TomatoUSB

Hi all, I'm a long time Tomato user (the last 3-4 years or so). It's a fantastic firmware option and I really appreciate the development work that has gone into making it easy to use, powerful, and stable.

I've been meaning to replace my aging WRT54GL, which has never given me any problems, but I want 802.11n. Today, I received a D-Link DIR-615 and installed DD-WRT on it. After only a couple hours of dropped connections and other issues, I'm back on my WRT54GL.

It seems all the N routers listed on TomatoUSB.org are obsolete and not for sale anymore.

What are current development plans for Tomato? Is there a plan and timeline for new releases? Will newer routers be supported?

I'm sure I've been looking in the wrong place, so I appreciate any pointers or info.

Thanks, and thanks to the developers for all your work.

It seems all the N routers listed on TomatoUSB.org are obsolete and not for sale anymore

Well that is not true.

The ASUS RT-N16 is a great router and is available at Amazon as well as other places. It's main limitation is that it only does the 2.4GHz band. If you can live with that it is a superb choice. I have one as my main gateway router but I use a WRT320n as a 5GHz access point.

Ah, all right then. Good to know, thanks. A friend likes his RT-N16.

Still, do you get my point? It seems that TomatoUSB is being updated only haphazardly, which made me try DD-WRT on a D-Link router - but Tomato is so much better in my experience that I have come back to Tomato. But if it won't work on current dual band routers and have at least semi regular updates, it will lose users.

Don't get me wrong: I'm a former software developer and I really appreciate the work that must have gone into Tomato and TomatoUSB. I'm just saying that, as a user, I'd like to know what's going on with it.

The primary developer dropped off the grid in April. Search for "sad news".

With the exception of simultaneous dual-band routers, (e.g. E4200) all the other routers mentioned are still available where I live. All of the E series and the RT-N16 are in most good shops, and they also easily available on web shopping sites.

The E4200 needs a different wireless driver for simultaneous dual band operation, I believe there is some work being done by Victek to try to get it working. I'm not familiar with the issues, but please be aware that any driver used needs to be backwards compatible with all the previous routers, and it will be a lot of work testing and verifying this even if it is installed. It may well be that it has dropped support for some earlier routers.

BTW - Tomato is still attracting a HUGE number of users. My builds alone have had over 40,000 downloads. TomatoUSB and RT must have had much more than that, then there's the other modders. Tomato is far from dead.

Regarding updates, apart from this simultaneous dualband issue, a LOT of development is still going on based on TomatoUSB - look at this site and Linksysinfo.org for information. Components are not being updated to the latest versions as fast as they used to be, but - hey - does that matter? Remember the old adage - "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" ?