Tomato:Common Tomato Topics (Help & Information)

The complete QOS thread
"Using QOS to control Data Flow in SOHO and Residential Buildings"

http://www.linksysinfo.org/forums/showthread.php?t=60304

Tomato versions with labelled QOS classes and useful (mostly diagnostics) mods
Guide to Toastman builds on 4shared

http://www.4shared.com/dir/v1BuINP3/Toastman_Builds.html

http://www.linksysinfo.org/index.php?threads/new-toastman-releases-1-28-7493.36106/#post-175789

Toastman Firmware Screenshots
http://www.linksysinfo.org/index.php?threads/toastman-screens.35865/

Toastman's QOS example setups
http://www.linksysinfo.org/forums/showpost.php?p=357556&postcount=135 (LATEST AND BEST SO FAR)

http://www.linksysinfo.org/forums/showpost.php?p=345320&postcount=76

http://www.linksysinfo.org/forums/showpost.php?p=348109&postcount=85

http://www.linksysinfo.org/forums/showpost.php?p=338051&postcount=19

QOS - Setting the "Max Limits"
http://www.linksysinfo.org/index.ph...rial-and-discussion.28349/page-29#post-177024

QOS - Classifying Applications
http://www.linksysinfo.org/forums/showpost.php?p=337475&postcount=6

QOS - Port information
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_TCP_and_UDP_port_numbers

http://portforward.com/cports.htm

QOS - Help for Google Voice
http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/chat/thread?tid=67fd2f28af99ae99&hl=en

QOS - Concerning Unclassified Connections
http://www.linksysinfo.org/forums/showpost.php?p=348242&postcount=91

MiniUPnPd not expiring unused port redirections
http://www.linksysinfo.org/forums/showpost.php?p=371703&postcount=7

http://www.linksysinfo.org/forums/showthread.php?t=64809

QOS - Reconfiguring QOS if connection limit is exceeded
http://www.linksysinfo.org/forums/showthread.php?t=60173

QOS - Improving VOIP and games latency, VOIP methods
http://www.linksysinfo.org/forums/showpost.php?p=350168&postcount=93

http://www.linksysinfo.org/forums/showpost.php?p=369914&postcount=340

http://www.erlang.com/protocols.html

MTU and Serialization delay
http://www.linksysinfo.org/forums/showpost.php?p=359547&postcount=162

http://www.voiptroubleshooter.com/problems/mtu.html

http://knol.google.com/k/billy-guthrie/understanding-network-and-internet/akr6qogdyrjc/2#

Tomato QOS - Further Development
http://www.linksysinfo.org/forums/showthread.php?t=64144

http://www.linksysinfo.org/index.php?threads/speedmod-with-tc-atm-qos-patch-for-adsl.31541/

Articles about QOS and Packet Scheduling
http://www.adsl-optimizer.dk/thesis/main_final_hyper.pdf

TCP - Transmission Control Protocol - RFC793
http://www.indigoo.com/dox/itdp/02_Transport/TCP.pdf

Network Congestion Articles by Jim Getty
Fine Tuning your Router

https://gettys.wordpress.com/

http://gettys.wordpress.com/2010/12/02/home-router-puzzle-piece-two-fun-with-wireless/

http://gettys.wordpress.com/2010/12/08/bufferbloat-mitigations/

http://gettys.wordpress.com/2010/12/03/introducing-the-criminal-mastermind-bufferbloat/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Active_Queue_Management

http://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~rajiv/

Useful online test sites or software
http://n1.netalyzr.icsi.berkeley.edu/analysis/

http://www.dslreports.com/tools

Increasing transmitter power
http://www.linksysinfo.org/forums/showpost.php?p=349722&postcount=10

http://www.linksysinfo.org/forums/showthread.php?t=62430

RT-N16 Transmit Power levels
http://www.linksysinfo.org/forums/showpost.php?p=369064&postcount=3

Some Useful BCM NVRAM Info - Various Models
http://www.google.com/codesearch#kj...2.6/shared/nvram/bcm94718nrl_p104.txt&type=cs

Wireless Issues
http://www.linksysinfo.org/index.ph...ction-on-e3000-with-tomato.35877/#post-174761

http://www.linksysinfo.org/forums/showthread.php?t=60509

http://www.linksysinfo.org/forums/showthread.php?t=66918

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/solution...atification_checklist_brochure_c11-557441.pdf

http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/wireless/wireless-features/30938-dont-mess-with-wmm

http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/wire...-smallnetbuilders-wireless-faq-the-essentials

http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/wireless/wireless-basics/30664-5-ways-to-fix-slow-80211n-speed

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/col...9_ns736_Networking_Solutions_White_Paper.html

Wireless Issues - The 5 {{abbr|GHz|gigahertz}} Band
http://www.linksysinfo.org/index.ph...0-wireless-ethernet-bridge.37180/#post-181000

http://tidbits.com/article/10849

Advanced Wireless Settings
[dd-wrt-wiki:Advanced_wireless_settings

http://informatione.gmxhome.de/DDWRT/Standard/V23final/help/HWirelessAdvanced.html

http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/wireless/wireless-features/30938-dont-mess-with-wmm

WMM - is it really useful?
http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/wire...i-fi-multimedia-wmm-really-do-anything-part-2

http://forums.smallnetbuilder.com/showpost.php?p=20889&postcount=14

http://forums.smallnetbuilder.com/showpost.php?p=22929&postcount=15

http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/wireless/wireless-features/30938-dont-mess-with-wmm

Transmit power control not working
http://www.linksysinfo.org/forums/showthread.php?t=61011 http://www.linksysinfo.org/forums/showthread.php?t=62430

WiFi Q & A - a good info source
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/20446-43-wireless-networking-general

Choosing a channel to avoid interference from other AP's
http://www.linksysinfo.org/forums/showpost.php?p=367889&postcount=7

http://www.radio-electronics.com/info/wireless/wi-fi/80211-channels-number-frequencies-bandwidth.php

Why "N" hardware isn't a good idea on 2.4 {{abbr|GHz|gigahertz}}
Wifi "N" issues and information

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/ou/80211n-draft-20-gear-still-a-neighbor-killer/555?tag=rbxccnbzd1

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/ou/how-to-jam-your-neighbors-wi-fi-legally/247

http://www.octoscope.com/English/Collaterals/Articles/octoScope_TamingBeast_WirelessNet_20070726.pdf

[dd-wrt-wiki:Wireless-N_Configuration

http://www.linksysinfo.org/forums/showpost.php?p=352373&postcount=82

http://www.dd-wrt.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=52300&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=MHz+channel&start=0

http://www.wi-fi.org/files/kc/WFA_802_11n_Industry_June07.pdf

Overclocking the RT-N16 / BCM4718
http://www.linksysinfo.org/forums/showpost.php?p=372567&postcount=3

[dd-wrt-wiki:Overclocking_BCM_47xx_CPU's

Overclocking the WRT54GL / BCM3302 BCM5352 etc.
http://www.linksysinfo.org/forums/showpost.php?p=340922&postcount=60

http://www.bitsum.com/openwiking/owbase/ow.asp?WRT54G

Monitoring Tomato's Interfaces using Wireshark
http://www.linksysinfo.org/forums/showthread.php?t=66647

Tomato Builds and downloads
http://tomatousb.org/doc:build-types

http://tomatousb.org/download

http://www.4shared.com/dir/v1BuINP3/Toastman_Builds.html

http://victek.is-a-geek.com/tomato.html

http://code.google.com/p/tomato-sdhc-vlan/

http://www.linksysinfo.org/index.ph...ncluded-bittorrent-client-beta-testing.33858/

http://tomato.groov.pl/

Installing Tomato - Notes
http://www.polarcloud.com/tomatofaq

http://tomatousb.org/forum/t-386946/steps-to-update-linksys-wrt610n-r2-to-a-toastman-tomato-buil

http://patricksheedy.net/blog/simple-tomato-firmware-install-on-asus-rt-n16-router/

http://www.linksysinfo.org/index.ph...mod-with-kernel-2-6.31335/page-12#post-153229

Flash new firmware without using Web GUI
http://tomatousb.org/forum/t-357515/mtd-tools-for-reprogramming

Easy backup and restore to any Tomato router
http://www.linksysinfo.org/forums/showpost.php?p=362345&postcount=221

http://www.linksysinfo.org/forums/showpost.php?p=375128&postcount=538

Flashing routers over the web
http://www.linksysinfo.org/forums/showpost.php?p=356123&postcount=123

JTAG and Serial Console - Flash and Debrick tools
http://www.4shared.com/dir/v1BuINP3/Toastman_Builds.html#dir=79333541

Debricking a Netgear 3500L
http://www.myopenrouter.com/article/20501/Reset-Debrick-NETGEAR-WNR3500L-Pin-Short-Method/

Debricking an ASUS RT-N16 - Firmware Recovery Tool Download
http://www.4shared.com/file/GL0aSSZ8/ASUS-RT-N16-RECOVERY.html?

Dealing with problem users
http://www.linksysinfo.org/forums/showpost.php?p=353018&postcount=105

MTU - Jumbo Ethernet Frames
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jumbo_frame

http://kb.netgear.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/222

http://bridgingthelayers.org/mtu.html

How to make Custom Themes for Tomato
http://www.myopenrouter.com/article...eme-For-Your-Router-GUI-with-Tomato-Firmware/

Limiting numbers of TCP and UDP connections
New conntrack settings in Teddy Bear version.

http://www.linksysinfo.org/forums/showpost.php?p=353219&postcount=112

http://www.linksysinfo.org/forums/showpost.php?p=337415&postcount=3

http://www.linksysinfo.org/forums/showpost.php?p=359084&postcount=152

RT-N16's supposed 300,000 connections ...
http://www.linksysinfo.org/forums/showpost.php?p=359894&postcount=731

Data throughput for typical Wifi Systems
The effect of signal to noise ration on throughput

Why small packets succeed better than big ones

http://www.linksysinfo.org/forums/showpost.php?p=349800&postcount=21

Bit torrent DNA, DHT - UDP bandwidth hogging
http://www.linksysinfo.org/forums/showpost.php?p=338069&postcount=24

IPTV, Broadcasts, & related info
http://translate.google.de/translate?hl=en&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http://jultech.wordpress.com/2010/03/21/netgear-wnr3500l-tomato-und-t-home-entertain-ueber-vdsl/

How to block websites with Tomato
http://r3dux.org/2009/12/how-to-blo...sites-from-your-router-using-tomato-firmware/

ADSL information and questions
http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/archive/1646286

Accessing a bridged modem via the router
http://www.linksysinfo.org/forums/showpost.php?p=338333&postcount=34

http://www.linksysinfo.org/index.php?threads/tomato-raf-with-included-bittorrent-client-beta-testing.33858/page-15#post-171363

Using more than one ADSL line and router
http://www.linksysinfo.org/forums/showpost.php?p=340719&postcount=54

or use recent Toastman builds modem route GUI

Remote Access to AP's
http://www.linksysinfo.org/forums/showpost.php?p=346036&postcount=79

Why RSSI isn't very useful for signal measurements
http://www.linksysinfo.org/index.ph...verclocking-and-more.30182/page-4#post-147620

Using the git firmware repository
http://www.linksysinfo.org/index.ph...verclocking-and-more.30182/page-4#post-147620

Remote Capture on Tomato
Using Wireshark to monitor Tomato

http://www.linksysinfo.org/index.php?threads/using-wireshark-with-tomato.34269/#post-169204

Using the git firmware repository
http://www.linksysinfo.org/forums/showpost.php?p=336401&postcount=17

http://www.linksysinfo.org/forums/showthread.php?t=59959

http://cheat.errtheblog.com/s/git

http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/user-manual.html#id334309

What Linux - Compiling firmware?
http://www.linksysinfo.org/forums/showpost.php?p=361352&postcount=22

http://www.linksysinfo.org/forums/showpost.php?p=361633&postcount=2

Tomato USB Mod site by Fedor "Teddy Bear"
This is a new site in addition to Linksysinfo Thread

http://www.linksysinfo.org/forums/showthread.php?t=64644.

MIMO - How it works and theory
http://tomatousb.org/forum/t-290776/rt-n16-3-antennas-vs-tomato-having-2#post-948826

http://www.dslreports.com/r0/download/974034~2e3495926b824d20c3777ce8b6a1a8dc/MIMO_breaks_Shannon.zip

http://www.ll.mit.edu/publications/journal/pdf/vol15_no1/15_1mimo.pdf

Using the tomato webserver for your own purposes!
http://www.linksysinfo.org/forums/showthread.php?t=52101

Adding custom packages to Tomato
http://todayguesswhat.blogspot.com/2011/03/tomato-adding-custom-packages-nvram-vs.html

http://www.linksysinfo.org/index.php?threads/my-utilities-web-site-revived.31987/

http://multics.minidns.net/tomato

PPTP VPN threads and info
http://tomatousb.org/forum/t-410840/pptp-snmp-and-more

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc768084.aspx

OpenVPN threads and info
http://tomatousb.org/tut:openvpn-via-password-authentication

http://www.linksysinfo.org/index.php?threads/vpn-build-with-web-gui.27511/

http://www.mcbsys.com/techblog/2011/11/set-up-vlan-and-site-to-site-vpn-with-tomato/

http://www.howtogeek.com/60774/connect-to-your-home-network-from-anywhere-with-openvpn-and-tomato/

http://tomatousb.org/forum/t-388750/openvpn-windows-sbs-domain-exchange-integration

http://tomatousb.org/forum/t-423728/vpn-pptn-and-dns-resolve

Using VLANS
http://www.linksysinfo.org/forums/showpost.php?p=368770&postcount=320

http://www.linksysinfo.org/forums/showthread.php?t=55194

http://www.linksysinfo.org/forums/showthread.php?t=51888

http://www.linksysinfo.org/forums/showthread.php?t=65242

http://www.linksysinfo.org/forums/showthread.php?t=65290

http://tomatousb.org/tut:two-isolated-separate-lan-subnets

http://www.mcbsys.com/techblog/2011/11/set-up-vlan-and-site-to-site-vpn-with-tomato/

http://www.linksysinfo.org/forums/showthread.php?p=363888#post363888

VLAN setup GUI for tomato, info, discussion thread, and posts
http://www.linksysinfo.org/index.php?threads/vlan-tags-work-for-you.34478/

http://code.google.com/p/tomato-sdhc-vlan/wiki/ExperimentalMultiSSID

http://tomatousb.org/forum/t-394445/vlan-help-separate-wifi-from-lan

http://www.linksysinfo.org/index.php?threads/tomato-raf-with-included-bittorrent-client-beta-testing.33858/page-15#post-171363

Experimental MULTI-SSID Support (Guest Wireless)
http://code.google.com/p/tomato-sdhc-vlan/wiki/ExperimentalMultiSSID

http://www.mcbsys.com/techblog/2011/11/set-up-guest-wireless-with-tomato/

http://tomatousb.org/forum/t-264199/multiple-ssid#post-1308111

Spanning Tree Protocol
http://blog.viet-emilie.com/default.asp?Display=4

http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/473/spanning_tree1.swf

ASUS RT-N16 Information
[openwrt:inbox/asusrt-n16

Asus RT-N16

[dd-wrt-wiki:Switched_Ports

http://www.dd-wrt.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=63708

ftp://ftp.asus.com.tw/pub/ASUS/wireless/RT-N16/

Flashing Tomato on a WRT610N
http://tomatousb.org/forum/t-386946/steps-to-update-linksys-wrt610n-r2-to-a-toastman-tomato-build

Waking a PC by using WOL (Wake On Lan) or MAGIC PACKET
http://www.#595justinmontgomery.com

http://www.linksysinfo.org/index.php?threads/toastman-releases.34549/page-24#post-174213/wake-on-lan-configuring-your-pc-tomato-iphone

Gigabit Ethernet link negotiation issues
http://www.homelabnetwork.com/learning/do-not-force-gigabit-ethernet-auto-negotiation-to-1000full/

http://www.homelabnetwork.com/learning/beating-the-dead-horse-known-as-gigabit-auto-negotiation/

DDNS Issues- Tips, bugfixes etc
http://www.linksysinfo.org/index.php?threads/toastman-releases.34549/page-24#post-174213

IPv6 issues, Tips, RFC's etc
http://tomatousb.org/forum/t-421005/trying-ipv6-and-tomato#post-1328281

http://www.linksysinfo.org/index.php?threads/setting-up-ipv6-for-he-tunnelbroker.35297/

http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc4890.txt

https://mywebspace.wisc.edu/jeleinwe/web/ipv6/references/ipv6-for-dummies-se-090120.pdf

http://www.6net.org/events/training-2003/ipv6-basics.pdf

http://www.roesen.org/files/ipv6_cheat_sheet.pdf

A small Tomato IPV6 version for WRT54 etc
http://ifile.it/91nerpt/tomato-K26-1.28.9054dMIPSR2-beta-RT-ipv6-Std.trx

Blocking Ads
http://www.linksysinfo.org/forums/showthread.php?t=65454

http://www.linksysinfo.org/index.php?threads/all-u-need-ad-blocking.33191/

http://terribly-misanthropic.blogspot.com/2011/12/adblocking-and-pixelserv-with-tomatousb.html

Optware Tips
http://tomatousb.org/forum/t-423300/optware-on-non-usb-tomatousb-routers

CPU% v. CPU Load Averages
http://blog.scoutapp.com/articles/2009/07/31/understanding-load-averages

Using UPnP to open ports below 1024
http://www.linksysinfo.org/index.ph...ains-about-port-forwarding.33553/#post-165177

Fixing Tomato's Slow USB HDD speeds
http://www.linksysinfo.org/index.php?threads/usb-speed-up.36731/

CFE Collection Project - a collection of router CFE's (user=dd-wrt & password=router)
ftp://ftp.barryware.net/cfe_collection_project/

PPTP Client/ Server Info
http://pptpclient.sourceforge.net/howto-diagnosis.phtml#lcp_protrej_1