Tomato USB is an alternative Linux-based firmware for powering Broadcom-based ethernet routers. It is a modification of the famous Tomato firmware, with additional built-in support for USB port, wireless-N mode support, support for several newer router models, and various enhancements.
Tomato USB supports many Broadcom-based routers from Asus, Linksys, Buffalo, Netgear and other manufacturers. See the documentation about the different build types for more details and for the list of models supported.
Features
- Firmware replacement with full LAN/WAN/WiFi support
- WiFi 802.11a/b/g/n, Dual-Band, LAN up to Gigabit
- NAS support: external USB storage, with file sharing on LAN and WAN (supports FAT/FAT32, EXT2/EXT3 and NTFS)
- Print server: access USB printer from LAN
- VPN support (through OpenVPN, both client and server mode)
- Media server DLNA
- Nice and easy to use GUI
- Installation of custom packages from Optware (P2P clients, proxy, web server, etc.)
- Graphical bandwidth usage monitor
- Very advanced QOS configuration
- Access restrictions
- Advanced wireless configurations (WDS, wireless client modes, etc.)
The table below shows the availability for each router compatible with kernel 2.6 builds:
| Router | CPU | K26 | K24 | K26 Editions/Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asus RT-N10 | R2 | Yes | No | NoUSB (only build 52 and earlier!) |
| Asus RT-N12 | R2 | Yes | No | NoUSB |
| Asus RT-N16 | R2 | Yes | No | All |
| Asus WL500GP v1/v2 | R1 | Yes | Yes | All |
| Asus WL500W | R1 | Yes | Yes | All |
| Asus WL500G Deluxe | R1 | Yes | Yes | All |
| Asus WL520GU | R1 | Yes | Yes | Lite or NoUSB-Std (4MB flash) only |
| Buffalo WHR-G54S | R1 | Yes | Yes | NoUSB-Std (4MB flash) only |
| Buffalo WHR-HP-G54 | R1 | Yes | Yes | NoUSB-Std (4MB flash) only |
| D-Link DIR-320 | R1 | Yes | Yes | NoUSB-Std (4MB flash) only |
| Linksys E1000 v1 | R2 | Yes | No | NoUSB-Std (4MB flash) only |
| Linksys E2000 | R2 | Yes | No | E2000 (special E2000 Std build required) |
| Linksys E3000 | R2 | Yes | No | E3000 (special E3000 Ext or VPN build required) |
| Linksys E4200 | R2 | Yes | No | E4200 (special E4200 Ext or VPN build required). No 5GHz support |
| Linksys WRT160N v1 | R1 | Yes | Yes | NoUSB-Std (4MB flash) only |
| Linksys WRT160N v3 | R2 | Yes | No | NoUSB-Std (4MB flash) only |
| Linksys WRT300N v1 | R1 | Yes | Yes | NoUSB-Std (4MB flash) only |
| Linksys WRT310N v1 | R1 | Yes | Yes | NoUSB-Std (4MB flash) only |
| Linksys WRT310N v2 | R2 | Yes | No | NoUSB-Std (4MB flash) only (same as WRT160N v3) |
| Linksys WRT320N | R2 | Yes | No | NoUSB |
| Linksys WRT54G-TM | R1 | Yes | Yes | All |
| Linksys WRT54-GL,-GS v1-v4 | R1 | Yes | Yes | NoUSB-Std (4MB flash) or All (8MB flash) |
| Linksys WRT610Nv2 | R2 | Yes | No | All |
| Linksys WRTSL54GS | R1 | Yes | Yes | All |
| Netgear WNR2000 v2 | R2 | Yes | No | NoUSB-Mini |
| Netgear WNR3500 L | R2 | Yes | No | All |
| Netgear WNR3500 v2 / U | R2 | Yes | No | NoUSB-Mini |
| Ovislink WL1600GL | R1 | Yes | Yes | All |
| ZTE ZXV10 H618B | R1 | Yes | Yes | All |
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