 JBpX
join:2009-05-14
 ·Cogeco Cable
| [Tomato] Make the Switch? Hey all,
I have a Linksys at home and was wondering what the advantages would be of switching to Tomato?
I have multiple connections on my router, one computer can be really fast and the other can be really slow - would switching to Tomato fix this? My ISP is cogeco.
Thanks in advance.
JB |
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 ooglek
join:2004-11-17
Falls Church, VA
 ·Verizon FiOS
| Control. If you just need it to switch packets, don't bother. If you want to enable some cool stuff, like being able to SSH tunnel through your router, or run QOS on your network, install Tomato.
Plus it gives you a lot more security options, which allows you to really lock down your network.
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JBpX
join:2009-05-14
1 edit | I should add, the model is WRT54GV8, I also was wondering if this would stop throttling, is this true? |
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 PeteC2Got Mouse?Premium,MVM
join:2002-01-20
Bristol, CT
kudos:5
·Comcast
 ·AT&T Yahoo
| said by JB:I should add, the model is WRT54GV8, I also was wondering if this would stop throttling, is this true? It may, however, conversely, it may not do anything, based on what the cause is.
I have never found multiple connections to slow down any one of my attached devices, but of course how much you are doing on a given computer such as heavy gaming/torrents/video streaming would be a different story. In that case, Tomato or DD-WRT may be a good option.
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 jp0469JP
join:2000-12-13
Rochester, MA
kudos:1 | reply to JB
That router won't run Tomato. You need to find a v1 - v4 or get a WRT54GL. |
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| reply to JB
That's right the V8 won't run Tomato but it will run DD-WRT Micro just fine which will give it a lot of handy new features. |
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