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| 03-28-2012, 03:36 PM | |
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Quote from NickB2B Just loaded the latest Toastman Tomato firmware. Here's the process I followed (merged some of the Amazon review tutorial with some other info I found on the net). I'm going off of memory here, so if someone wants to replicate this and add to the wiki be my guest. :1) Go here: http://www.dd-wrt.com/site/support/other-downloads?path=others%2Feko%2FV24-K26%2Fsvn15396%2F Download: dd-wrt.v24-15396_NEWD-2_K2.6_mini_f7d3301.bin 2) Go here: http://www.linksysinfo.org/index.php?threads/toastman-releases-1-28-7493-4-5-6-7.36106/ Use the Mediafire link in the second post and download the build of your choice (I used the EXT version that has USB and NTFS support): tomato-K26USB-1.28.7497.1MIPSR2-Toastman-RT-Ext.trx
--Get into 'CFE Menu' Shortcut - Unplug the router. Hold down the reset button while plugging in the router. Let go of the reset button. (Credit to HaloFans). Keep the reset button pressed in for the next three steps: 3) While the unit is powered on Press the reset button for 30 secs 4) Keeping the reset button pressed, unplug the power (do not let up on the reset button) 5) Plug the power back in and wait for another 30 secs 6) You can now let up on the reset button Once the router is in this mode you will have access to a special "CFE menu". 7) Plug your desktop/laptop into port 1,2,3, or 4 and set your IP Address to 192.168.2.8 with a gateway of 192.168.2.1 8) Point your IE browser/Chrome (Do not use Firefox) to 192.168.2.1 and CFE menu will be available. 9) Load the bin file you downloaded in step 1 10) It will take about 5 minutes to load dd-wrt. After 5 minutes I opened a new tab and was able to connect to 192.168.1.1. (I think I had to reset my ip address back to dhcp in order to connect). 11) When logging into the ww-drt interface for the first time it prompts you for a password, I cleared the password just to be safe. (no need for a password if you are going to install tomato over it) 12) Navigate to the firmware upload screen and then load the trx file from step 2. I selected the option to reset the settings after flash. 13) I've seen mention of doing another 30/30/30 reset at this point but I skipped this as I think the reset settings option during the flash does the same thing. 13a) Enter the login: admin pass: admin to login to Tomato 14) Enable DHCP in the Tomato interface. You might have to reset your static IP to 192.168.1.8 in order to connect in and make this change. NOTE: when cycling power to the router it can take up to 60 seconds before it's "booted up" and the green light is on. Be patient  Now to play around with the QOS settings. Any ideas on optimal settings for VOIP and NNTP? |
03-28-2012, 04:11 PM
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Bought one to use with dd-wrt.
I will be following this person's method for flashing the router: http://www.amazon.com/review/R1O3...hisHelpful |
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03-28-2012, 04:24 PM
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The 8MB TomatoUSB builds and derivatives should also work fine, not sure if you'll need to flash to DD-WRT first.
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03-28-2012, 04:27 PM
What do you think? - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Living in Cali"FEE"nia is the deal killer in all of these slick deals! |
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03-28-2012, 04:55 PM
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only the wan port is gigabit. the rest are 10/100. Which is a pity because wouldn't you rather have it the other way around. ie: faster performance on the lan.... who has a >100M broadband service....
Other thing to note is there are 3 versions of this unit. v1000/v2000/v3000 and there have been reports of bricked routers with both dd-wrt/tomato so beware. Last edited by bugalugs; 03-28-2012 at 06:26 PM.. |
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03-28-2012, 04:58 PM
I read all the reviews on Amazon and Newegg, which total to less than 10, the reviews in which the router is flashed to DD-WRT have been positive. Furthermore, DD-WRT forum users have positive experience with these. Below is another method for flashing DD-WRT on this router: http://www.dd-wrt.com/phpBB2/view...c0c#492842 I don't think this method is capable of supporting external harddrives whereas the Amazon one is. Last edited by beastialmaster; 03-28-2012 at 05:07 PM.. |
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03-28-2012, 05:08 PM
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You could grab a gigabit switch to network the house, then uplink it to the router.
And since the usb port is only 2.0, any external drive that you plug into would be quite slow, and that would most likely be the only bottleneck. |
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03-28-2012, 05:57 PM
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03-28-2012, 07:33 PM
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Thanks was looking for a new router to run DD-WRT on to replace my old WRT54GL. This should do nicely at a great price for the specs.
Slick Deals Successfully Pulled Off.
Craftsman 172 Piece tool set. 28' Extension Ladder from Home Depot. |
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03-29-2012, 04:29 PM
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Just pulled the trigger on one. Not sure when it will get here but looking forward to the DD-WRT and Tomato hacks.
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03-29-2012, 04:31 PM
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b@stards they dont allow shipping to freight forwarders
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03-29-2012, 05:05 PM
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Tanga also had this listed yesterday for $19.99 + 4.99 shipping.
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03-29-2012, 05:22 PM
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LOL the LAN is 10/100 then why do they call it gigabit?
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03-29-2012, 07:18 PM
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