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    Tomato upgrade

    Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by Super Bee, Jun 27, 2012.

  1. Super Bee

    Super Bee Notebook Consultant

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    Which firmware would be good to use to upgrade v1.28?
    Using Linksys WRTG54v3 router.
    I'm looking for a way to control individual DHCP IP bandwidths.

    Thanks
     
    Super Bee, Jun 27, 2012
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    downloads No, Dee Dee, no! Super Moderator

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    I'm not sure if Tomato can do that but Gargoyle can control bandwidth for individual internal IPs.
    That said it hasn't been updated in three months which is a bad sign.
     
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    I've heard that .trx images can brick the WRTG54 routers whereas .bin files won't.

    Anyone can be clear on that issue? :confused:

    Gargoyle sounds interesting. :cool:
     
    Super Bee, Jun 27, 2012
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    In what context are you referring to bricking a wrt54g? Writing an image with mtd is only for experts/fools, using sysupgrade or the web interface is safe.

    On a wrt54g, .bin files are usually for flashing from stock linksys firmware, and trx is used thereafter for flashing upgrades or new images.

    Keep in mind that it is hard to brick a wrt54g by flashing firmware. With openwrt, you can always do a failsafe recovery as long as you have tcpdump (listen on udp 4919) and a paperclip.
     
    ALLurGroceries, Jun 27, 2012
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    Does OpenWRT have IP bandwidth control?
     
    Super Bee, Jul 12, 2012
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    Yes, install these packages:

    qos-scripts
    luci-app-qos
     
    ALLurGroceries, Jul 12, 2012
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