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Old 07-31-2009, 03:01 PM   #1
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For users of DD-WRT, please visit the following page. It's possible that someone external to your network can gain control of your router. Either download the new firmware or add the firewall command.

http://www.dd-wrt.com/dd-wrtv3/commu...om-report.html
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Old 07-31-2009, 06:30 PM   #2
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I tried DD-WRT.

I prefer Tomato firmware.
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Old 08-01-2009, 11:51 AM   #3
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I like DDWRT. Never really tried Tomato.

Either way, seems like this exploit was there fault from the get-go. On their forums someone pointed out exactly how the problem was created. Seems like the guys who created the builds screwed up.

But, its fixed now with the newer updates.
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I tried Tomato last night... I felt it was not even in the same league as DD-WRT. I couldn't even get my Wifi to actually transmit. But I did like how it scan the area to see what's already transmitting on each channel.
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Old 08-02-2009, 09:29 PM   #5
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I tried Tomato last night... I felt it was not even in the same league as DD-WRT. I couldn't even get my Wifi to actually transmit. But I did like how it scan the area to see what's already transmitting on each channel.
Interesting. I likes it because it was the first firmware that I was able to get QoS working nicely.
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Old 08-03-2009, 08:45 AM   #6
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I've had issues, usually with WiFi, going between DD-WRT and Tomato which required a factory reset (or whatever involves holding down the reset button for a minute). Twice I've had to use that method to get things back to working order, once on a Tomato->DD-WRT transition, and once on a DD-WRT->Tomato transition. In both cases my WiFi would only work without any encryption at all, but the reset fixed that for whatever reason.
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Have you updated to the latest firmware?
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Old 08-03-2009, 01:24 PM   #8
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Hmmm, thanks for the heads up Bob. I went directly from DD-WRT to Tomato as well. Maybe I'll try the reset to the linksys firmware, then go to Tomato. In my case, I had my Wifi completely open and unprotected, and transmitting the ID, but nothing would pick it up.
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So disable remote web Gui management and you should be OK.

I am on Tomato but normally for home users that option should be turned off. I can only really see it being usefull for a IT contractor who has to admin multiple APs.
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I prefer Tomato for the hotspot ability. I admin a couple of them, if there is an issue I go on site and charge them. That way they see me actually doing something and not just remoting from home and sending them a bill.

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