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mmm · 08-04-2015, 08:27

There are some flavours of Tomato that can use Broadcom ctf. Just need the right kernel patches to go with the switch and wifi drivers and load the kernel module. BUT little interest since it is compatible with features such IP accounting, web monitoring, custom port-forwards as well as QOS. It is also possible that the module is designed to improve speedtest benchmarks - but has little effect in real use with multiple clients/multiple connections.

IMHO QOS essential when sharing a limited internet service between many users, but does need careful tuning and Tomato has many tables/ pie charts to assist by classifying traffic - you want to prioritize human requested web pages/ game commands and limit background p2p like traffic. If a restricted upstream is not managed, it is not possible to make full use of the downstream. If only a few considerate users not maxing out the connection QOS not needed.

The multi-core ARM routers should be many times faster than the MIPS N66U, and I have no doubt will be the standard in future. I still favour Asus since they are so active with firmware upgrades and release of GPL source-codes (the 5-year old RT-N16 has just had a new beta firmware released!).

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mmm Inactive Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 513	Re: Best Router / Hub combo for 2015 There are some flavours of Tomato that can use Broadcom ctf. Just need the right kernel patches to go with the switch and wifi drivers and load the kernel module. BUT little interest since it is compatible with features such IP accounting, web monitoring, custom port-forwards as well as QOS. It is also possible that the module is designed to improve speedtest benchmarks - but has little effect in real use with multiple clients/multiple connections. IMHO QOS essential when sharing a limited internet service between many users, but does need careful tuning and Tomato has many tables/ pie charts to assist by classifying traffic - you want to prioritize human requested web pages/ game commands and limit background p2p like traffic. If a restricted upstream is not managed, it is not possible to make full use of the downstream. If only a few considerate users not maxing out the connection QOS not needed. The multi-core ARM routers should be many times faster than the MIPS N66U, and I have no doubt will be the standard in future. I still favour Asus since they are so active with firmware upgrades and release of GPL source-codes (the 5-year old RT-N16 has just had a new beta firmware released!).