TomatoUSB

I was given a Buffalo WBR-G54 some while ago to play with, so no problems if I totally mess it up.

I want to try and use the unit as a Workgroup Bridge(?) to give me WDS(?) capability. In essence I want to use it to bridge between public Internet hotspots (BTWiFi) and a laptop. (The ? mark are because I'm not sure I'm using the correct terms).

I did not check the unit worked before attempting to install Tomato but AFAIA it worked prior to being retired. I've followed the instructions both in the Tomato_1_28 readme file and elsewhere but I can't get the tomato.trx to load, the system just keeps coming back with "timeout etc etc"

Since trying with the Tomato I've tried to get access to the unit's GUI but no go, however, I can ping the unit and that works and running the "ipconfig /all command gives me the units IP address etc.

Anyone got any suggestions?

Many thanks.