TomatoUSB

Hello All!

I am looking to replace the firmware on the Belkin F7D8301. Why, you may ask? Because the stock firmware is the absolute WORST I have EVER worked with. Just wanted to air that one out. Done fighting this pos

Anyway, took a look at dd-wrt. No way to try that without spending a week just gathering and reading all the information. Don't have the luxury of that much time.

I stumbled upon TomatoUSB and thought I might give that a whirl but now I am faced with the exact opposite: lack of information. I can not find any info on this site about what routers are supported, how to install and what preparations to make.

So I want to ask if anyone here has put TomatoUSB on a Belkin F7D8301 and if so what I should expect and any tips. Thanks

Belkin not supported by TomatUSB, as stated in the compatibility list on your left.

Reading comprehension fail. Roll again. Need a two or better

That list is for routers known to be compatible with v2.6. It also states many more are compatible with v2.4 but no list is given. But honestly, forget it. Just going to do my research and put on dd-wrt. At least they have documentation even if it is spread around

@TheAlmightyOS Look at the Toastman or Shibby mods. Plenty of reports of those mods working just fine with this router.

I put the most a Toastman build on my 8301 and am very happy with it. I had DD-WRT on it prior to Tomato and had some wireless problems. Some people think you need to put DD-WRT on it first. I don't know, but it seems there are lots of things that can go wrong. With DD-WRT as a starting point, I uploaded tomato-K26USB-1.28.0500.5MIPSR2Toastman-RT-N-VLAN-Ext from the DD-WRT GUI. There is a chance you won't be able to log in to the Tomato GUI once it is uploaded, due to some password incompatibility between DD-WRT and Tomato. But, after you flash Toastman, you can go to the Belkin Mini Web Browser and clear NVRAM. After that you can log in with the default Tomato credentials, admin/admin. There may be a simpler or more clearly described method here, but I'm too new to know where it is. It is important to give the router plenty of time to get its brains together after you do the upload. Give it an honest 5 minutes (according to other advice I've read about DD-WRT).

Check this thread starting at about page 11 for info reported by DD-WRT users. Since I can't post a link, the thread title is — Belkin Play Max F7D4301v1 now partially supported — and it is in the Broadcom forum.
Best of Luck

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