Tomato……yummy!!!!

The ultimate firmware that we are presently using is tomato.(www.polarcloud.com/tomato)

This has all the features of a regular firmware minus the complex terminologies and does not give the ‘oh-mi-god-how-am-i-going-to-handle-this???’

The Tomato Firmware is a free HyperWRT + tofu based, linux core firmware for several wireless router, most notably the Linksys WRT54G (including the WRT54GL and WRT54GS),

The interface is quite simple and lucid and provides very easy control.User can select variegated hues from the colour list:tomato,pumpkin, cyan black etc. It just adds to the appeal of the interface and simplicity. The interactive bandwidth graphs and traffic monitoring software is added advantage. These tools also provide excellent wireless survey facilities.

Although one needs to install the SVG( scalable vector graphic) for the graphs and charts.Yet the firmware provides excellent user control and is quite transparent.

I am presently going ga-ga over the tomato and I have tested the wireless mesh network(IEEE 802.11s) for the voip and multimedia transmission and its working fine.

It’s ripe and yummy tomatoes for me!!!

Tags: IEEE 802.11s, mesh, tomato, VOIP, wireless, WRT54G, WRT54GL