Asus WL-520gC

Hi folks,

Just looking for some opinions on the Asus WL-520gC. It supports WDS
which is something I'm looking for, and over here it's dirt cheap
(currently $49AUD a unit). I'm thinking of picking up two and using WDS
to have one acting as a repeater downstairs. Has anyone had any
experience with this router? I'm starting to think that it may be a dud
considering how cheaply it's being sold.

I've survived quite nicely with a Netcomm NB5540 (has no detachable
antennas at all) so far, so I don't really need a feature-packed unit,
just one that works, can be easily bridged, and is reasonably inexpensive.

Cheers, any suggestions welcome.

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- dcf

David Fairbrother wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> Just looking for some opinions on the Asus WL-520gC. It supports WDS
> which is something I'm looking for, and over here it's dirt cheap
> (currently $49AUD a unit). I'm thinking of picking up two and using WDS
> to have one acting as a repeater downstairs. Has anyone had any
> experience with this router? I'm starting to think that it may be a dud
> considering how cheaply it's being sold.
>
There doesn't appear to be any decent reviews on this item.
Asus have their own forum with a few entries:-
<http://vip.asus.com/forum/topic.aspx?SLanguage=en-us&model=WL-520GC&board_id=11>
In the past I used to have a look at the whirlpool forums as I used a
few linksys items and it used to a good source of info.There doesn't
appear to many questions about the 520gC at the moment but it might be
worth asking there as it is a net.au and someone may know of any
peculiarities of it's use in Australia. At one point there was a
firmware upgrade specific to users in Oz.
http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/
http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-replies.cfm?t=8564




> I've survived quite nicely with a Netcomm NB5540 (has no detachable
> antennas at all) so far, so I don't really need a feature-packed unit,
> just one that works, can be easily bridged, and is reasonably inexpensive.
>
> Cheers, any suggestions welcome.
>