Asus WL-500g User Manual

The Topfield TF5800 and the Asus WL-500g By Penthes, ChunkyWizard and Jackofall Version: 1.4, 15 January 2006 Asus WL-500g Premium Disclai

Basic configuration using the web interface The web interface is used to perform the basic LAN and wireless setup This covers configuring the Asus in

IP Config - LAN We are now going to change the IP address of the Asus, so navigate to IP Config -> LAN Here we need to make the following changes

Wireless setup If you changed the IP address in the previous section, you now need to point your browser to the new IP address. Enter your login detai

Click Apply and then navigate to Wireless -> Bridge Here you will need to enter the following information AP Mode: Hybrid (1) Channel: As Befor

You will now need to go to the web interface of your Access Point. in this case we are using a Linksys WRT54G running the DD-WRT firmware. Please ref

15 of 35 try killall smbd killall nmbd in case the built-in samba server is also started. Then try and umount again with umount /tmp/harddisk/ If

16 of 35 The fdisk commands for creating these partitions are much the same as the macsat guide, but with a different size for the first partition

17 of 35 Macsat: Installing basic software Install ipkg as per macsat's "Installing Basic Software". However at this point the Asus

18 of 35 /usr/local/sbin/post-boot #!/bin/sh # # post-boot # 1. insert modules for USB storage, if needed # 2. mount part1 of usb drive as /opt #

19 of 35 copy/paste straight from this guide. Also note the backwards-apostrophe character used in some of the "echo" statements. This i

2 of 35 Guide History Version Date Comments 0.1 7 January 2006 Initial version 1.0 8 January 2006 Integrated ChunkyWizard's guide. Incor

20 of 35 Using the built-in FTP server and Samba server Oleg's firmware contains both an FTP server (stupid-ftpd) and Samba, which can be use

21 of 35 7) Use the Apply button to apply your changes, then click on the Finish button, and when the next page appears click on the button to re

22 of 35 This will return something like this: Usage: /opt/sbin/ftpd-topfield [OPTION] ... Internet File Transfer Protocol server. -A, --anon

23 of 35 Filezilla Filezilla (http://filezilla.sourceforge.net/) is an open-source ftp client that is easy to use with the Asus. You just need to

24 of 35 Windows file sharing access to the Asus using Samba With ftpd-topfield installed, you now have ftp access to files on the Toppy, but no m

25 of 35 Set up the Samba start-on-boot script Create a Samba startup script in /opt/etc/init.d, so that Samba will be started automatically when

26 of 35 So, create the directory with mkdir -p /opt/var/cron/crontabs And then create the startup script as: /opt/etc/init.d/S10cron #!/bin/sh #

27 of 35 If you would prefer to use nano, type export VISUAL=nano crontab -e You need to type the export command every time – if you want to make

28 of 35 Install and test the automation Copy the automation shell script to /opt/usr/local/rt2mei/ -- this is in the package you downloaded, and

29 of 35 Remember to reissue the echo command above with the correct time in it once you've finished testing. You might also want to add a To

3 of 35 Document conventions Entering commands You will be typing commands for the Asus in a telnet session, using MS Windows telnet, PuTTY or the

30 of 35 Create dropbear security keys To set up dropbear, you first need to create a directory for the key files, and then need to create these k

31 of 35 b) Select SSH for the protocol c) Click on "Tunnels" under Connection -> SSH d) Under Source Port, put 1234 e) Under Des

32 of 35 You can test this with echo -e "\nTest Message" | sendmail [email protected] -f [email protected] Replace recipient@exampl

33 of 35 Other hints and tips Shutting down and rebooting your Asus You can shut down your Asus using telnet interface by typing halt You can also

34 of 35 FAQ Here we hope to include answers to the most commonly asked questions on the forums. The rt2mei scheduled download doesn't seem t

35 of 35 Thanks We would never have got our Asus WL-500gP's working with the Toppy without much help from others. The toppy.org.uk forums pro

4 of 35 Contents Why get an Asus WL-500g?...5 What is involved?...

5 of 35 Why get an Asus WL-500g? The Toppy doesn't have an Ethernet port or any wireless capability, out-of-the-box the only way to connect i

So what do you get for your money? See below. As you can see, the Asus is about A5 size. It comes with a Quick Start guide (which you will not need),

7 of 35 Jackofall's original "Connecting an Asus WL500g deluxe to your network" guide. Great care must be taken in selecting the c

8 of 35 PuTTY PuTTY is an excellent Windows telnet client. You can get it from http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/Hints and tips: a

System Setup -> Firmware Upgrade Click on browse and find the previously downloaded .trx file, click open then upload. The Asus will then show a p