Computers Tomato or DDWRT?

**Lzen** · 04-24-2008, 04:34 PM

Ok, I just bought a Linksys WRT54GL router and I have read that you should install one of these firmwares. Any CP router experts on here know anything about this? Would you recommend one over the other? Basically, I will be running one desktop PC wired to the router, one laptop (and sometimes a 2nd laptop) wirelessly, another desktop PC that will be wireless, and an Xbox 360 that connects via a Dlink DWL G820 wireless adapter.

**mikeyis4dcats.** · 04-24-2008, 04:59 PM

I run DDWRT

**Lzen** · 04-24-2008, 05:01 PM

Okay, so you run ddwrt. Have you tried or heard/read anything about Tomato? Is there a reason that you prefer ddwrt? From what I am reading, it looks like Tomato might be the better option for me.

irishjayhawk · 04-24-2008, 06:32 PM

Tomato = charts and graphs. Visual stuff.
DDWRT = total command of the router.

I am also wondering about those though. Is it worth it to buy a router that's compatible with either one rather than a newly released one?

**mikeyis4dcats.** · 04-24-2008, 06:51 PM

never heard of Tomato. I installed DDWRT to improve uptime as the Linksys firmware was buggy. Beyond that, I ignore my router.

irishjayhawk · 04-24-2008, 07:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mikeyis4dcats.

never heard of Tomato. I installed DDWRT to improve uptime as the Linksys firmware was buggy. Beyond that, I ignore my router.

What model do you have?

**Lzen** · 04-24-2008, 08:05 PM

Hmmm, tomato is kind of weird. It will take some getting used to. Needs some help menus for people who aren't router gurus.

04-24-2008, 04:34 PM	Topic Starter
Lzen Banded Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Oz Casino cash: $-679308	Tomato or DDWRT? Ok, I just bought a Linksys WRT54GL router and I have read that you should install one of these firmwares. Any CP router experts on here know anything about this? Would you recommend one over the other? Basically, I will be running one desktop PC wired to the router, one laptop (and sometimes a 2nd laptop) wirelessly, another desktop PC that will be wireless, and an Xbox 360 that connects via a Dlink DWL G820 wireless adapter.
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04-24-2008, 04:59 PM	#2
mikeyis4dcats. Scarlett Johansson's boytoy Join Date: Nov 2006 Casino cash: $9555998	I run DDWRT
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04-24-2008, 05:01 PM	#3
Lzen Banded Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Oz Casino cash: $-679308	Okay, so you run ddwrt. Have you tried or heard/read anything about Tomato? Is there a reason that you prefer ddwrt? From what I am reading, it looks like Tomato might be the better option for me. __________________ Conversation would be vastly improved by the constant use of four simple words: I do not know.
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04-24-2008, 06:32 PM	#4
irishjayhawk Feelin' Alright Join Date: Aug 2004 Casino cash: $10004900	Tomato = charts and graphs. Visual stuff. DDWRT = total command of the router. I am also wondering about those though. Is it worth it to buy a router that's compatible with either one rather than a newly released one? __________________ "Think about how stupid the average person is. Then remember that half the people in the world are stupider than that." --George Carlin
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04-24-2008, 06:51 PM	#5
mikeyis4dcats. Scarlett Johansson's boytoy Join Date: Nov 2006 Casino cash: $9555998	never heard of Tomato. I installed DDWRT to improve uptime as the Linksys firmware was buggy. Beyond that, I ignore my router.
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04-24-2008, 08:05 PM	#7
Lzen Banded Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Oz Casino cash: $-679308	Hmmm, tomato is kind of weird. It will take some getting used to. Needs some help menus for people who aren't router gurus. __________________ Conversation would be vastly improved by the constant use of four simple words: I do not know.
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