Tomato (firmware)

Tomato Firmware

Real time bandwidth view, running on a Buffalo AirStation WHR-HP-G54
Developer(s)	Jonathan Zarate
Initial release	2008 (2008)
Stable release	1.28 / June 28, 2010 (2010-06-28). Mods vary.
Operating system	Linux
Type	Routing software
License	Freeware Backend: GNU General Public License Frontend: proprietary^[1]^[2]^[3]
Website	www.polarcloud.com/tomato

Tomato is a partially free HyperWRT-based, Linux core firmware distribution for a range of Broadcom chipset based wireless routers, most notably the older-model Linksys WRT54G (including the WRT54GL and WRT54GS), Buffalo AirStation, Asus Routers and Netgear's WNR3500L. Among other notable features is the user interface, which makes heavy use of Ajax as well as an SVG-based graphical bandwidth monitor.

History

Tomato was originally released by Jonathan Zarate in 2008, building on the code of HyperWRT. Since the last release from the original developer in June 2010, continued development happens through several community-maintained "mods". A notable early fork, called TomatoUSB, itself ceased development in November 2010, but has since then been forked by other developers.^[4]

Features

Interactive Ajax based GUI using SVG and CSS-based color schemes (allowing GUI look and feel changes).
CLI access (BusyBox) via Telnet or SSH (using Dropbear).
DHCP server (with static allocation of IP addresses).
DNS forwarder (using Dnsmasq).
Netfilter/iptables with customizable settings, IPP2P and l7-filter.
Wake-on-LAN.
Advanced QoS: 10 unique QoS classes defined, real-time graphs display prioritized traffic with traffic class details.
Client bandwidth control via QoS classes.
Bandwidth graphing/statistics.
Wireless modes:
- Access point (AP).
- Wireless client station (STA).
- Wireless Ethernet (WET) bridge.
- Wireless distribution system (WDS also known as wireless bridging).
- Simultaneous AP and WDS (also known as wireless repeating).
Dynamic DNS service with ezUpdate and services extended for more providers.
Syslog viewable through the GUI (also downloadable).
SES button control.
JFFS2.
CIFS client.
Wireless LAN Adjustment of radio transmit power, antenna selection, and 14 wireless channels.
'Boot wait' protection (increase the time slot for uploading firmware via the boot loader).
Advanced port forwarding, redirection, and triggering with UPnP and NAT-PMP.
Advanced user access restrictions.
Init, shutdown, firewall, and WAN Up scripts.
Uptime, load average, and free memory status.
Minimal reboots - Very few configuration changes require a reboot.
Wireless survey page to view other networks in your neighborhood.
More comprehensive dashboard than stock firmware: displays signal strengths of wireless client devices, reveals UPnP mappings.
Configuration persistence during a firmware upgrade.

Feature comparison

Mod Name	Base Version	Mod Version	Latest Release Date	SFTP	VPN Client	VPN Server	SNMP	SD Card Support	USB Support	VLANs	IPv6	Captive Portal	5 GHz	Per-IP Traffic Stats	Static ARP	BW Limiter	NFS Server	BT Client	Guest SSID	PPPoE Server	DNSCrypt	CPU overclock	Tor Project	IPsec	Dual WAN	Siproxd VoIP	Web Server	Stealth Mode LED Control	TTB^[5]	P2Partisan
Tomato	1.28^*	1.28	000000002010-06-28-0000June 28, 2010	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Tomato ND	1.28^**	1.28	000000002010-06-28-0000June 28, 2010	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
TomatoUSB Mod (Teddy Bear)^[6]^[7]	1.28^**	Build 54	000000002010-11-30-0000November 30, 2010	Via Optware	OpenVPN	OpenVPN	No	No	Print, NAS, Media, FTP	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
TomatoVPN Mod (SgtPepperKSU)^[8]^[9]	1.27^***	1.27vpn3.6	000000002010-01-27-0000January 27, 2010	No	OpenVPN	OpenVPN	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
SpeedMod Mod (softc0re)^[10]	1.28^***	120	000000002010-07-30-0000July 30, 2010	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
slodki Mod^[11]	1.28^**	1.28.02	000000002011-02-18-0000February 18, 2011	Via Optware	OpenVPN	OpenVPN	No	SD, SDHC, MMC	Print, NAS	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
RAF Mod (Victek)^[12]^[13]	1.28^***	1.28.9013 R1.3	000000002014-07-18-0000July 18, 2014	Via Optware	OpenVPN, PPTP	OpenVPN, PPTP	Yes	SD, SDHC, MMC	Print, NAS, Media, FTP, 3G USB Modem	With GUI	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	VLAN	No	No	With GUI	No	With GUI	With GUI	No	No	No	With GUI	With GUI	by script	No	No
DualWAN Mod^[14]	1.28^***	1.28.0542	000000002012-01-17-0000January 17, 2012	Via Optware	OpenVPN, PPTP	OpenVPN, PPTP	Yes	No	Print, NAS, Media, FTP 3G USB Modem	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Toastman Mod^[15]^[16]	1.28^***	RT MIPSR2 1.28.7507. RT-N MIPSR2 1.28.0507	000000002014-12-31-0000December 31, 2014	Via Optware	OpenVPN, PPTP	OpenVPN, PPTP	Yes	No	Print, NAS, Media, FTP, 3G USB Modem	With GUI	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	With GUI	No	No	With GUI	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Shibby Mod^[17]^[18]	1.28^***	K26: MIPSR1, MIPSR2, RT-N, RT-AC, ARM v132. K24: MIPSR1 v124	000000002015-10-19-0000October 19, 2015	Via Optware	OpenVPN, PPTP, L2TP	OpenVPN, PPTP, tinc	Yes	SD, SDHC, MMC	Print, NAS, Media, FTP, 3G and LTE USB Modem, UPS Monitor	With GUI	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	VLAN	With GUI	With GUI	With GUI	No	With GUI	Yes	With GUI	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	by script^[19]
Teaman Mod^[20]	1.28^**	v0025	000000002012-06-15-0000June 15, 2012	Via Optware	OpenVPN	OpenVPN, PPTP	Yes	SD, SDHC, MMC	Print, NAS, FTP, 3G USB Modem	With GUI	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	With GUI	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
AdvancedTomato GUI Mod^[21]	1.28^***	K26: MIPSR1, MIPSR2, RT-N, RT-AC v128. ARM v129. K24: MIPSR1 v124.	000000002015-11-02-0000November 2, 2015	Via Optware	OpenVPN, PPTP, L2TP	OpenVPN, PPTP, tinc	Yes	SD, SDHC, MMC	Print, NAS, Media, FTP, 3G and LTE USB Modem, UPS Monitor	With GUI	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	VLAN	With GUI	With GUI	With GUI	No	With GUI	Yes	With GUI	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	by script^[22]
Mod Name	Base Version	Mod Version	Latest Release Date	SFTP	VPN Client	VPN Server	SNMP	SD Card Support	USB Support	VLANs	IPv6	Captive Portal	5 GHz	Per-IP Traffic Stats	Static ARP	BW Limiter	NFS Server	BT Client	Guest SSID	PPPoE Server	DNSCrypt	CPU overclock	TOR Project	IPSec	Dual WAN	Siproxd VoIP	Web Server	Stealth Mode LED Control	TTB	P2Partisan

^*	Tomato standard only
^**	Tomato ND (New Driver) only
^***	Tomato standard and ND

License

Tomato is based on the GPL source code released by Linksys, but includes proprietary binary modules from the chipset manufacturer Broadcom. Portions of the code are licensed under the GNU General Public License, but the source code for the user interface is under a more restrictive license, which forbids use without the author's permission.

Compatible routers

Main article: wikibooks:Tomato Firmware

Tomato is compatible with many Broadcom-based routers, including Asus routers, Buffalo AirStation, and the Linksys WRT54G series. Detailed information is available from the Wikibooks page on Tomato. WRT54G models of version 5 and newer are not compatible. Community Forums generally recommend Tomato for Linksys Devices, Ex.. LinksysInfo.org, for users who desire an alternative to DD-WRT, while not offering as much customization as the advanced OpenWrt firmware. Support for the Asus RT-N16, Asus RT-N12, Asus WL-500W, Linksys WRT-160Nv3, Cisco Valet M10 and Netgear WNR3500L/v2 has been added via a new firmware modification (based on Linux kernel 2.6). There are several other mods based on this code that offer more features.

References

↑ "[Tomato] Tomato License?". DSLreports.com. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
↑ "Tomato License?". Linksysinfo.org. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
↑ Jonathan Zarate. "Tomato Firmware, tomato/release/src/router/www/tomato.js source file". Sourceforge. Retrieved 23 September 2014. Copyright (C) 2006-2010 Jonathan Zarate For use with Tomato Firmware only. No part of this file may be used without permission.
↑ List of Tomato Mods on the TomatoUSB website
↑ (Tomato Theme Base)
↑ TomatoUSB Mod (Teddy Bear) Home page.
↑ TomatoUSB Mod (Teddy Bear) Support thread.
↑ TomatoVPN Mod (SgtPepperKSU) Home page.
↑ TomatoVPN Mod (SgtPepperKSU) Support thread.
↑ SpeedMod Mod (hardc0re) Home page.
↑ slodki Mod Home page.
↑ RAF Mod (Victek) Home page.
↑ RAF Mod (Victek) Support thread.
↑ DualWAN Mod Home page.
↑ Toastman Mod Home page. Tomato builds with many useful added features. Based on TomatoUSB and RT (selected features included from other firmwares, plus new mods).
↑ Toastman Mod Support thread.
↑ Shibby Mod Home page.
↑ Shibby Mod Support thread.
↑ P2Partisan Support thread. P2Partisan
↑ Teaman Mod Home page. Teaman is the author of the VLANs GUI, Per-IP Traffic Stats (author of cstats, which keeps per-IP data/track/history), Client Monitor Graphs (author of IPTraffic) and author of the Guest SSID GUI.
↑ AdvancedTomato Home page. Built on Shibby version, with GUI update
↑ P2Partisan Support thread. P2Partisan

External links

Wikibooks has a book on the topic of: Tomato Firmware

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tomato (firmware).

Tomato Firmware Official Homepage
Tomato Modifications Forum and listings of Tomato additions/distributions
Virtual Tomato RAF (Victek mod)
Revision3 - Systm - Episode 71 on Tomato systm--0071--tomato--hd.h264.mp4

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