Free $500 Router Upgrade (For your junk $50 Router!)
Monday, September 29th, 2008 running time 20:54
Your router gets a major upgrade with the free Tomato Firmware: monitor bandwidth consumption, boost your WiFi signal, make major QoS tweaks, track the results with shiny graphics... and more!
Frank wrote in:
I'd like to give you a project suggestion for Systm: show us the proper method for upgrading an older wireless router with ddwrt firmware.
Frank in Tulsa
Great idea, especially since Patrick's long suffering Linksys WRT54G has been a touch flakey after the last firmware upgrade.
We just want to make one change: DD-WRT is great, but we're more into the Tomato Firmware upgrade... it's a tad less polished looking, but has slightly better quality of service contol than DD-WRT, allows boosting your your WiFi output, and has amazing bandwidth monitoring tools, which are great to keep in mind in wake of the new Comcast cap!
It runs on Linksys' WRT54G/GL/GS, Buffalo WHR-G54S/WHR-HP-G54 and other Broadcom-based routers, and, as Wikipedia puts it, is "based on the GPL sourcecode released by Linksys, but includes proprietary binary modules from the chipset manufacturer Broadcom. Portions of the code are licensed under the GNU General Public License, but the source code for the user interface is under a more restrictive license which forbids use without the author's permission." Which is to say, it's Open Source.
You can download the Tomato firmware at polarcloud.com/tomato.
The Tomato Firmware Wiki is incredibly helpful.
Here's the Tomato FAQ if you're curious.
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" Wow."
" Today's system is sponsored by the United states air force backs different by choice and godaddy.com. Our track your bandwidth consumption across your household boosting Wi-Fi transmit power better quality service controlled there are tolerant of reasons to upgrade the firmware in your home routers on the steps that a system we planted tomato firmware game are rather a major make over."
" But the system a better Norton and I'm -- Cochran. I -- occasional -- it's actually than usual for me no no burning those guards posted because this did projects for a house -- story. -- officer -- with your opinion. -- She made some joke and he did. You're gonna love it in your car back over you like. It's great and epoxy off the -- way we -- in email actually got an email I now live frank wrote in. -- you'd like to give us project four system. Show us the proper method for upgrading older wireless routers with DWR team firmer franken helps. Now frank -- this question actually a lot of people ask this question break we love this idea especially since my beloved and long suffering Linksys to be working towards the Ellis but it's such -- after last firmware upgrade. So I have it right here at fragrant make one change dean WRT is great we're going to go with the tomato firmware upgrade it's a bit less polished looking but has slightly better quality of service control -- WRT. Allows boosting your Wi-Fi output and has amazing -- with monitoring tools which are great to keep in mind in wake of the new Comcast cap. Your big fan volume if you live and if you live in the states. You know your brought your broad bent his income -- if you live outside the states are gonna think we're a bunch of whiners. Could you have like forty -- a dvd of your keys really -- especially if he wants more high end features that most of us never touched. -- is good and there are tons of other options like street at York he hyper W Arty people were open to New York he terror you know. -- Yeah. And why people like the acronyms and it's as lot of basically works on the project -- respect tomato. Tomato open source pointed out -- didn't even start work -- dot com slash tomatoes the website don't even start that. And I I like today that this is what they think it's a small lead in -- replacement firmware from Linksys is that your TV to four GG yelled yes but be of buffalo but the hard word to say they're BH RG 54 has to be jar each PG PG for another Broadcom based routers basically -- Broadcom -- Has possibility being operated business you do we you've been with uses monitor more advanced who has access restrictions. And to be yes wireless client modes that you don't seem normal firmware raise the limits on -- of nexus for peer to peer pleasure and customs -- and tell that just a ton of really good stuff and weird stuff like. Reprogramming the little security buttons on the fronts a wireless surveys to see what is on. The Internet around you directly from around from where we. Really liked the band would monitor and the grass for stuff like quality of service now before we start a ton -- available on tomato firmware Wiki and every that you're alive that's too long it's right there and there are a long list of routers that are known to work with tomato -- you should check the Wiki -- yours work. Other articles than ten minutes just -- easily easily. -- part this is just like installing any firmware upgrade on error bigger and it's made a firm where he's JavaScript for Ajax to make sure you got a modern browser such as Firefox one or June opera nine -- six or seven -- stone -- browsers will have problems. He won a wired connection and a wireless connection you be doing over the wireless connection if things go wrong. We're showing -- little Linksys routers. They're creating a buffalo rhetoric you need to read the instructions in the Wiki and print them out before you start this RTS am hopefully this feels familiar fueling this route because you should have been selling for here. Upgrades for security updates if nothing else to really simple download the latest version of the -- from where your machine's desktop. And you're gonna need to download a tool that can open a -- the archives as -- sevens it because it's -- a firmware is compressed with a seven zip compression tool which you probably don't have. Or you probably don't have to be able unpack these sevens it compression format now and -- build wins it. When it's the other businesses like in open source compression that they say is 1020%. Better at packing down. Stuff this data. Stuff -- zeros and ones saying it opened a Linksys."
" your browser it's most likely 192 -- 168 dot one -- one and enter your login and password. Okay good when you're there click the administration tab and then the firmware upgrades. Select. And the firmware for your honor. What you've got that weight while the firmware is uploaded and flashed this may take awhile. And it's. Alive to --"
" But let's take a moment now for short message from the United states air force."
" Tech O'Donnell Wagner. Six air force -- the commander reported that wants of course water. You know about one of the part of space program and the air forces. Exciting place you just bad we'll -- realized -- air force base program is equivalent to massive size and scope and most cases mark. The shuttle launches about once a month. And I've got real losses here in the next thirty days so -- You want to be in the space program here we're through with the."
" Smear me to go to ready for a little as six dollars and 99 cents -- going to get a free one year extension plus. Guaranteed -- price. Then any dot com makes transferring easy for the transfer factors that means -- and offers loads of extras including hosting. But Pete's -- build a complete email -- will be -- control towards them spooky to me. And quite a bit more visible for as little as six dollars and 99 cents plus go to any recently started registering dot CA domain names so our Canadian friends. It needed to -- in March in lock even better theater and the coach fifth sixth that's thats what ethics you check out -- going to score initial 20% off. On the B twelve or 24 month hosting plan for certain to apply. Please keep the site for details and get your feet to the Internet and donated comedy Mexico's fifth sixth. Support us by supporting. Our sponsors."
" Artsy reboot it and then you plug in Great Britain. Had been had been should be the login and password that doesn't work try using your old password and there're login and password if that's what we're probably been reset to Batman Batman yet that doesn't work fire up the reset button. When your box as we and you just want to work. And then things are little different from your traditional for -- around -- check this out so we have to -- firmware here. It's bad it's -- simple looking it's pretty basic and let's go into. Administration. Administration and they configuration. This is the scariest part select the erase all data in endearing and and thorough and click okay. Right after the restart again in the factory. Passwords should be set to add an -- in this case the open source for more of the factory escort you back there do you think -- come up with better. -- Let's just so big events during the -- is so. It's easy to log into people's routers who have not secured them. That's when you -- Exactly. It's getting it passed anyway 23 for supper wait for a moment that are so Wally defaults are restored. And -- are made for more. Yeah a so. If you can't blogging indicating that means it will step theory raise the MB ram has this but the week he says you can hit. The FTSE OSS button on the front it's basically the securities -- them for twenty plus seconds to be able to tell me into the machine. Obviously been an important 33 this sounds like chipper Q any idea and Seagram did he beat underscore password is frightening. Either fight for his familiar with the elixir of as a programming are basically when -- administration. Or try to -- telly program for your computer into the box and you'll be able to retrieve her passport. What do they'll remember to reboot the brouder after retrieve your password and closed the back door all the witnesses in the Wiki and yes you can't disable this behavior and add new buttons so that. People can't basically score access your routers so fun stuff fun stuff stuff this is your -- doing."
" So this your firmware the state is an overview is basically the -- page in this one -- the information on what's going on with -- or brouder. -- basic elements that up times we've actually been running for a whopping six minutes CPU load pretty low and it's. One minute by minute fifteen minutes you have memory is being used a wide area connection and your local area connections wireless connection to be seeking."
" Cremation inside of there. Now if you go into the device list -- BR zero on this is he your -- that wired ethernet devices. We don't have anything wirelessly connect in this yet so that I the second mile and one each -- Wind connection. And bandwidth is where things start getting. Really -- to get -- the serve wide access a network connection. And what's nice about is basically uses an idea what's going on with all of our different types of devices. And here we go to basically tell we started playing. The video on this isn't he exciting and let's. Dallas ups right click. Send link just. Most of -- desktop. And we should watch -- spike in our bandwidth consumption on this so well in America. And yes. Things are starting to spike on the -- so we going here -- the start ethernet connection -- with this is -- consumption inside the device was kind of fun about it -- last point four hours. And it also gets daily consumption. Weekly consumption and yes if you think about it I'm Jessica your monthly consumption for everything that runs through this routers so they have every device your house."
" Whether it's a village of food you box that basically you know is is an appliance or your computers is that you basically what's going on with -- Monthly consumption in the Comcast it was going to show understand exactly. That this wouldn't do it right here be easier to ethernet connection and we are looking it over here. He is our -- conceptions -- every two seconds. This display basically this chart is updated every few seconds and -- the last ten minutes that would consumption. -- tab of the toppling basically select which devices are talking about ethernet. Then -- and and this gives you an idea that's basically the video we're downloading on this particular machine. Taking it's likely that. So he's listening bandwidth for the whole household for everybody on the network everything it's connected this routers basically going to track all of that also on a daily basis and -- weekly basis and monthly basis obviously we haven't been seeing -- with right now. But basically. You know if you've got an apple TV you've got a new box if you're pulling ideologue you're drinking you box whatever you're using. That polls bits over the Internet and through this routers going to track to to release its way to keep yourself from getting in trouble with the monthly cap. At your local level and you can find out if your image dominant form well you do you fighting rates demo out of something that -- into fraud. The charts are scalable vector graphics which are pretty slick. Photographs -- going to need and asking gene -- web browser which means. Puzzle Firefox safari three curator explored going to install plug in from Adobe. And you find the Adobe SPG viewer basically your answer -- So paying we don't -- into the trees through whatever wireless survey that was."
" Really interesting."
" So this giant list. Is every wireless device that this can detect. And it's pretty nuts so actually this is doing a better job than -- teens and wireless packets interest you so this of the revision -- the speed on the -- like right next to us. Spaces Wi-Fi and receiver and you wrote that remembers you for -- kind of fund is giving you. Noise floor. All -- scale what so channel she -- saying. And what it's doing in terms. It's encryption which is really really but. The scenario everybody -- the neighbor's doing WL is really insane I've never seen this before anywhere. It will actually allow you to use in the wake on land packets -- eating -- network. So doing teachers seriously they're gone you actually have. We coming configured for ethnic market actually finally I use it got big company itself. Advance. Hands good and T wireless. And this is kind of fun rights."
" The usual PG loads which is you know channel SS ID Mac address and implications for tax devices. And this community EP -- hit a key isolation -- fun. Because it allows you really your -- and a coffee shop or implicit if you work much freaks AP isolation prevents wireless clients from talking connecting to each other so people don't try to scam on each other that's are really cool feature that thing it's kind of fun is that. To censor ACK timing you can senate in meters and is perfect and -- the approximate maximum distance that somebody can connect to. Do you want to five point force if somebody's outside your bill Lange and you got an open connection is not -- her protected basically what you can -- is that."
" Only people and then twenty feet right you know three meters whatever can connect to mind. Exactly it's approximate people absolutely endless -- but the idea -- to keeps -- you know somebody from like. Two blocks away from like political can't handle EG. Often your -- so it's not perfect people shall be able to just run -- parked outside my house I really don't have to worry about him mr. element if you set it for very narrow that -- the ideas that you can't help keep it's a here. Mode here for you for TV antenna it's kind of funky actually set there's two antennas and -- Linksys routers you can use. Which -- in -- for transmitting and receiving. And one that people get really really excited about is that transmit power so this basically allows you to configure it transmit power -- If you crank this up to maximum. -- probably not going to see a lot of them -- back we do we talked about a back the Wi-Fi on this is why -- episode months and it's is it basically transmitting and the like basically transmission was. Ordered no doctor for eastern -- and Wi-Fi is going to be pretty and -- is. A good antenna. It's a lot more useful than a strong transmitter for the Wi-Fi connection. Four accused the kind of stocks setting that 84 -- Watson's usually see anything about me so Douglas Adams was right what's that everything's for -- okay. It's a really funny. -- you will never. Ever get back this conversation. DBS has built in port forwarding triggering DMZ -- coming on backed. You know I don't know. That's -- connections 4006. Is these stocks setting the player without it when it really really easy. And winner isn't good firewall. There so there's our Mac address you -- the last sealed -- Mac addresses that are attached to the machine. Port for excessive means basically. Typical port forwarding enemies like -- UP and quality service is actually pretty wild. Of the machine -- UP and."
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" And when you're typing in your fresh pass for you definitely want to use it has heard -- upper case character a lower case character a number and gave extra character you know start dollar sign political fancy well you know it does help to keep those bad neighbors out of here. --"
" Yea -- and I remembered it so tomato firmware we hope we've given you. Enough tools to expire with tomato firmware if you were curious about it DDW Ortiz another option you -- and tuberculosis rhetoric and."
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" Today's system is sponsored by the United states air force backs different by choice and godaddy.com. Our track your bandwidth consumption across your household boosting Wi-Fi transmit power better quality service controlled there are tolerant of reasons to upgrade the firmware in your home routers on the steps that a system we planted tomato firmware game are rather a major make over."
" But the system a better Norton and I'm -- Cochran. I -- occasional -- it's actually than usual for me no no burning those guards posted because this did projects for a house -- story. -- officer -- with your opinion. -- She made some joke and he did. You're gonna love it in your car back over you like. It's great and epoxy off the -- way we -- in email actually got an email I now live frank wrote in. -- you'd like to give us project four system. Show us the proper method for upgrading older wireless routers with DWR team firmer franken helps. Now frank -- this question actually a lot of people ask this question break we love this idea especially since my beloved and long suffering Linksys to be working towards the Ellis but it's such -- after last firmware upgrade. So I have it right here at fragrant make one change dean WRT is great we're going to go with the tomato firmware upgrade it's a bit less polished looking but has slightly better quality of service control -- WRT. Allows boosting your Wi-Fi output and has amazing -- with monitoring tools which are great to keep in mind in wake of the new Comcast cap. Your big fan volume if you live and if you live in the states. You know your brought your broad bent his income -- if you live outside the states are gonna think we're a bunch of whiners. Could you have like forty -- a dvd of your keys really -- especially if he wants more high end features that most of us never touched. -- is good and there are tons of other options like street at York he hyper W Arty people were open to New York he terror you know. -- Yeah. And why people like the acronyms and it's as lot of basically works on the project -- respect tomato. Tomato open source pointed out -- didn't even start work -- dot com slash tomatoes the website don't even start that. And I I like today that this is what they think it's a small lead in -- replacement firmware from Linksys is that your TV to four GG yelled yes but be of buffalo but the hard word to say they're BH RG 54 has to be jar each PG PG for another Broadcom based routers basically -- Broadcom -- Has possibility being operated business you do we you've been with uses monitor more advanced who has access restrictions. And to be yes wireless client modes that you don't seem normal firmware raise the limits on -- of nexus for peer to peer pleasure and customs -- and tell that just a ton of really good stuff and weird stuff like. Reprogramming the little security buttons on the fronts a wireless surveys to see what is on. The Internet around you directly from around from where we. Really liked the band would monitor and the grass for stuff like quality of service now before we start a ton -- available on tomato firmware Wiki and every that you're alive that's too long it's right there and there are a long list of routers that are known to work with tomato -- you should check the Wiki -- yours work. Other articles than ten minutes just -- easily easily. -- part this is just like installing any firmware upgrade on error bigger and it's made a firm where he's JavaScript for Ajax to make sure you got a modern browser such as Firefox one or June opera nine -- six or seven -- stone -- browsers will have problems. He won a wired connection and a wireless connection you be doing over the wireless connection if things go wrong. We're showing -- little Linksys routers. They're creating a buffalo rhetoric you need to read the instructions in the Wiki and print them out before you start this RTS am hopefully this feels familiar fueling this route because you should have been selling for here. Upgrades for security updates if nothing else to really simple download the latest version of the -- from where your machine's desktop. And you're gonna need to download a tool that can open a -- the archives as -- sevens it because it's -- a firmware is compressed with a seven zip compression tool which you probably don't have. Or you probably don't have to be able unpack these sevens it compression format now and -- build wins it. When it's the other businesses like in open source compression that they say is 1020%. Better at packing down. Stuff this data. Stuff -- zeros and ones saying it opened a Linksys."
" your browser it's most likely 192 -- 168 dot one -- one and enter your login and password. Okay good when you're there click the administration tab and then the firmware upgrades. Select. And the firmware for your honor. What you've got that weight while the firmware is uploaded and flashed this may take awhile. And it's. Alive to --"
" But let's take a moment now for short message from the United states air force."
" Tech O'Donnell Wagner. Six air force -- the commander reported that wants of course water. You know about one of the part of space program and the air forces. Exciting place you just bad we'll -- realized -- air force base program is equivalent to massive size and scope and most cases mark. The shuttle launches about once a month. And I've got real losses here in the next thirty days so -- You want to be in the space program here we're through with the."
" Smear me to go to ready for a little as six dollars and 99 cents -- going to get a free one year extension plus. Guaranteed -- price. Then any dot com makes transferring easy for the transfer factors that means -- and offers loads of extras including hosting. But Pete's -- build a complete email -- will be -- control towards them spooky to me. And quite a bit more visible for as little as six dollars and 99 cents plus go to any recently started registering dot CA domain names so our Canadian friends. It needed to -- in March in lock even better theater and the coach fifth sixth that's thats what ethics you check out -- going to score initial 20% off. On the B twelve or 24 month hosting plan for certain to apply. Please keep the site for details and get your feet to the Internet and donated comedy Mexico's fifth sixth. Support us by supporting. Our sponsors."
" Artsy reboot it and then you plug in Great Britain. Had been had been should be the login and password that doesn't work try using your old password and there're login and password if that's what we're probably been reset to Batman Batman yet that doesn't work fire up the reset button. When your box as we and you just want to work. And then things are little different from your traditional for -- around -- check this out so we have to -- firmware here. It's bad it's -- simple looking it's pretty basic and let's go into. Administration. Administration and they configuration. This is the scariest part select the erase all data in endearing and and thorough and click okay. Right after the restart again in the factory. Passwords should be set to add an -- in this case the open source for more of the factory escort you back there do you think -- come up with better. -- Let's just so big events during the -- is so. It's easy to log into people's routers who have not secured them. That's when you -- Exactly. It's getting it passed anyway 23 for supper wait for a moment that are so Wally defaults are restored. And -- are made for more. Yeah a so. If you can't blogging indicating that means it will step theory raise the MB ram has this but the week he says you can hit. The FTSE OSS button on the front it's basically the securities -- them for twenty plus seconds to be able to tell me into the machine. Obviously been an important 33 this sounds like chipper Q any idea and Seagram did he beat underscore password is frightening. Either fight for his familiar with the elixir of as a programming are basically when -- administration. Or try to -- telly program for your computer into the box and you'll be able to retrieve her passport. What do they'll remember to reboot the brouder after retrieve your password and closed the back door all the witnesses in the Wiki and yes you can't disable this behavior and add new buttons so that. People can't basically score access your routers so fun stuff fun stuff stuff this is your -- doing."
" So this your firmware the state is an overview is basically the -- page in this one -- the information on what's going on with -- or brouder. -- basic elements that up times we've actually been running for a whopping six minutes CPU load pretty low and it's. One minute by minute fifteen minutes you have memory is being used a wide area connection and your local area connections wireless connection to be seeking."
" Cremation inside of there. Now if you go into the device list -- BR zero on this is he your -- that wired ethernet devices. We don't have anything wirelessly connect in this yet so that I the second mile and one each -- Wind connection. And bandwidth is where things start getting. Really -- to get -- the serve wide access a network connection. And what's nice about is basically uses an idea what's going on with all of our different types of devices. And here we go to basically tell we started playing. The video on this isn't he exciting and let's. Dallas ups right click. Send link just. Most of -- desktop. And we should watch -- spike in our bandwidth consumption on this so well in America. And yes. Things are starting to spike on the -- so we going here -- the start ethernet connection -- with this is -- consumption inside the device was kind of fun about it -- last point four hours. And it also gets daily consumption. Weekly consumption and yes if you think about it I'm Jessica your monthly consumption for everything that runs through this routers so they have every device your house."
" Whether it's a village of food you box that basically you know is is an appliance or your computers is that you basically what's going on with -- Monthly consumption in the Comcast it was going to show understand exactly. That this wouldn't do it right here be easier to ethernet connection and we are looking it over here. He is our -- conceptions -- every two seconds. This display basically this chart is updated every few seconds and -- the last ten minutes that would consumption. -- tab of the toppling basically select which devices are talking about ethernet. Then -- and and this gives you an idea that's basically the video we're downloading on this particular machine. Taking it's likely that. So he's listening bandwidth for the whole household for everybody on the network everything it's connected this routers basically going to track all of that also on a daily basis and -- weekly basis and monthly basis obviously we haven't been seeing -- with right now. But basically. You know if you've got an apple TV you've got a new box if you're pulling ideologue you're drinking you box whatever you're using. That polls bits over the Internet and through this routers going to track to to release its way to keep yourself from getting in trouble with the monthly cap. At your local level and you can find out if your image dominant form well you do you fighting rates demo out of something that -- into fraud. The charts are scalable vector graphics which are pretty slick. Photographs -- going to need and asking gene -- web browser which means. Puzzle Firefox safari three curator explored going to install plug in from Adobe. And you find the Adobe SPG viewer basically your answer -- So paying we don't -- into the trees through whatever wireless survey that was."
" Really interesting."
" So this giant list. Is every wireless device that this can detect. And it's pretty nuts so actually this is doing a better job than -- teens and wireless packets interest you so this of the revision -- the speed on the -- like right next to us. Spaces Wi-Fi and receiver and you wrote that remembers you for -- kind of fund is giving you. Noise floor. All -- scale what so channel she -- saying. And what it's doing in terms. It's encryption which is really really but. The scenario everybody -- the neighbor's doing WL is really insane I've never seen this before anywhere. It will actually allow you to use in the wake on land packets -- eating -- network. So doing teachers seriously they're gone you actually have. We coming configured for ethnic market actually finally I use it got big company itself. Advance. Hands good and T wireless. And this is kind of fun rights."
" The usual PG loads which is you know channel SS ID Mac address and implications for tax devices. And this community EP -- hit a key isolation -- fun. Because it allows you really your -- and a coffee shop or implicit if you work much freaks AP isolation prevents wireless clients from talking connecting to each other so people don't try to scam on each other that's are really cool feature that thing it's kind of fun is that. To censor ACK timing you can senate in meters and is perfect and -- the approximate maximum distance that somebody can connect to. Do you want to five point force if somebody's outside your bill Lange and you got an open connection is not -- her protected basically what you can -- is that."
" Only people and then twenty feet right you know three meters whatever can connect to mind. Exactly it's approximate people absolutely endless -- but the idea -- to keeps -- you know somebody from like. Two blocks away from like political can't handle EG. Often your -- so it's not perfect people shall be able to just run -- parked outside my house I really don't have to worry about him mr. element if you set it for very narrow that -- the ideas that you can't help keep it's a here. Mode here for you for TV antenna it's kind of funky actually set there's two antennas and -- Linksys routers you can use. Which -- in -- for transmitting and receiving. And one that people get really really excited about is that transmit power so this basically allows you to configure it transmit power -- If you crank this up to maximum. -- probably not going to see a lot of them -- back we do we talked about a back the Wi-Fi on this is why -- episode months and it's is it basically transmitting and the like basically transmission was. Ordered no doctor for eastern -- and Wi-Fi is going to be pretty and -- is. A good antenna. It's a lot more useful than a strong transmitter for the Wi-Fi connection. Four accused the kind of stocks setting that 84 -- Watson's usually see anything about me so Douglas Adams was right what's that everything's for -- okay. It's a really funny. -- you will never. Ever get back this conversation. DBS has built in port forwarding triggering DMZ -- coming on backed. You know I don't know. That's -- connections 4006. Is these stocks setting the player without it when it really really easy. And winner isn't good firewall. There so there's our Mac address you -- the last sealed -- Mac addresses that are attached to the machine. Port for excessive means basically. Typical port forwarding enemies like -- UP and quality service is actually pretty wild. Of the machine -- UP and."
" Time now for word from our sponsor of -- different by choice. The key on the facts label. Is electronic traffic ticket from new coat of arms and it's -- Bremen Germany to celebrate that heritage expect has created the key club under made up of and for the community of -- strength. Open any veteran -- if that's what -- their loyal customers with access to special events exclusive content and -- here. Like this snazzy -- holder. It's -- sign up today at that ski club netcom and unlock the possibilities such as Swedish in terms."
" Normally the benefit."
" there isn't -- shows or vision to re -- dot com we want you to go check them out to help us decide which one should be called up to the major leagues of the main reason three site. It shows a white hacking technology. -- tell me future sex all of investing music quite a bit more to do yourself a favor -- us a favor. And go check out provision three -- dot com need to glimpse of the future. Under that television."
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Started discussion: September 29, 2008 @ 4:43pm GMT
Episode 71 - Free $500 Router Upgrade (For your junk $50 Router!) [Discussion]
Your router gets a major upgrade with the free Tomato Firmware: monitor bandwidth consumption, boost your WiFi signal, make major QoS tweaks, track the results with shiny graphics... and more!
Download the episode here
Darkknight512
about 1 year ago
LOL... I just bought a WRT54GL 4 hours ago (2 hours before this ep came out lol) and installed DD-WRT on it, so far I'm lovin it, hopefully this ep will teach me how to setup the QoS because I half get it.
jdhore
about 1 year ago
I'm surprised how little discussion or how little explanation there was about the QoS...That was one of the features you guys said Tomato had over DD-WRT and you didn't explain it at all :( I think there should either be a full episode or a small segment on an appropriate episode (another router segment or a m0n0wall/smoothwall episode) on how to setup QoS.
I only suggest this because a lot of people nowadays are using Hulu and Netflix streaming and AppleTV and VOIP and if i'm torrenting, i want my VOIP calls to be clear...Or other similar stuff...This was also discussed a little bit in that one episode of Tekzilla, but that was just basically saying: "Look at the QoS settings in your router".
BTW, awesome outtakes...lol :P
I only suggest this because a lot of people nowadays are using Hulu and Netflix streaming and AppleTV and VOIP and if i'm torrenting, i want my VOIP calls to be clear...Or other similar stuff...This was also discussed a little bit in that one episode of Tekzilla, but that was just basically saying: "Look at the QoS settings in your router".
BTW, awesome outtakes...lol :P
headshot1485
about 1 year ago
Funny outakes, hot Swedish intern that knows how to open a beer for the win.
She seems to do well on camera.
"Systm" viewers are hopefully pretty advanced, and I would have liked to see more explanation of some of the advanced features of tomato, or perhaps an alternative. I'm going to flash my router after I hit "Submit Reply", however. So, Good work!
She seems to do well on camera.
"Systm" viewers are hopefully pretty advanced, and I would have liked to see more explanation of some of the advanced features of tomato, or perhaps an alternative. I'm going to flash my router after I hit "Submit Reply", however. So, Good work!
jimcavoli
about 1 year ago
Someone Edited Poorly
I noticed when Pat was flipping through the site survey that someone in the edit room tried to be courteous and blurred out the MAC address column. Right about 12:49, however, the view behind the blurry rectangle jumps back and one notable MAC is visible beneath the blur:00:1E:52:7A:10:A7
SSID? R3, of course.
So you guys have an AirPort of some sort running your wifi?
Not terribly useful info, but sort of funny.
hbeierg
about 1 year ago
i recently tried to do this with DD-WRT to a WRT54G router without successes and just ended up resetting the router but ever sins then everything has been in Spanish which i cannot read. anyone have a solution to my problem?
perditio44
about 1 year ago
Back in mid-August, I decided to upgrade my router's firmware. At first, I wanted to go with DD-WRT, but after some research, I decided there was too much work and too much risk. So I went with Tomato instead. I haven't really had any problems with it, and the bandwidth monitor is great. Also, you can change the theme or use your own CSS if you like (takes some work to get it on there tho).
The only problem I have had was about a week or two ago, I found that my cable modem had the upstream and downstream lights flashing. I called my ISP and they said they had a problem handshaking with my router, but it was a quick 2 minute fix and I was back on. I highly recommend the Tomato firmware for quick and easy installation and fair ease of use.
Edit: My router is the Linksys WRT54GS v4
The only problem I have had was about a week or two ago, I found that my cable modem had the upstream and downstream lights flashing. I called my ISP and they said they had a problem handshaking with my router, but it was a quick 2 minute fix and I was back on. I highly recommend the Tomato firmware for quick and easy installation and fair ease of use.
Edit: My router is the Linksys WRT54GS v4
davmoo
about 1 year ago
Great episode! The only thing I could question would be, like a previous poster said, QoS was rather glossed over.
I ran DD-WRT for about a year. For what it is, it was great. But every time I tried to add modules for extra functionality to it (like bandwidth monitoring), failure was the only real result.
Tomato, on the other hand, may not look as polished, but it has *far* more functionality built in. It just works. And thanks to Tomato, I know that I've thus far soaked up 99.74GB of bandwidth during the month of September.
I am, however, *very seriously* worried about David. In the studio with him is a Swedish camera operator...and not only is she beautiful, opening beer bottles is one of her hobbies. And yet he hugs on and daydreams Patrick :eek:
I ran DD-WRT for about a year. For what it is, it was great. But every time I tried to add modules for extra functionality to it (like bandwidth monitoring), failure was the only real result.
Tomato, on the other hand, may not look as polished, but it has *far* more functionality built in. It just works. And thanks to Tomato, I know that I've thus far soaked up 99.74GB of bandwidth during the month of September.
I am, however, *very seriously* worried about David. In the studio with him is a Swedish camera operator...and not only is she beautiful, opening beer bottles is one of her hobbies. And yet he hugs on and daydreams Patrick :eek:
geekhut
about 1 year ago
Considering the switch
Have been using DD-WRT for about three years and there are features I just can't live without.After looking into tomato's wiki I found these features are fully supported! So I am making the switch after this post.
I think a lot of people do not really utilize the full power of these little boxes. There are a ton of VERY useful services such as internal DNS, Additional DHCP configuration parameters (like pointing to a box running TFTP for PXE) and RADIUS using Chilispot (plus DB box for auth and logging)
Super awesome-o show, looks like Peter should have been the one drinking - it appeared he was having a bad day.
computoman
about 1 year ago
I bought a cheap router to use while I did the upgrade would I still have internet at worse case scenario. Also to have online access incase I needed some online docs or help. I have a buffalo router and they can be funky in these situations. I am on the ackup router now. and I will try tomato tonight.










