Re: Solar power battery system for WRT54GS

Like I said, I couldn't find a manual. However, it is uses a 12V wall
wart, what current does it draw?

If a repeater would do the job (rather than a bridge), SMC has some
boxes that run off of 5V @1A.
http://www.smc.com/files/AY%5CDS_WEBT_G.pdf
The product is described as a bridge, but it lists repeater in the
modes. I'm not much for the details of networking, but I know there is
a difference.

The big expense in this project will be the solar cells, so you want to
get as low of power on the electronics as possible.


SMS wrote:
miso@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
I couldn't find a manual on-line for this device, but I have run a
Dlink DWL-900AP+ wireless on batteries. The factory supplied power
supply is a 5V switch-mode wallwart. For simplicity, I built my
portable device to run from 6 C cell nicads, then used a low drop-out
voltage regulator that I built using a Texas Instruments chip. [If
relevant, I can dig up the number.]

If you are going to use an off the shelf 12V solar system, you will
need to build a DC/DC converter to reach 5V, most likely a buck
configuration.

Not for the WRT54GS. 12 volts is fine.

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