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Re: OpenWRT vs. DD-WRT vs. Tomato? While dd-wrt and tomato are very similar, there *are* some differences. And whether those differences matter depend on how you plan to use it.
Tomato doesn’t support virtual interfaces, and thus can’t be setup as a universal repeater, or establish a guest/secondary wireless network.
Tomato doesn't support PPTP VPN (client or server), at least not out of the box (can be installed as OptWare), while dd-wrt does both. Like dd-wrt, tomato does support OpenVPN, and which is certainly superior, but PPTP can still be useful because it’s ubiquitous. For example, if you need to support iOS clients (e.g., iPhone), that might be an important consideration.
Tomato QoS seems to work better than dd-wrt QoS, imo.
And if you have USB ports on your router, tomato has a lot more built in support, including SMB and FTP.
As far as WDS, beware that WDS is NOT a wifi-certified protocol, so implementations vary, and so you can run into a boatload of problems unless you can GUARANTEE all WDS partners are using the same implementation (i.e., all tomato, all dd-wrt). If you attempt to mix tomato/dd-wrt WDS w/ the stock WDS implementations on those other Linksys routers, it may not work, or will appear to work but not reliably. This is what makes WDS such a PITA and why it should be avoided unless you know w/ 100% certainty you have compatibility.
In general, I prefer tomato because I like the simpler, cleaner interface, unless I have a specific need it can’t address. dd-wrt’s “everything including the kitchen sink” approach can be overwhelming for newbs. | |
| Most recent Tomato builds allow for virtual interfaces, toastman and shibby are 2 that come to mind. Shibby also has OpenVPN in the package, so PPTP client/server is available "out of the box".
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