Tomato (firmware)

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Tomato Firmware
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Tomato Firmware - Bandwidth Real Time.PNG
Real time bandwidth view, running on a Buffalo AirStation WHR-HP-G54
Developer(s)
Jonathan Zarate
Stable release 1.28 / June 28, 2010; 18 months ago (2010-06-28)
Operating system Linux
Type Routing software
License Freeware
Backend: GNU General Public License
Frontend: proprietary[citation needed]
Website www.polarcloud.com/tomato

Tomato Firmware is a partially free HyperWRT-based, Linux core firmware distribution for a range of Broadcom chipset based wireless routers, most notably the older-model Linksys WRT54G (including the WRT54GL and WRT54GS), Buffalo AirStation, Asus Routers and Netgear's WNR3500L. Among other notable features is the user interface, which makes heavy use of AJAX as well as an SVG-based graphical bandwidth monitor.

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[edit] Features

  • Interactive Ajax based GUI using SVG and CSS-based color schemes (allowing GUI look and feel changes).
  • CLI access (BusyBox) via TELNET or SSH (using Dropbear).
  • DHCP server (with static allocation of IP addresses).
  • DNS forwarder (using Dnsmasq).
  • Netfilter/iptables with customizable settings, IPP2P and l7-filter.
  • Wake-on-LAN.
  • Advanced QoS: 10 unique QoS classes defined, real-time graphs display prioritized traffic with traffic class details.
  • Client Bandwidth Control via QoS classes
  • Bandwidth graphing/statistics.
  • Wireless modes:
    • Access point (AP)
    • Wireless client station (STA)
    • Wireless ethernet (WET) bridge
    • Wireless distribution system (WDS aka wireless bridging)
    • Simultaneous AP and WDS (aka wireless repeating).
  • Dynamic DNS service with ezUpdate and services extended for more providers.
  • Syslog viewable through the GUI (also downloadable).
  • SES button control.
  • JFFS2.
  • CIFS client.
  • Wireless LAN Radio power of adjustment, antenna selection, and 14 wireless channels.
  • 'Boot wait' protection (increase the time slot for uploading firmware via the boot loader).
  • Advanced port forwarding, redirection, and triggering with UPnP and NAT-PMP.
  • Advanced user access restrictions.
  • Init, Shutdown, Firewall, and WAN Up scripts.
  • Uptime, load average, and free memory status.
  • Minimal reboots - Very few configuration changes require a reboot.
  • Wireless survey page to view other networks in your neighborhood.
  • More comprehensive dashboard than stock firmware: displays signal strengths of wireless client devices, reveals UPnP mappings.
  • Configuration persistence during a firmware upgrade

[edit] Feature comparison

Mod Name Base Tomato
Version		 Latest release Min
Flash
Size		 Speed
Mod		 SFTP VPN
Client		 VPN
Server		 SNMP SD Card
Support		 USB
Support		 VLANs IPv6 Captive
Portal		 5
Ghz		 Client
Monitor
Graphs		 Per-IP
Traffic
Stats		 Static
ARP		 BW
Limiter		 NFS Bit
Torrent		 Guest
SSID		 PPPoE
Server
Tomato 1.28* June 28, 2010; 18 months ago (2010-06-28) 4MB No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No
Tomato ND 1.28** June 28, 2010; 18 months ago (2010-06-28) 4MB No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No
TomatoUSB

(Teddy Bear)[1][2]

 1.28** Build 54 / November 30, 2010; 13 months ago (2010-11-30) 4MB/
8MB		 Yes Via
Optware		 OpenVPN,
PPTP		 OpenVPN No No Print, NAS Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No No No
TomatoVPN

(SgtPepperKSU)[3][4]

 1.27*** 1.27vpn3.6 / January 27, 2010; 2 years ago (2010-01-27) 4MB No No OpenVPN OpenVPN No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No
SpeedMod

(hardc0re)[5]

 1.28*** SpeedMod 120 / July 30, 2010; 17 months ago (2010-07-30) 4MB Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No
slodki[6] 1.28** 1.28.02 / February 18, 2011; 11 months ago (2011-02-18) 4MB Yes Via
Optware		 OpenVPN OpenVPN No SD,
SDHC,
MMC		 Print, NAS No No No No No No No No No No No No
Victek RAF[7][8] 1.28*** 1.28.9007 / October 13, 2011; 3 months ago (2011-10-13) 4MB/
8MB		 Yes Via
Optware		 OpenVPN,
PPTP		 OpenVPN Yes No Print, NAS Yes Yes K2.6
Only		 Yes No No Yes Yes No Two builds
only		 No No
DualWAN[9] 1.28*** 1.28.0542 / January 17, 2012; 11 days ago (2012-01-17) 4MB/
8MB		 Yes Via
Optware		 OpenVPN,
PPTP		 OpenVPN,
PPTP		 Yes No NAS,
3G USB Modem		 Yes No No No No No No No No No No Yes
Toastman[10] 1.28*** RT 1.28.7494.3 / January 24, 2012; 4 days ago (2012-01-24)
VLAN-RT 1.28.7494.3 January 24, 2012; 4 days ago (2012-01-24)
RT-N 1.28.0494.3 January 24, 2012; 4 days ago (2012-01-24)
VLAN-RT-N 1.28.0494.3 January 24, 2012; 4 days ago (2012-01-24)		 4MB/
8MB		 Yes Via
Optware		 OpenVPN,
PPTP		 OpenVPN Yes No Print, NAS,
Media, FTP		 With
GUI		 Yes Yes Yes Per IP Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No
Shibby[11] 1.28*** RT 5x-083V-EN / December 5, 2011; 54 days ago (2011-12-05)
RT 5x-083V-PL / January 12, 2012; 16 days ago (2012-01-12)
RT-N 5x-083V-EN / December 5, 2011; 54 days ago (2011-12-05)		 4MB/
8MB		 Yes Via
Optware		 OpenVPN,
PPTP		 OpenVPN Yes SD,
SDHC,
MMC		 Print, NAS,
Media, FTP,
3G USB Modem		 With
GUI		 Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Teaman[12] 1.28** v0019 / January 25, 2012; 3 days ago (2012-01-25) 4MB/
8MB		 Yes Via
Optware		 OpenVPN OpenVPN Yes SD,
SDHC,
MMC		 Print, NAS,
FTP		 With
GUI		 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No With
GUI		 No
* Tomato standard only
** Tomato ND (New Driver) only
*** Tomato standard and ND

[edit] License

Tomato is based on the GPL source code 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.

[edit] Compatible routers

Main article: wikibooks:Tomato Firmware

Tomato is compatible with many Broadcom-based routers, including Asus routers, Buffalo AirStation, and the Linksys WRT54G series. Detailed information is available from the Wikibooks page on Tomato. WRT54G models of version 5 and newer are not compatible. Tomato is generally recommended by Community Forums for Linksys Devices, Ex.. LinksysInfo.org, for users who desire an alternative to DD-WRT, while not offering as much customization as the advanced OpenWrt firmware. Support for the Asus RT-N16, Asus RT-N12, Asus WL-500W, Linksys WRT-160Nv3 and Netgear WNR3500L/v2 has been added via a new firmware modification (based on Linux kernel 2.6). There are several other mods based on this code which offer more features.

[edit] See also

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[edit] References

  1. ^ TomatoUSB release announcement.
  2. ^ Tomato ND USB Mod - Support thread
  3. ^ TomatoVPN release announcement.
  4. ^ VPN build with Web GUI - Support thread
  5. ^ hardc0re release announcement.
  6. ^ slodki release announcement.
  7. ^ Firmware. Tomato RAF 1.28.8xxx by Victek Home page.
  8. ^ Victek RAF Releases - Support thread
  9. ^ DualWAN Mod release announcement.
  10. ^ Toastman Mod - Tomato builds with many useful added features. (Based on TomatoUSB and RT, selected features included from other firmwares, plus new mods).
  11. ^ Shibby Mod Home page.
  12. ^ Teaman Mod Home page. Teaman is the author of the VLANs GUI, Per-IP Traffic Stats (author of cstats, which keeps per-IP data/track/history), Client Monitor Graphs (author of IPTraffic) and author of the Guest SSID GUI.

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