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January 29, 2010 04:10 PM

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mahicks3322

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I have downloaded tomato and when I try to install it under admin in DD-WRT, it tells me that the file type is invalid.  I even renamed the tomato firmware to .bin but it tells me the firmware upgrade failed and goes back to DD-WRT.  I also tried to reinstall the original firmware but had the same results. 

 Can anyone help? 

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Brandon C Avatar
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January 29, 2010 4:33 PM

You need to revert to the factory firmware.
You can use this technique; http://www.myopenrouter.com/article/16099/How-To-Reflash-Factory-Firmware-on-...

Then flash with Tomato.

http://placeshiftingenthusiasts.com/

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February 2, 2010 8:56 AM

Hey i have tested the new tomato for the RT-N16 on my wnr3500L and it runs successfull all basics also WPA/WPA2 on draftN im very happy with that.
YOu can get the modded Tomato on http://www.linksysinfo.org/forums/showthread.php?t=63587 i changed only the filename to bin et voila Tomato running.
I could not acces with dhcp over Lan so ic changed to static but must set a IP in the DHCP range like : 192.168.1.136 because the range begings with 192.168.1.135
over Wlan dhcp works fine.

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February 3, 2010 5:27 PM

Whenthelight said: Hey i have tested the new tomato for the RT-N16 on my wnr3500L and it runs successfull all basics also WPA/WPA2 on draftN im very happy with that. YOu can get the modded Tomato on http://www.linksysinfo.org/forums/showthread.php?t=63587 i changed only the filename to bin et voila Tomato running. I could not acces with dhcp over Lan so ic changed to static but must set a IP in the DHCP range like : 192.168.1.136 because the range begings with 192.168.1.135 over Wlan dhcp works fine.
Do you like the tomato on the 3500l better than DD-WRT?  I am having a terrible time with the router and DD-WRT with wireless connections and want to see if a change in firmware would correct this.  I flashed the router to DD-WRT before ever trying the stock firmware for comparison.

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February 4, 2010 5:48 AM

Hey mahicks3322 ,
first 1 used for 2 weeks dd-wrt had some problems with dosconnections with my netbook and problems when inactivity after 1 hr slows transfer down and now 2 days with tomato i'm happy with that all probs are gone speed is very good with dd-wrt i got in my constelation download ~ 5-6 MB and now i got 8-9 MB.
So far no problems with this beta.

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February 9, 2010 6:07 AM

How can I upgrade my WNR3500L to new Tomato for the RT-N16? Original firmware and Tomato version 1.25 needs *.chk file, but at http://www.linksysinfo.org/forums/showthread.php?t=63587 is .trx file. I renamed it to .bin, but both firmwares says that only .chk is supported.

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February 10, 2010 12:17 AM

You can convert a trx file to a chk file.
They must use some tool to prepare chk file which may be different than what we use for Netgear boards. I do not know what essential information should be put in chk header for RT-N16.
For that I guess you have to ask in Asus community.

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February 10, 2010 1:49 AM

simploid said: How can I upgrade my WNR3500L to new Tomato for the RT-N16? Original firmware and Tomato version 1.25 needs *.chk file, but at http://www.linksysinfo.org/forums/showthread.php?t=63587 is .trx file. I renamed it to .bin, but both firmwares says that only .chk is supported.
Hey I didn't upgrade from original FW to Tomato , i used DD-WRT i will ask Teddy_Bear for a *.chk edition will inform you when get some news.Sofar i have new beta 4 test will test buttons that we have complete functions on this model.

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April 26, 2010 4:25 PM

Has anyone been sucessful in running tomato on a netgear WNR3500 V2? If so, would you be able to show me which tomato firmware build worked for flashing the router?

Thanks

Brandon C Avatar
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April 26, 2010 9:09 PM

The V2 only has 4mb flash capacity. So any firmware under that size should work fine.

http://placeshiftingenthusiasts.com/

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April 28, 2010 5:08 PM

Any news re. Tomato on the WNR3500L?

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April 28, 2010 5:18 PM

Hey ED,

I have WNR3500 V2 and I'd only hope that WNR3500L is similar
You would have to install DD-WRT first and then upload Tomato after you change the firmware extension to bin

I haven't done it myself .. I am still trying the router with the stock firmware to see if I like it

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April 30, 2010 1:25 AM

* Asus RT-N16
* Asus RT-N12 (no-USB editions)
* Netgear WNR3500L
* Netgear WNR3500v2 (no-USB editions)
* Linksys WRT160Nv3 (no-USB editions)

are the supported MIPSR2 editions

with beta10 i'm happy no crash no lags so far now will test beta11

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