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How
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June 10 , 2009 |
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This article lists some of the initial settings that can be applied to the Tomato firmware. This howto assumes you have the following setup: router hardware: Linksys router, model # WRT54GL tomato firmware version: 1.25 After installing, or upgrading to the latest version of the tomato firmware, reset the old settings in NVRAM: Administration >> Configuration >> Restore Default Configuration >> The new login settings will become: user name: root Login, then continue with modifiying the initial settings: Set the router name and hostname to whatever you wish: Basic >> Identification >> Then hit Save at the bottom of the page. More basic setting changes: Basic >> Network >> Type: DHCP disable: DHCP Server disable: Wireless ... hit Save. Basic >> Time >> set the time zone ... hit Save. Then modify various settings in Admin Access: Administration >> Admin Access >> can change the following: >> Color Scheme disable the following: >> remote access change the password: >> Password ... hit Save. To modify the color of the starup LED, we need to add a short command to the startup scripts: Administration >> scripts >> init add the following line: led white on We can also add, among others, the following commands: led white off led amber on led amber off led aoss on Finally, we can make sure we are set to use the router in its basic setting of "gateway": Advanced >> Routing >> Miscellaneous >> Mode: Gateway
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