tomato on WNR3500L seems slower than the stock firmware

Inxsible · 2011-01-04 14:36:49

I installed tomato on my shiny new WNR3500L. I went through the whole shebang of netgear --> dd-wrt --> tomatousb (vpn).

However, I feel that the connection is slower than the stock firmware. I also keep getting "xxx browser is unable to display the page". Things that happen when there is no network connection. But the bars are at full strength.

I know there is a Transmit Power in tomato which is currently set at 42 (the default) and I know I can increase it, but I would think this has to do with something else. Like I mentioned, I do get full bars in my wireless indicator so transmitting power is not the issue. What should I look at?

I am using the latest TomatoUSB with VPN version 1.28.

Also what should I set in my wireless mode? I set it to "Auto", and my n-capable laptop was getting only 11Mbps signal. Then I explicitly set it to "N Only".

Any pointers?

.:B:. · 2011-01-04 15:40:12

I hate to be the party pooper, but shouldn't you be asking that on the Tomato forums?

Did you check your logs? OpenWrt doesn't save logs to flash, but in RAM, you can use logread to access them. Tomato probably has something similar.

Inxsible · 2011-01-04 15:47:22

yeah, I was just hoping if someone had some pointers. I plan to actually move back to the stock firmware, so I can compare them again. Then re-install tomato all over again

Meanwhile, I will also post on the tomato forums.

jasonwryan · 2011-01-04 18:32:51

(Sorry, couldn't resist...)

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#1 2011-01-04 14:36:49

tomato on WNR3500L seems slower than the stock firmware

#2 2011-01-04 15:40:12

Re: tomato on WNR3500L seems slower than the stock firmware

#3 2011-01-04 15:47:22

Re: tomato on WNR3500L seems slower than the stock firmware

#4 2011-01-04 18:32:51

Re: tomato on WNR3500L seems slower than the stock firmware

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