USB on ASUS WL500GPV2

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Contents

Introduction

This short how to is intended to walk someone through configuring a USB printer and a USB storage device on their ASUS WL-500G Premium V2 router. While there are great USB how to articles on the dd-wrt wiki and even some specific to this router, I found that no single guide worked for me. Ultimately it was a combination of guides and some trial and error. I figure if this guide helps anyone, it's worth keeping.

Firmware

Flash either the latest dd-wrt MEGA firmware or the eko-provided build that includes full USB support in a mini package. Why bother with a mini when we have 8MB flash? Well there are several advantages. The mini is a fraction of the size, yet provides probably 80% of the functionality of the Mega build. For this small sacrifice, you get a much more lean and efficient setup.

  • A nearly 5.0MB JFFS2 partition
  • Nearly 90% free memory on a fully configured system
  • Full USB support
  • Faster, leaner and more stable all around

download

dd-wrt.v24-101037_NEWD_mini_usb.bin

dd-wrt.v24_mega_generic.bin

Initial Prep

  1. Complete your standard WAN, LAN, DHCP configuration so that your router has working Internet access
    This guide will not explain these details, since they are very well documented elsewhere
  2. Under Services, enable:
    Secure Shell (SSHd)
    All USB modules (Core USB support, UHCI, OHCI, USB 2.0, USB Storage, ext2/ext3, FAT, USB Printing)
  3. Save Settings
  4. Under Administration > Management:
    Enable JFFS2 Support
    Select Clean JFFS2
  5. Save Settings and then Reboot Router