Asus WL-500W Expert Reviews

Of our recent sweep of Draft N wireless routers, the $130 Asus WL-500W offers some unconventional yet useful features not found on the others. Aside of the regularly goodies including a firewall, encryption, QoS, and a print server, the WL-500W also has a...

Great range and signal penetration; integrated print, media, FTP, and Webcam servers; can support multiple USB devices simultaneously.

Bulky and impractical design; buggy Web interface; confusing instruction if you're trying to figure out the special USB features; throughput at close range could better; no Gigabit Ethernet.

We like the Asus WL-500W for its wealth of unique features and its strong signal at long range, but its short-range throughput is substandard and there's no Gigabit Ethernet support. This is a good choice only for advanced users who will take advantage of...

This article continues our series of reviews of network equipment that supports the draft 802.11n standard. Today we are going to talk about the WL-500W router that represents a successor to the previously tested WL-500g Premium. We will see what the diff...

The WL-500W proved to be nothing else but the WL-500g Premium with the addition of Draft N. The firmware for each router is about the same quality. The functionality and hardware platform are the same, too. Yes, the WL-500W is good but it lacks new featur...

ASUS isn't just known for its fantastic motherboards and bare-bones laptops. It also produces a series of wireless devices, most notably the WL-500G, an 802.11g-compliant wireless router that has a built-in USB port. The router can be combined with an ext...

asus wl-500w 802.11n multi-functional wireless router review: The Asus WL-500W is a good choice only for advanced users who will take advantage of some of router's USB features and aren't afraid to wade into those waters without help.

Great range and signal penetration, Integrated print, media, FTP and Webcam servers Can support multiple USB devices simultaneously

Bulky and impractical design, Buggy Web interface, Confusing instruction if you're trying to figure out the special USB features, Throughput at close range could better, No gigabit Ethernet

We like the Asus WL-500W for its wealth of unique features and its strong signal at long range, but its short-range throughput is substandard and there's no gigabit Ethernet support. This is a good choice only for advanced users who will take advantage of...

The Asus WL-500W is a good choice only for advanced users who will take advantage of some of router's USB features and aren't afraid to wade into those waters without help.

Great range and signal penetration, Integrated print, media, FTP and Webcam servers Can support multiple USB devices simultaneously

Bulky and impractical design, Buggy Web interface, Confusing instruction if you're trying to figure out the special USB features, Throughput at close range could better, No gigabit Ethernet

We like the Asus WL-500W for its wealth of unique features and its strong signal at long range, but its short-range throughput is substandard and there's no gigabit Ethernet support. This is a good choice only for advanced users who will take advantage of...

The Asus WL-500W is a good choice only for advanced users who will take advantage of some of router's USB features and aren't afraid to wade into those waters without help.

Great range and signal penetration, Integrated print, media, FTP and Webcam servers Can support multiple USB devices simultaneously

Bulky and impractical design, Buggy Web interface, Confusing instruction if you're trying to figure out the special USB features, Throughput at close range could better, No gigabit Ethernet

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Two USB ports, four LAN ports, good range

Data throughput too low, No modem