Comments on: DD-WRT vs Tomato: Clear choice?

By: Dude

Dude — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 07:36:24 +0000

I just installed Tomato and it worked flawlessly. I am happy with more options than the Linksys Firmware, which I never really liked.

The GUI is better than Linksys, the layout is stretched vertically and it’s just a bit odd. Still it is navigable, sorta like File Manager, kinda.

I am also using inSSIDer to verify the wireless signal.

By: Daniel Kelly

Daniel Kelly — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 21:25:34 +0000

Nice post. I have been using DD-WRT for a few years now and I like it a lot. I never thought of those few drawbacks that you mentioned, but they ring true.

Never tried Tomato, I always thought it looked ugly at first glance and I knew it didn’t have as many features so I went with DD-WRT. I just wrote a post myself on DD-WRT, and I’ll be doing another one soon hopefully with a lot of screenshots and stuff like that.

You are right, the router does have to reboot an awful lot. You’d think since it’s based on Linux it would just restart a service or something.

Thanks,
Dan

By: Wright PC Consulting, LLC

Wright PC Consulting, LLC — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 04:44:26 +0000

Thanks! Glad it was helpful.

By: Derek

Derek — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 11:42:39 +0000

Thanks for the writeup. I have tomato installed, but was going to try DD-WRT. Not going to bother anymore.

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 23:07:25 +0000

I’m thinking the previous question about overclocking related to the physical processor speed, and not the wireless transmit power..

dd-wrt allows you to increase (via the admin page) the router’s chip speed. Many people play with this setting to increase the transaction speed inside the router (with a better heatsink on the router’s chip, mind you..)

As for your comment about not going over a mw power of 100 – cooling doesn’t always cover you, as the wireless chip in most linksys/buffalo routers are only designed with a max non-death power of 120 – Even with a heatsink, etc, that isn’t going to stop the chip from frying due to the new setting. Just because the firmware allows it, doesn’t mean the item can handle it, from an electrical standpoint, rather than heat

By: Marcel

Marcel — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 21:23:11 +0000

Of course, you can “overclock” your router with TOMATO – Transmit Power mW (range: 1 – 251; default is: 42 from Linksys) Don’t overclock transmit power more then 100, until you have good cooling system

By: Erp

Erp — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 18:42:50 +0000

Can I overclock my WRT54GL with Tomato, just like in DD-WRT?

By: Wright PC Consulting, LLC

Wright PC Consulting, LLC — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 03:03:55 +0000

Yes. Here is a screenshot: http://wrightpcconsulting.com/blog/images/tomatopower.gif

By: mb

mb — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 16:00:54 +0000

Can you boost the transmit power with tomato?

By: cj

cj — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 23:24:25 +0000

nice article