From the Canyon Edge -- :-Dustin

Thursday, July 21, 2011

ASUS WL-330gE and DD-WRT


Different hotels have very different setups.  Some only have wired connections.  Some only have a single ethernet port that I need to share with my wife or roommate.

Traveling as much as I do, it's handy to bring a wireless router with me.

I bought a very, very tiny one in Taipei, Taiwan last year.  It was pretty good, very inexpensive, and rather configurable.  But it didn't run DD-WRT -- a real man's firmware! :-)

Last week, my buddy Scott Moser pointed me to the tiny ASUS WL-330gE.  I bought it on Amazon for $42, and just flashed it with DD-WRT.  Everything is working like a charm ;-)  In fact, I'm posting this entry on my Thinkpad, wirelessly connected to the device, which is also wirelessly connected to my home network (ie, operating in a wireless repeater bridge mode).

It's really small (3.25" x 2.5" x 0.75"), and can be powered by USB.

Pretty slick little device.  I'm quite happy with it ;-)

:-Dustin

8 comments:

  1. This looks like a really neat device... Do you know if they do a 802.11n version? I'd love to get a bunch of them and mesh them around the house.

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  2. Looks like on Amazon right now there's a $20 rebate as well. Don't know if your purchase will qualify, but for new folks.

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  3. Ted,

    Yep, there is a $20 rebate too!

    :-Dustin

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  4. Oli,

    Sorry, not sure about that.

    :-Dustin

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  5. Robbie,

    You're gonna dig it ;-)

    :-Dustin

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  6. Dustin,

    I just received one of these from Amazon. You wouldn't have a "How-To" or link to share on getting dd-wrt on the device, would you?

    Robert

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  7. Ah... just noticed you link to instructions... thanks.

    Robert

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Thanks,
:-Dustin

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