{"id":888,"date":"2008-12-22T09:31:55","date_gmt":"2008-12-22T16:31:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/?p=888"},"modified":"2022-12-27T17:41:02","modified_gmt":"2022-12-28T01:41:02","slug":"asus-wl-520gu-for-1999-after-mir","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/2008\/12\/asus-wl-520gu-for-1999-after-mir\/","title":{"rendered":"Asus WL-520GU for $19.99 after MIR"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mightyohm.com\/files\/flickr\/2950279643_374493fa81.jpg\" alt=\"Wifi Radio Project\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Newegg.com has the ASUS WL-520gU Wireless Router<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jdoqocy.com\/click-3238164-10440897?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.newegg.com%2FProduct%2FProduct.aspx%3FItem%3DN82E16833320023%26nm_mc%3DAFC-C8Junction%26cm_mmc%3DAFC-C8Junction-_-Network%2B-%2BWireless%2BRouters-_-ASUS-_-33320023&amp;cjsku=N82E16833320023\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"noopener\"> <\/a>on sale again <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jdoqocy.com\/click-3238164-10440897?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.newegg.com%2FProduct%2FProduct.aspx%3FItem%3DN82E16833320023%26nm_mc%3DAFC-C8Junction%26cm_mmc%3DAFC-C8Junction-_-Network%2B-%2BWireless%2BRouters-_-ASUS-_-33320023&amp;cjsku=N82E16833320023\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"noopener\">for $19.99 after MIR.<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lduhtrp.net\/image-3238164-10440897\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/> This is the cheapest I have seen it this year.\u00a0 You can do <a href=\"http:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/2008\/10\/building-a-wifi-radio-part-1-introduction\/\">a lot of cool stuff<\/a> with this device, aside from using it as intended &#8211; as a very low cost wireless router + print server, for less than half the cost of the famous Linksys WRT54GL.<\/p>\n<p>Sale ends 12\/31.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jdoqocy.com\/click-3238164-10440897?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.newegg.com%2FProduct%2FProduct.aspx%3FItem%3DN82E16833320023%26nm_mc%3DAFC-C8Junction%26cm_mmc%3DAFC-C8Junction-_-Network%2B-%2BWireless%2BRouters-_-ASUS-_-33320023&amp;cjsku=N82E16833320023\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"noopener\">ASUS WL-520gU Wireless Router at Newegg.com<\/a><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lduhtrp.net\/image-3238164-10440897\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Newegg.com has the ASUS WL-520gU Wireless Router on sale again for $19.99 after MIR. This is the cheapest I have seen it this year.\u00a0 You can do a lot of cool stuff with this device, aside from using it as intended &#8211; as a very low cost wireless router + print server, for less than &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/2008\/12\/asus-wl-520gu-for-1999-after-mir\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Asus WL-520GU for $19.99 after MIR<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[83,162,123],"class_list":["post-888","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-asus","tag-wifiradio","tag-wl-520gu"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pioCd-ek","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1938,"url":"https:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/2009\/06\/wl-520gu-for-3499-after-rebate-neweggcom\/","url_meta":{"origin":888,"position":0},"title":"WL-520gU for $34.99 after rebate @ Newegg.com","author":"Jeff","date":"June 3, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Newegg.com is currently offering the Asus WL-520gU for $34.99 after rebate. This is the lowest price I have seen in a while, so if you've been debating picking one of these up to play with, it might be a good time to buy. The WL-520gU is the very hackable wireless\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"Asus\"","block_context":{"text":"Asus","link":"https:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/tag\/asus\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"http:\/\/www.ftjcfx.com\/image-3238164-10440897","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1389,"url":"https:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/2009\/03\/looking-for-asus-wl-520gu-wireless-router-hacks\/","url_meta":{"origin":888,"position":1},"title":"Looking for Asus WL-520gU Wireless Router Hacks","author":"Jeff","date":"March 12, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Have you created a project or hack based on the Asus WL-520gU or WL-500gP Wireless Routers? It doesn't matter if it was inspired by my project or developed independently - I'd love to hear from you! I'm putting together a talk for NOTACON and I'd like to feature as many\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Electronics&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Electronics","link":"https:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/category\/electronics\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":470,"url":"https:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/2008\/10\/detailed-specs-for-the-asus-wl-520gu-uber-hacking-platform\/","url_meta":{"origin":888,"position":2},"title":"Detailed specs for the Asus WL-520GU uber hacking platform","author":"Jeff","date":"October 27, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"In my previous post about the Wifi Radio project I'm working on, I concluded that the Asus WL-520GU wireless router was the perfect choice for an embedded wireless platform, thanks to its builtin 802.11g WiFi, Linux support, and extremely low cost. 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In staying with the overall\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Electronics&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Electronics","link":"https:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/category\/electronics\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mightyohm.com\/files\/flickr\/3318289854_a80e2ea6e4.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1701,"url":"https:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/2009\/04\/notacon-slides-now-available-for-download\/","url_meta":{"origin":888,"position":5},"title":"NOTACON slides now available for download","author":"Jeff","date":"April 18, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"I just uploaded the slides from my talk at NOTACON about Hacking the Asus WL-520gU Wireless Router. 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