[TIP] Install Twonky on Asus WL-500W with stock firmware
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Asus WL-500W is a greate wi-fi router with lots of features, one of them being able to use it as a media server to serve movies/songs over your network from a hard disk connected directly to it through USB. But the media server that is included in the official firmware leaves a lot to be desired. If you are a fan of twonky, all you would have heard so far would have been that to use it on your router, you’d have to change your firmware over to a non-official one. If you do not want to take any risks with the custom firmwares, I’ll tell you a simple way to use twonky with the stock firmware itself. Follow these steps:
1. Download Twonky (The MIPS version) and extract/save it to some place on the harddisk attached to your router (e.g. /tmp/harddisk/part0/twonky/ )
2. Create a new shell script for starting twonky automatically (Replace the paths according to where you stored the twonky files in step 1). All you need to do is create a text file with following contents and mark it as executable. We’ll name it init.sh.
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#!/bin/shroute add -net 224.0.0.0 netmask 240.0.0.0 dev br0cd /tmp/harddisk/part0/twonky/tmp/harddisk/part0/twonky/twonkymedia &
3. Copy this script to your harddisk to where you extracted twonky files.
4. Open up the router’s web administration page (most probably at 192.168.1.1), go to the USB section, and put the following line under “Initial Script”:
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/tmp/harddisk/part0/twonky/init.sh
5. Save, reboot and enjoy 
If you have any questions, let me know. Infact, the same tip can be used to install many other such softwares onto your Asus routers series including WL-500g, WL-500gP, WL-500W, etc.
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This post has 9 comments
February 27th, 2009
Download Twonky (The MIPS version)??
which version?
http://www.twonkyforum.com/unsupported/4.4.11/
# Linux MIPS big endian glibc 2.2.5
# Linux MIPS big endian uclibc 0.9.28
# Linux MIPS little endian glibc 2.2.3
# Linux MIPS little endian glibc 2.3.2
# Linux MIPS little endian uclibc 0.9.28
February 28th, 2009
Sorry for missing that, u should take little endian glibc 2.2.3 one.
May 3rd, 2009
Hello.
I just bought my self a WL-500W. Partly to be used a media storage.
I googled a little and found TwonkyMedia and this guide. But I just can't seem to get it to work.
Should Download and Share Master and the Media Server be enabled?
Is there any settings i should be aware of?
Like Network Neighborhood Mode or FTP Mode?
Should i create a User for Twonky or something?
Also, the WL-500W doesn't support the Initial Script to be more than 32 letters.
"/tmp/harddisk/part0/twonky/init.sh" is 34.
Is it okay to name is in.sh?
May 3rd, 2009
So i think i found out what the problem is now. If i go to the system command
http://192.168.1.1/Main_AdmStatus_Content.asp
and type in "/tmp/harddisk/part0/init.sh"
is says "cannot execute"
Do you have a solution for this?
- Mikael
May 4th, 2009
@Mikael: You need to first make this script executable. Try running "chmod +x /tmp/harddisk/part0/init.sh" first..
May 6th, 2009
Hi again,
I tried the +x thing. And now the router just keeps saying "not found" when i try to run the init.sh file.
Sometimes (after reboot) it says "cannot execute" again, and if i do the +x again it goes back to "not found".
May 6th, 2009
For some reason it now says "init.sh: applet not found", when i try to run the init.sh
May 6th, 2009
That seems strange..I'll check out if I can find something about it..
June 17th, 2009
Do you know where the lame mp3 plugin can be found so I can listen to mp3 from my directv hr20?