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  • Re: DD-WRT versus OpenWRT versus Tomato?

    From Tracker1@VERT/TRN to poindexter FORTRAN on Thursday, January 21, 2021 19:04:54
    On 1/3/2021 10:32 AM, poindexter FORTRAN wrote:
    Does anyone have experience with the various Linux-based firewall firmwares?

    I'm running DD-WRT with Entware now, and am looking to add NFS support and maybe reverse proxying via HAproxy or Nginx to my firewall. Does anyone have any experience extending OpenWRT or Tomato?

    I really like Tomato myself... I've also used the others, and prefer
    OpenWRT over DD-WRT. Right now, I'm using a Ubiquiti router and APs, so
    kind of stuck with their UX that I don't care for.

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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to Tracker1 on Friday, January 22, 2021 08:08:20
    Re: Re: DD-WRT versus OpenWRT versus Tomato?
    By: Tracker1 to poindexter FORTRAN on Thu Jan 21 2021 07:04 pm

    I really like Tomato myself... I've also used the others, and prefer OpenWRT over DD-WRT. Right now, I'm using a Ubiquiti router and APs, so kind of stuck with their UX that I don't care for.

    DD-WRT was the first open-source router firmware I used, and I really liked it at the time. Then years ago, I got a router that (at the time) sounded like it wouldn't support DD-WRT easily, so I put Tomato on it. I got to like Tomato's UI. Several months ago I bought a new router for DD-WRT, and I kinda miss Tomato's UI now, though DD-WRT seems capable as always though.

    Nightfox

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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@VERT/REALITY to Tracker1 on Saturday, January 23, 2021 09:26:00
    Tracker1 wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-

    I really like Tomato myself... I've also used the others, and prefer OpenWRT over DD-WRT. Right now, I'm using a Ubiquiti router and APs,
    so kind of stuck with their UX that I don't care for.

    Yeah, I ran Tomato on WRT54Gs and loved it. Loved the traffic graphs, as I think I was on a 5gb cap back then!


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  • From Tracker1@VERT/TRN to poindexter FORTRAN on Monday, January 25, 2021 06:07:21
    On 1/23/2021 10:26 AM, poindexter FORTRAN wrote:
    I really like Tomato myself... I've also used the others, and prefer
    OpenWRT over DD-WRT. Right now, I'm using a Ubiquiti router and APs,
    so kind of stuck with their UX that I don't care for.

    Yeah, I ran Tomato on WRT54Gs and loved it. Loved the traffic graphs,
    as I think I was on a 5gb cap back then!

    I miss it... was much easier to work with imho than anything else I've
    used.
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