost much, easy to do and could boost the sales. Your readers living in the US can consider themselves lucky, 20$ for this device is a real bargain. The cheapest store in Europe I could find sells it for 50€, still 35€ on ebay.