ASUS WL-520GU Wireless Router 802.11B/G Up to 125MBPS 4PT 10/100 W/ USB Print Server

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Bought this router because my old dlink router was acting up. I flashed this router right away with teddy_bear tomato, and its working great. Still trying to figure out how to get print server working, but i have not tried long. Make sure that if you flash, you downgrade firmware first to pre 3.0. Use this link and follow instructions. Its easy

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Very good router, very easy to setup with stock firmware. You can install DD-WRT or Tomato firmware, enable MLPPP with your internet provider (TekSavvy) and avoid throttling. You can use the USB port to plug your printer or an external hard drive and use it as a media server!

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Didn't even look at the stock firmware. flashed with dd-wrt and is currently running as a wireless print server and access point for a couple of workstations. Works like a dream, and looks slick mounted on the printer stand! dd-wrt was a bit of a pain (no printer server support with the default flash, had to enable jffs2 and install the printer server package manually), but certainly worth the effort.

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DID NOT WORK WITH SHAW OUT OF THE BOX. YOU HAVE TO FLASH FIRMWARE TO TOMATO OR DD-WRT. AFTER THAT THIS ROUTER WILL FLY. YOU CANNOT USE THE USB PORT AFTER THE FIRMWARE FLASH.

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This unit is great, especially for the price. Upgrade to some tomato firmware and you're good to go.

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I got this mainly for tomato firmware that everyone is talking about these days. Its a pretty good firmware has lots of features and such. I didn't find that it increased my speeds or fix my lag issues. So maybe its time to get a new isp. Overall can't complain about the price its a really cheap router to get if your looking to try out tomato firmware. Maybe it will work better for you.

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This is a very good router for the money. The bonus to this router is that it includes a USB print server. The ASUS firmware seemed to be a very simple to use but on the other hand, lacking in features. Honestly though, I didn't even bother with it because I had planned to flash it with DD-WRT all along, which was a very simple process, and now it's running awesome.

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I bought this on boxing day for $25.99 (after $10 mail-in rebate). Once unboxed, I loaded up Tomato firmware and its been running great ever since. I stream video files onto my TV (connected to my laptop) in the living room and I used to get a lot of internet slow-downs when playing games or browsing the web in another room. Now with this new router and Tomato, it seems there is less lag with other web browsing when I am streaming video. Definitely recommend this product and flashing with Tomato. Also, if you have time, look up how to set up QoS if you have multiple streams going and want to ensure your internet browsing is not affected.

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Purchased to replace an aging WRT54GL. The price is unbeatable when it goes on sale. The cheapest DD-WRT capable router there is with 4mb of flash and 16mb ram. Handles over 2k connections once hacked. Print server works fine, even with 2 printers on a powered USB hub. Firmware restoration mode makes this router almost brick free unlike the linksys.File sharing works straight out of the box and works with DD-WRT. However the 200mhz processor is not fast enough to transmit USB data faster than 1mb/sec, a lot slower than that most of the time.DLNA media server works with a little tweaking in DD-WRT but because of the less than 1mb/sec usb limit only lower quality xvid/divx and music can be streamed. No hope for 720p or 1080p.Highly recommend this router for someone who wants advanced control over their personal network or a linux device to tweak without spending a lot of money.

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looks like a cool router, unfortunatly it's US warranty i believe, well you must ship to US if RMAwill eventually flash with tomatoes filmware, but I will only use it as print server with my dir-655 and hope it will work!

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As soon as I opened the box, I flashed it with Tomato firmware. It has been almost rock solid since, except for couple of minor occasions where there was a brief drop/lag. I think this was ISP's problem.Logging feature can be great for troubleshooting purposes.Definitely recommended, but can't comment on this product with default firmware since I've never used it.

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the only complaint is the USB print server, it doesn't always work. I ended up getting a standalone print server.

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Flashed to Tomato and working great since then. Would recommend this to everyone I know since Tomato doesnt support N-speeds as of now. USB is great add-on as well.

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This is hands down the best router I have ever used, and I have used many. I have Shaw Internet and couldnt get it to work with the stock firmware. But once I figured out how to flash to tomato I have been impressed ever since. (btw trick to flash tomato firmware is to downgrade stock firmware to an older stock firmware which will allow you to flash the router on web interface).I love the QoS settings which can control web usage per user, and the amazing bandwidth graphs in real time. Best fifty bucks I ever spent!

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Great router for the price. The router was flashed with the latest tomato firmware (Teddy bear mod for USB support). Now i am able to print (Brother DCP-7020) from anywhere in the house and as a bonus I added a USB hub which allowed me to add a 8GB USB stick for network storage. Now i have a printer and network storage on this router. The 520GU is setup as access point in a WDS with a Motorola 850G as the main router (DHCP server). Initially i tried to connect the 520GU as an access point with a 3COM "N" (WA-6202) as the main router but no matter what i tried the two would just not talk to each other. Don't know if the issue was that the 3com was a N/G/B type and the 520GU is a G/B. Over all very happy that i now have a network printer and (small) network storage. Just wish that it would have worked with my 3com N router as that had better coverage to the basement of my house than the Motorola. Asus is on top floor, Motorola on main and no accesspoint in Basement.

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Good product but I'm looking more at linksys now because of the power supply issues. I've also found the same problems with the WL500GP series.

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Could not get it to work as internet router with Shaw Cable Modem even after flashing it with latest firmware. I bought it due to its USB print server feature. Other USB print servers cost a lot more. However, I ended up using it along with my Dlink router, as internet server, by connecting it using a patch cable via LAN-LAN ports.

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Excellent router. Was fairly easy to flash the router to DD-WRT, and configure separate isolated subnets for the wireless and wired ports.

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I saw a lot of people can't surf internet when they use asus fireware. However, I flash it to tomato after I got it. No problem at all. Pretty good wireless signal. If there is 32mb ram on it. It would be a perfect product.

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I bought this router for my lans and to extend my wireless home'S network. Its nice because it has a good power. I have 5 green bars in the house. The main reason why I wanted this router is for the usb print server it has. Now I can print documents everywhere in the house wireless or wire. It has a nice firmware inside ( software) and you can select  the power % attributed to each services you want to use ( p2p, communication, games, music ) etc etc. It is a very complete router I would recommend over LINK SYS one for the same price.

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This is my new favourite router. I have never used a router that's based on Linux before and let me tell you: I highly recommend it. Now, I have my own personal Linux-based server running 24/7 that only uses a few watts of power.The first thing I did when I got the router was install Tomato firmware with USB support. I chose Tomato because of its QoS reputation, and because I'd heard from many people that USB 2.0 on DD-WRT did not work well. USB works a treat and I now own a NAS device.The original reason I purchased this device was to run Asterisk. So the next step was to install it, and with Optware, it took exactly three commands to do. I have so far had five calls in progress with this PBX (without transcoding) and the unit didn't even break a sweat. Amazing!I now own an Asterisk PBX, a NAS device, a QoS-enabled router, and anything else I can think to make out of a Linux server.For $37, that ain't bad.

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I was both very disappointed and very pleased with this product. On the plus side, it is one of the most feature-rich routers under $100, and when on sale, it is only half that price. Unfortunately, for anyone wanting to use this as a print server or someone less technically inclined, this would be a terrible router. It should be expected of any product that it work out of the box, as-is. In this regard, it fails completely and I cannot recommend this product for general users.After struggling with the stock firmware on this product for 3 days, I finally gave up and switched over to Tomato. It has worked flawlessly since, but I had to give up the scan/fax features of my printer when plugged into the router's USB port.The stock firmware was unable to stably connect to the internet and lacks the extensive features of 3rd party firmwares. Its only advantage is the ability to fully use multi-function printers because it enables some sort of USB port forwarding to trick your computer into thinking its directly connected to the printer. When using Tomato (the modded version by Teddy Bear), printers can only print.

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WARNING: This makes an excellent print server, but a mediocre file server. (I have not used the stock firmware at all.) Like many of the reviewers, I installed DD-WRT on this router, however I could *not* get USB 2.0 to work, only USB 1.1 (There's a slim chance openwrt kamikaze would work on this router. If you do get USB 2.0 working, please write your own review!)If you want a print server, the WL-520GU will work well. If you want a file/samba/ftp/other server, try to find an ASUS WL-500G or WL-500G Premium. It is twice the price, almost twice the size, but it has twice the RAM, twice the ROM, and a working USB 2.0 driver (under openwrt kamikaze for brcm-2.4). I returned my WL-520GU and purchased a WL-500G Premium V2, and I'm extremely happy with my decision.

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Excellent and trouble-free router as compared to DLink. Good features for the price. Range is good. Best part is the relatively painless affair to upgrade the firmware to third party ones as compared to Linksys/Cisco.

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This router is excellent, it has great range and the added bonus of being USB print server. In addition it can run DD-WRT or Tomato firmware which allows greater tweaking and configurability.