tomato firmware

[nadir]

got a new toy for 5 bucks:
Fritzbox router, 7071 SL
Yesterday night i tried to start setting it up.
Wee bit of fiddling, but all went well fine (main problem were all those cables... + removing the firmware by the ex ISP of said box).
Anyway:
While in general i like it, it has a few drawbacks:
I can't set the DNS servers, it seems (how-to says i can, but i must be blind).
I can only forward one protocol at a time (eithe TCP or UDP, but not both)
Forwarding i2p and torrent does not seem to work.
(strange enough i checked here:
http://www.canyouseeme.org/
it said "i2p port number is closed". I checked again (with changes) It said the same. I checked again (next change) : it said it is open. 15 minutes later, no changes, it said it is closed again. Wtf?)

Would tomato firmware help with that?
Is it worth to use it at all?
K, setting up and using a router for two hours is a bit too little to ask. I should look for a couple of days. Sure. But if folks say: Oh yeah, tomato, that is the shit of the bean... i can skip the part to get the head into in the actual webinterface.

PS:
I can't say i am good with forwarding.
I can't say i really can distinguish protocolls.
I could do it on my "old" router though, where it was easy.
We might change the subject ... i don't care. Any help is welcome. I really want the i2p port to be open. And i want it ... not now, i am not of that kind... but as soon as possible.

[CiaW]

I'm using dd-wrt (build 14929) on a linksys router as a client bridge. I looked at tomato, and it wouldn't work for this router, and overall I'd recommend dd-wrt, if they have a build that will work for your router. I caused myself a lot of work because there was so much information to study and I didn't quite get the message to use the most recent stable build for whichever router flavor first.

If you go that route, then make sure to look for info. on whatever is the current stable build for your chipset (i.e. the linksys was using a broadcom chipset). You'll want to know what chipset the router is using. And whether it'll do what you want, I'm not sure but it's worth checking it out. Here's a link to their wiki and forums:
http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Main_Page
http://www.dd-wrt.com/phpBB2/index.php

[mr-bisquit]

You may want to search for extra_virgin_olive_oil-16-oz.tar.bz2, Chopped_Basil-2-tbsp-1.2.tar.gz, and Minced_Garlic-1_4_cup.tar for the tomato firmware. Be careful or you will end up with tomato_paste.tar.xz.

[nadir]

I'm using dd-wrt (build 14929) on a linksys router as a client bridge. I looked at tomato, and it wouldn't work for this router, and overall I'd recommend dd-wrt, if they have a build that will work for your router. I caused myself a lot of work because there was so much information to study and I didn't quite get the message to use the most recent stable build for whichever router flavor first.

If you go that route, then make sure to look for info. on whatever is the current stable build for your chipset (i.e. the linksys was using a broadcom chipset). You'll want to know what chipset the router is using. And whether it'll do what you want, I'm not sure but it's worth checking it out. Here's a link to their wiki and forums:
http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Main_Page
http://www.dd-wrt.com/phpBB2/index.php

Ah, thanks.
Lots of work you say (i hoped to avoid work ...).
If in doubt i will try it, but not these days (like you say: first check for support. But at a first glance tomato looked good).

Bout the forwarding problem: I get this message:

WARN - Firewalled with Inbound TCP Enabled - You have configured inbound TCP, however your UDP port is firewalled, and therefore it is likely that your TCP port is firewalled as well. If your TCP port is firewalled with inbound TCP enabled, routers will not be able to contact you via TCP, which will hurt the network. Please open your firewall or disable inbound TCP above.

I can't say that i understand it.
for the old router i picked a PC by IP, chosed to use TCP or UDP or both, set the port and that was that.
Now i am gettiing asked for:
name (ok, so far: ftp, ssh, http, etc)
name for private identification ("my cool server", fine so far)
protocoll (TCP and UDP: ok. ESP and GRE: huh? No way to set both, it seems)
from port to port (say 22 to 22, fine so far)
at computer (192.168.1.4, ok)
at port (huh? didn't i just tell it the port?)

Let me read up on inbound and outbound (with the old router i didn't need it, but sometimes heard about it).

[nadir]

Stupid me:
Looks like all i had to do is do it once for TCP, and then again, this time for UDP.
With a bit of luck i am rid of the forward problem.
I still would like to know about firmware experiences.

[nadir]

What i could find with the search-foo i got is:
dd-wrt doesn't mention fritzbox at all, neither on its supported-site nor on its blacklist-site
i couldn't find it on tomato neither (but got distracted).

I then found this:
http://freetz.org/
but didn't look any further yet.

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What puzzles me a bit that i understand it is Linux-based, but nmap tells me it is Windows:

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# nmap -sV fritz.box

Starting Nmap 5.51.6 ( http://nmap.org ) at 2012-05-15 02:52 CEST
Nmap scan report for fritz.box (192.168.1.1)
....
Service Info: OS: Windows; Devices: broadband router, WAP, VoIP adapter

Service detection performed. Please report any incorrect results at http://nmap.org/submit/ .
Nmap done: 1 IP address (1 host up) scanned in 6.80 seconds
#

I then searched for "FritzBox with Windows as OS" and similar, but, you might have guessed it, that gives results i did not look for
(is there any router with Windows as the OS at all? mhh...)

[CiaW]

Actually, the Linksys WRT 54G v8 wireless had firmware that wouldn't work at all with Linux. It may have been Win, not sure. At least dd-wrt had something to let me nuke that firmware, then install theirs.

Did you do a search with the specific model (and version if any)? I don't even remember how I found out the chipset this has, but my notes show broadcom. If you have an IP from nmap, you should be able to put that into a browser and get the admin interface. (i.e. http://192.168.1.1) If it wants a password, you could try admin for the user and the word password for the password, and see if it works. Or are you past that step?

[nadir]

Yeah, i'm past that step (proud...
FritzBox usually seems to come with 192.168.178.1 (i also saw another FritzBox which used 178, that is why i say usual). I set it to 192.168.1.1, so i can use my old LAN-IPs.
Per default it comes without password, it seems.

I did search, and to me it doesn't look as if it would be supported by both (dd-wrt and tomato). Strange enough at dd-wrt it isn't mentioned at all (not at the blacklist site neither. Not the model, the whole branch. And at wikipedia it is said they got a market share of 68% in Germany).

I think i got the portforward problem solved.
I still would like to change DNS-servers (to... ergh.... google).
I got lots of problems with wireless, while wired works much better than before (especially the updates to dyndns go faster and more reliable). NOt that i would really need wireless... perhaps for the smartphone... well: not really.

I might either attach a second wireless router and check if that gives better wireless. Or i look more deep into firmwares (re-check if tomato or dd-wrt support it, model is 7170, and check what exactly freetz will offer me).

Thanks for your help and info.