hacking the linksys wrt54g w/ tomato firmware for pretty network graphs
Published December 4th, 2008 in hacks
Since getting my terabyte DNS-323 NAS up and running, Rogers has been kind enough to let me know I’m way over my 60gb/month bandwidth cap. Imagine that! ha ha.
So I decided to upgrade the firmware on my router so I can more effectively track my monthly bandwidth usage. I had been using the hyperwrt+tofu firmware for years (even before DD-WRT was big), but it was time for a change. And an easy one at that!
I simply grabbed the new tomato firmware and reflashed the router. It was a 2 second painless process; in my case it even kept all my old settings. Now I have pretty graphs — it’s like a lazy man’s MRTG. And I am lazy. But now happy. Hit the jump for pretty pictures:
last 24 hrs:
real time:
and monthly bandwidth monitor so I know when I’m about to go over:
Of course, this is all a temporary solution until I get pissed off at Rogers cap & throttling and go with Teksavvy.
5 Comments to “hacking the linksys wrt54g w/ tomato firmware for pretty network graphs”
- 1 Pingback on Jan 5th, 2009 at 1:34 pm
Ahhh… just switched from dd-wrt to tomato… finally a firmware that doesn’t require a reboot once every 24 hours… great call - tomato rocks!!
- Erik
So it is that simple??
i have a DD-WRT (Buffalo Airstation)
Buffalo WHR-HP-G54 it runs: DD-WRT v23 SP2
So are you saying all my settings will remain?? i.e. Port Fwding?
Since I use FWDing for the DNS (22, 80 and 9091)
and
vnc for my mac workstation
ok. I did it. upgrade from dd-wrt v23 sp3 to tomato 1.23
Did lose some settings but not all.. interesting options with this firmware … fingers crossed to see how it works out.
Tomato firmware rocks. That’s right, it’s WAY more stable than DD-WRT. I’ve rolled out about 2 doz Linksys WRT54GL’s, most with Tomato (depends on needs), and have seen Tomato uptime in the hundreds of days.
When a firmware update is available, you can just flash it, and all your settings remain. You can flash wirelessly, on the local LAN, or over the Internet.
I hear you DD-WRT users cringing…but it’s true.
Not to dump on DD-WRT; there are lots of uses for it, too.