TomatoUSB

Just got an RT-N16 router to replace a tired WRT150N, and am stoked to flash it with TomatoUSB.

The tutorial on this site for installing on the RT-N16 says to manually change my PC's IP address to 192.168.1.2 before flashing. I was wondering if this is mandatory? My Win 7 PC is set to obtain its IP address automatically and always ends up with 192.168.1.100. Would this work with the flash and then everyday use as it's not a conflict with the router, modem, or any other PC on the hone network?

If the PC IP address HAS to be changed, is this just for the installation/flashing or should it really be permanently set to 192.168.1.2?

Thanks for any explanation/advice, And THANKS for all the amazing work on TomatoUSB.

The Toastman versions of Tomato come with DHCP DISABLED in the builds.

Setting your PC to a static IP address is done as a safeguard and to ensure you are on the correct subnet to access the router before it is configured by you. Post configuration, you can change your PC back to a dynamically assigned address.

In my case, I actually normally run on the 192.168.2.x IP address range (not sure WHY I did this) so for me, it is doubly important to make that static change when I flash a new version.

Thanks for the explanation PeterJT,
I'll follow the recommended steps when I get the time to flash the N16 this week.

Install worked perfectly.

Thanks, TomatoUSB developers.