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Battousai1 DD-WRT Novice Joined: 20 Jan 2013 Posts: 2
Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2013 10:00 Post subject: Can I use DD-WRT on a Tomato based router?
Hi guys! I just bought a TomatoUSB based wireless router. I just want to know if I can change its firmware to DD-WRT?
here is the specification of the router I bought:
Specifications
Chip: BCM5358U
RAM: 32 Mb Flash Memory: 8M
Network Media: 10BASE –T: UTP Cat. 3 or up, 100BASE-TX:
UTP Cat. 5 or up
Antenna Type: 1 Omni Antenna (2dBi)
Wireless Frequency Range: 2.412GHz-2.4835GHz
Wireless Signal Rates (With automatic fallback)
Here is the screenshot of the web gui:
Thanks!
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dellsweig DD-WRT Guru Joined: 07 Jun 2006 Posts: 1476 Location: New York, USA
Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2013 16:08 Post subject: Re: Can I use DD-WRT on a Tomato based router?
Battousai1 wrote: Hi guys! I just bought a TomatoUSB based wireless router. I just want to know if I can change its firmware to DD-WRT?
here is the specification of the router I bought:
Specifications
Chip: BCM5358U
RAM: 32 Mb Flash Memory: 8M
Network Media: 10BASE –T: UTP Cat. 3 or up, 100BASE-TX:
UTP Cat. 5 or up
Antenna Type: 1 Omni Antenna (2dBi)
Wireless Frequency Range: 2.412GHz-2.4835GHz
Wireless Signal Rates (With automatic fallback)
Here is the screenshot of the web gui:
Thanks!
Tomato is a firmare that runs on some vendors (linksys, asus, belki, buffalo, netgret, etc) hardware just as dd-wrt is firmware.
What hardware do you own??
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Battousai1 DD-WRT Novice Joined: 20 Jan 2013 Posts: 2
Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2013 17:47 Post subject:
Hi dellsweig, I just bought an OEM router that was rebranded by a local shop here in our place. However I found one OEM that is very similar. This is the one:
http://www.catch-tec.com/index.php?page=shop.product_details&category_id=15&flypage=flypage.tpl&product_id=56&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=71
here is the image
and here is the complete specification:
- Chip: BCM5358U
- RAM: 32 Mb Flash Memory: 8M
- Network Media: 10BASE –T: UTP Cat. 3 or up, 100BASE-TX:
UTP Cat. 5 or up
- Antenna Type: 1 Omni Antenna (2dBi)
- Wireless Frequency Range: 2.412GHz-2.4835GHz
- Wireless Signal Rates (With automatic fallback)
- 802.11b(up to 11Mbps)
- 801.11g(up to 54Mbps)
- 801.11n(up to 300Mbps)
- Wireless Transmit Output Power: 11b: 18±1.5dBm, 11g: 16±1.5dBm, 11n(20MHz): 16±1.5dBm 11n (40MHz): 16±1.5dBm
- Number of Selectable Channels:
- USA, Canada(FCC): 11 channels(2.412GHz-2.462GHz)
- Europe(CE): 13 channels (2.412GHz-2.472GHz)
- Japan: 14 channels (2.412GHz-2.4835GHz)
- Support 256/64/16/8-QAM, QPSK, BPSK, MCS0~MCS15
- Security: Hardware-Based Encryption/Decryption Using 64-,128-bit Wired-Equivalent Privacy (WEP) keys, WPA and WPA2 are also supported.
Range: indoors: up to 100meters; Outdoors: up to 300meters
- User Interface: Management interface based on web browser
- Interface Speed: WAN: 10/100Mbps, LAN: 10/100Mbps , - USB 2.0 Port x1
- Power: DC 12V, 1A
- Temperature: 0°C to 50°C (operating), -20°C to 70°C (storage)
- Humidity: 5% to 90 % non-condensing (operating), 5% to 90% non-condensing (storage)
- Certifications: FCC Part 15 Class B, CE Mark
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dellsweig DD-WRT Guru Joined: 07 Jun 2006 Posts: 1476 Location: New York, USA
Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2013 17:56 Post subject:
I would have to say without knowing the EXACT make/model/version of the hardware you really have no idea if the dd-wrt image is compatible
maybe I am wrong but thats my understanding
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