Honestly...  i think tomato is a lot bettter that ddwrt..   I'm not a networking genius by any streth of the imagination, but from a functional perspective i have to reboot the unit far less than i ever did with stock or DDWRT FW.   I loaded it up first about 10 months ago, and haven't spend much effort on ddwrt since.  ddwrt feels like a  re-skin with a few extra features...  tomato is just a whole lot better UI and admin console.  graphing and charting of BW usage is excellent as well...  i keep track of my BW uage on NVRAM in the routers.  it keeps daily/monthly/year totals that stay after reboots/upgrades.  if you haven't tried it, i highly recomment it. 

make sure you read up about the passwords...  doing a full hard reset before flashing is advisable and validate the default password before you go tomato.

Good Luck!



On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 8:00 PM, Blake Gonterman <gnunixguy@gmail.com> wrote:
How does tomato compare to the dd-wrt firmware?

Eric Schleicher <eric.schleicher@gmail.com> wrote:

>Yes this can be accomplished very easily with tomato firmware.   you just go
>to the "device list" page and then click on the IP curently assigned to a
>specific MAC.  from there you can change it to still use DHCP, but to be
>provided with the SAME IP.  don't forget the destroy the current lease when
>you change the ip of a connected device, otherwise it will take some time
>for you IP address mapping to take place.
>
>-Eric
>
>
>On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 3:07 PM, Eric Cope <eric.cope@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I'm sorry. The router gets a dynamic IP address from Cox. I meant static
>> IPs for my local computers. I have a Dlink router on another network that
>> can assign IP addresses statically to computers that obtain IP addresses via
>> DHCP. I find that feature very useful for port forwarding, etc.
>> Thanks in advance,
>> Eric
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 2:55 PM, Gilbert T. Gutierrez, Jr. <
>> mailing-lists@phoenixinternet.net> wrote:
>>
>>>  There should be a dropdown box on the main page that by default says
>>> "Automatic Configuration - DHCP" that should be changed to "Static IP".
>>> This will provide the boxes necessary to input a static IP.  As with all
>>> Linksys products, the default IP to point your web browser is 192.168.1.1,
>>> no username, password of "admin".
>>>
>>> Gilbert
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>  *From:* Eric Cope <eric.cope@gmail.com>
>>> *To:* Main PLUG discussion list <plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us>
>>> *Sent:* Monday, November 24, 2008 2:51 PM
>>> *Subject:* OT: WRT Static IP Addresses [was Re: GPL LinkSys Firmware &
>>> sveasoft.com]
>>>
>>> This is slightly offtopic... Does anyone know how to set static IP
>>> addresses for the WRT45GL using the shipped firmware (I see no way)? If
>>> there isn't, does Tomato or some other FOSS firmware support it?
>>> Thanks,
>>> Eric
>>>
>>> On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 12:31 PM, Joe Fleming <joe@selectitaly.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>> I know for a long time Sveasoft wasn't releasing the source for their
>>>> firmware and I'm not sure if that's still the case of not. Google a little
>>>> if you're interested in the controversy, it's pretty entertaining. I used to
>>>> run "pirated" versions of Sveasoft until I learned about Tomato
>>>>
>>>> http://www.polarcloud.com/tomato
>>>>
>>>> VERY cool software. Completely changes the interface making it all Web
>>>> 2.0-esque and adds a TON of cool functionality. I set up QoS for various
>>>> things so, for example, my torrents don't eat up all my bandwidth and my
>>>> voice/video chats over Skype and SIP work flawlessly at the same time. Ever
>>>> since I found Tomato, I haven't been keeping tabs on Sveasoft at all.
>>>>
>>>> -Joe
>>>>
>>>> Lisa Kachold wrote:
>>>>
>>>>  Linksys provides GPL versions of all firmware.
>>>>
>>>> Many setup Open WRT and Busy Box versions from these tools.
>>>>
>>>> Has anyone played with Sveasoft.com's mods?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> http://www.sveasoft.com/modules/phpBB2/dlman.php?func=select_folder&folder_id=14
>>>>
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