TomatoUSB

http://homesupport.cisco.com/en-us/wireless/linksys/E4200

I wonder why it wasn't announced in CES 2010 just a week ago. It should be interesting with the 450Mbps 5GHz radio.
I wonder when can we see TomatoUSB support for it, assuming its availability is imminent.

http://homestore.cisco.com/en-us/Routers/Linksys-E4200-MaximumPerformance-Wirelessn-router_stcVVproductId122703236VVcatId551966VVviewprod.htm

I just ordered one. Free overnight shipping! Should be arriving in a couple of days.

What's the betting it is Ralink chipset?

No indication it uses OpenSource GPL firmware

Where are the antennae? All internal for a designer toy looks, not performance!

Expect smallnetbuilder.com to give it a rave review though :-)

All Broadcom chipsets: 4718 / 4331 / 53115.

CNET is giving it a glowing review, especially in the performance department.

http://reviews.cnet.com/Linksys_E4200_Maximum_Performance_Dual_Band_Wireless_N_Router/4505-3319_7-34473222.html?part=cnet&subj=Linksys+E4200+Maximum+Performance+Dual-Band+Wireless-N+Router#reviewPage1

The E4200 firmware on the Linksys website confirms it is Broadcom, running Linux 2.4.20, BusyBox v1.00-pre2, dnsmasq, etc so the GPL sourcecode release will be interesting.

Web interface uses www/mobile/scripts/jquery.js so maybe designed to work on smart phones?

Has samba and TwonkyVision

Presumably old kernel for speed?

Anyone notice the faux-pas?

"Note that we didn't have a client that supports the 450Mbps standard at the time of this review. (We'll retest when we get a hold of one and update this part of the review then.) Nonetheless, with general 300Mbps clients, the E4200 excelled."

and then:

"By far, the E4200 was the fastest on the 5GHz band, which is not a surprise because as we mentioned before, it's the first we've reviewed that supports the three-stream standard for this band."

So how can it's being the fastest have anything to do with 3 streams standard, when they already said they didn't have a client that supported it?

Got my new E4200 set up last night, replacing my trusty old WRT54GL w/Tomato 1.28.

Everything works fine, GUI config was responsive although less well-organized. Most of the features I need such as static DHCP, QoS for prioritizing VoIP traffic etc., is in the stock firmware. Guest SSID is a bonus, but not really needed. Performance for the G devices that I have showed some small improvement in terms of increased signal strength (80% to 95%). I checked the 5GHz N signal across the two opposing corners of my house (about 40 feet apart on two separate floors with 3 walls in between) using a Lenovo T61P notebook. It was 3 bars, 45-60Mbps sync rate, and around -65dBm (according to inSSIDer). So, not too bad.

What I really missed in Tomato is the bandwidth meter and log. I wonder what would it take for TomatoUSB to support the E4200, and if there is something I can help with?