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post Jun 20 2008, 02:02 PM, updated 14y ago

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What is Tomato ?

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Tomato is a small, lean and simple replacement firmware for Linksys' WRT54G/GL/GS, Buffalo WHR-G54S/WHR-HP-G54 and other Broadcom-based routers. It features a new easy to use GUI, a new bandwidth usage monitor, more advanced QOS and access restrictions, enables new wireless features such as WDS and wireless client modes, raises the limits on maximum connections for P2P, allows you to run your custom scripts or telnet/ssh in and do all sorts of things like re-program the SES/AOSS button, adds wireless site survey to see your wifi neighbors, and more.


Advantages over DD -WRT
Written by me tongue.gif (This is solely based on my view of point. For some of you you may use DD-WRT if you want all the stuff)

DD-WRT is getting heavier and heavier with all the un-needed stuff. they have included a lot of un-needed stuff and the router tends to hang from time to time because of this (the older ones were just fine tongue.gif). Next I've tried OpenWRT , it rocks but pretty much you'll have to configure everything by hand and it sucks big time for lazy people like me. Then i came across with Tomato. At first after trying it out , it seems to be lacking of something. Eventually , I fell in love with it as its simple , easy to use and has a superb QoS functionality (you'll only get that sort of QoS if you pay for the DD-WRT firmware) and as for OpenWRT you'll have to use SSH/Terminal and do it via the terminal (command prompt). Overall , it seems to be pretty good



»» Routers that are known to work with Tomato:
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Linksys WRT54G v1-v4, WRT54GS v1-v4, WRT54GL v1.x, WRTSL54GS (no USB support)
Buffalo WHR-G54S, WHR-HP-G54, WZR-G54, WBR2-G54, WBR-G54, WZR-HP-G54, WZR-RS-G54, WZR-RS-G54HP, WVR-G54-NF, WHR2-A54-G54, WHR3-AG54
Asus WL500G Premium (no USB support), WL500GE
Sparklan WX6615GT, Fuji RT390W, Microsoft MN-700


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More Information : http://www.polarcloud.com/tomato

Download link : http://www.polarcloud.com/f/Tomato_1_19.7z

I'll be posting mine soon tongue.gif


Live Demo : http://lampiweb.com/tomato/status-index.htm
Here we go peeps , lets discuss. Contribute !

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post Jun 20 2008, 03:25 PM

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I do have to agree that tomato is way to lighter (sure it may lack of certain stuff) but its way better then DD-WRT in many ways. Elegant , simple and it gets done things right. before this DD-WRT was something like that , but now they have messed it up totally by adding unwanted stuff
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post Jun 20 2008, 05:22 PM

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Yeah you can just flash it using normal method. But keep in mind you need to restart your settings. do a hard reset as DD-WRT config doesnt work with Tomato. So you'll have to do a hard reset after flashing and re-configure your router
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post Jun 20 2008, 10:58 PM

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I am writing one tutorial for QoS...give me some time !
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post Jun 21 2008, 06:33 PM

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QUOTE(fx_53_xt @ Jun 21 2008, 05:42 PM)
does tomato QoS has the ability to set bandwidth control for each client connected like what they had in paid version of DD WRT?

and frankly speaking, i never did successfully configured my QoS in DD-WRT. Hope tomato QoS is simpler and better

i'm really looking forward to that function.
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Yes it does. Keep in mind that the qos is advance it might take sometime for you
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post Jun 23 2008, 05:20 PM

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anything with encryption pretty much bypasses the QoS. You should include it in other TCP/IP traffic as bulk or the lowest
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post Jun 24 2008, 05:45 PM

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I'll be giving the modded version a shot tongue.gif
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post Jun 24 2008, 07:00 PM

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wow the speedmod firmware has many options. You can increase concurrent connections up to 6000 ! (faster p2p)


Added on June 24, 2008, 10:51 pmOh My God , the modded version is damn cool

P2P Obfuscation FTW !. i've noticed that my BitTorrent speed rose from 15Kilobytes/sec to 30 Kilobytes/sec !

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post Jun 25 2008, 05:15 PM

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I prefer the modded one as it comes with improved QoS. The speedmod just comes with the speed mod but the modded version comes with improved qos and the ablility to overclock the rotuer's cpu to handle high load !
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post Jun 25 2008, 05:42 PM

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http://www.filesend.net/download.php?f=d7e...5941c8f6d1ec491

I am using that

_ Updated to BusyBox 1.10.2 (IP WAN DHCP renew tested and fixed)
_ JHash Conntrack 8092 connection (Speed Mod)
_ Conntrack default values adjusted for high P2P load
_ Theme for visual handicaped
_ Eight additional themes, Bluedream, Enlightenedd, Tijuana, Asus, Linksys, Buffalo
_ Spain TZ included
_ CPU Frequency.
_ Previous IP display
_ Two additional window for Button script
_ Bandwidth Limiter per IP/MAC
_ Code Optimization

It comes with SpeedMod + lots of mods and its way faster. It has improved QoS , which is better then regular Tomato !

http://www.linksysinfo.org/forums/showthread.php?t=57912

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post Jun 25 2008, 08:17 PM

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For DD-WRT , I recommend you to do a clear flash and then re-flash. Downgrade it to Linksys Original Firmware and then flash it from the original linksys firmware. Its far better then DD-WRT. Plus I've been noticing improvement for my p2p connections. Its way better now tongue.gif
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post Jun 25 2008, 08:43 PM

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The other option you have is to do a direct flash. it will work , but you'll have to hard reset your router. That is how I did

I flashed directly from DD-WRT. Then i had to hold the reset button for 30 seconds so that it will remove the old settings !
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post Jun 27 2008, 06:24 PM

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QUOTE(Intrigue @ Jun 27 2008, 06:09 PM)
another tomato-er reporting in!
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Are you into p2p ?
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post Jun 27 2008, 07:42 PM

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QUOTE(Intrigue @ Jun 27 2008, 06:50 PM)
yea.. definitely.. thats what streamyx for.
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Use Speedmod version or the modded version. It improves overall RAM usage and total number of connections.
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post Jun 27 2008, 10:28 PM

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QUOTE(xjukie @ Jun 27 2008, 09:21 PM)
so we can say speedmod for p2p geek and victek for superb QoS?
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victek is jack of all trades. Victeck mod's includes the speedmod + Improved QoS. But since it has some extras , it doesn't give you as much of Free RAM as Speedmod's firmware. Both do have its pros and cons. If you are more into p2p and you want more memory space , then opt for speedmod. but if you're into qosing and p2p too , then opt for Victek
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post Jun 28 2008, 06:16 PM

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Well Tomato firmware is getting popular and its way better then DD-WRT in many ways. especially when it comes to stability. DD-WRT was once a good firmware and it is now bloated up as windows vista.
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post Jul 13 2008, 08:25 AM

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QUOTE(kaiserreich @ Jul 13 2008, 02:38 AM)
I have trouble configuring the QoS function, it seems that when my housemates uses Xunlei, no matter what I do to the QoS settings, there is still significant lag in the web surfing speed. Max connection is at 4096. no ACK is turned on. Checking the QoS bandwith list, the Xunlei bandwith is in the class I set it to be, which is lowest. I had the maximum upload for it at 50% and download at 40% and yet, it's still hogging the bandwith. Another thing is that, I tried with utorrent and port forwarded it, yet, turning it on would still produce some significant lag to web surfing.

one more thing, how much can I boost the antenna value, since I'm sitting next to the router, I don't want my brains to be fried.
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Xunlei uses port 80 - which is HTTP Traffic. You'll have to set HTTP Trafic for yoyur friend. Plus its a bit hard to throttle Xunlei as well as it can jump one port to another and it can bypass firewall !
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post Jul 13 2008, 08:43 AM

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Linksys can flash back to its original firmware , not too sure about kerbau aka Buffalo
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post Jul 13 2008, 01:47 PM

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You'll have to recompile the whole firmware for that. plus it will tremendously increase the load in the router
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post Jul 13 2008, 02:04 PM

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OpenWRT does support kaid -> http://www.macsat.com/macsat/index.php?opt...id=49&Itemid=37

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