<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><div><br>Yeah that's along the lines of what I want to do. I now have a wl-500GP, so as soon as I get some spare time, I'll have a bit of a fiddle. The USB idea is great, and I've seen some people do <a href="http://www.oberkommando.org/asus_wl-167g/">this</a> and <a href="http://www.xp11.com/g54/g54.htm">this</a> for external antennas. I didn't realise there was such woe-full USB support in Linux though. This will be my first venture into the world of wireless, so we'll see how far this develops.<br><br>I was thinking of using the wl500gp as a long link and using 1 or more USB dongles as shorter distance/broader angle connections.<br><br>Message: 1<br>Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2007 15:54:18 +1100<br>From: "Dan Flett" <conhoolio@hotmail.com><br>Subject: [MLB-WIRELESS] WL-500GP / USB-Wifi (was: Meraki
Mini)<br>To: "'Peter Buncle'" <peter@nmc.net.au>, "'Phil k'"<br> <hakzor_x1@hotmail.com>, <melbwireless@melbournewireless.org.au><br>Message-ID: <BAY141-DAV111C9BE31364F893B20E87AF700@phx.gbl><br>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"<br><br>Yeah, I'd also recommend the WL-500G Premium for anyone who wants to take<br>their node to the "next level" - i.e. multiple radios, extra services,<br>attached storage and peripherals (webcams, etc) via USB.<br><br>I'm keen to see if anyone can get a USB WiFi device to work on a USB-enabled<br>router such as this one. Doing so means we can cheaply and easily add extra<br>radios without having to worry about extra CAT5 runs or extra power supplies<br>for multiple routers.<br><br>The main problem with USB-WiFi radios is they tend to be lower power -<br>typically 13dBi, and they rarely have external antenna connections - still,<br>they
may be useful in some situations.<br><br>Someone on the OpenWRT forums has gotten a Ralink RT2570 USB WiFi dongle to<br>work with OpenWRT Kamikaze after compiling it themselves...<br><br><a target="_blank" href="http://forum.openwrt.org/viewtopic.php?id=9623">http://forum.openwrt.org/viewtopic.php?id=9623</a><br><br>If you download the current Kamikaze source, or a known good revision of the<br>Kamikaze source, you should be able to easily add support for the RT2570 to<br>the kernel and compile the driver just by doing "make menuconfig" and<br>selecting the RT2570 package.<br><br>OpenWRT makefile for the rt2570 driver<br><a target="_blank" href="https://dev.openwrt.org/browser/trunk/package/rt2570/Makefile">https://dev.openwrt.org/browser/trunk/package/rt2570/Makefile</a><br><br>How to use the rt2570 driver<br><a target="_blank" href="http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=106846">http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=106846</a><br><br>Lists of devices that
use the rt2570 driver<br><a target="_blank" href="http://www.vendorwatch.org/index.php?title=Ralink">http://www.vendorwatch.org/index.php?title=Ralink</a><br><br><a target="_blank" href="http://ralink.rapla.net/">http://ralink.rapla.net/</a><br><br>How to get the Asus WL-167G to work (using the RT2570 driver)<br><a target="_blank" href="http://folk.ntnu.no/gronslet/blog/2005/06/05/asus-wl-167g-usb-wireless-wlan">http://folk.ntnu.no/gronslet/blog/2005/06/05/asus-wl-167g-usb-wireless-wlan</a>-<br>adapter-in-linux/<br>Staticice shows the Asus WL-167G for $AU33 at msy.com.au<br><br>Link to the Netcomm wlg25usb adapter which has a non-removable external<br>antenna (which might be easier to hack another antenna onto)<br><a target="_blank" href="http://www.dynalink.com.au/products/wlg25usb.htm">http://www.dynalink.com.au/products/wlg25usb.htm</a><br>Staticice lists these as AU$32.39 from Minidigital in WA.<br><br>This is a funny USB-wireless solution which might actually be
useful:<br><a target="_blank" href="http://forum.openwrt.org/viewtopic.php?id=9412">http://forum.openwrt.org/viewtopic.php?id=9412</a><br>I.e. you could use the USB power from a WL-500GP to power a Meraki Mini, and<br>connect the two routers with a crossover cable inside a weatherproof box.<br>Or it might be possible to power the Meraki with PoE and then pick 5V off<br>the Meraki's board to power the WL-500GP.<br><br>Cheers,<br><br>Dan<br><br></div></div></div><br>Send instant messages to your online friends http://au.messenger.yahoo.com </body></html>