I’ve been running DD-WRT on my WRT54GL for well over a year not and even documented detailed firmware flashing instructions. However, I’ve been debating on switching to the Tomato firmware for close to year now.

With Comcast’s new 250 GB bandwidth limit and Tomato’s impressive bandwidth monitor, I’m getting even closer to taking the time to make the switch from dd-wrt to Tomato. I believe the v24 of dd-wrt does support bandwidth monitoring but I like the looks and basic features of Tomato.

The Systm episode 71 by Revision3 recently covered the process to flash a Linksys WRT54G with Tomato firmware and also showed off some of the application’s coolest features. If you’re debating on upgrading your very basic Linksys router to something much better for free, I highly recommend you watch this video. It’ll make you want to do it right away.

Now, if I can just determine the best process to switch from dd-wrt to Tomato, I’d be good…

Also should also mention that if you’re interested in hacking your Linksys router, you should checkout the Linksys WRT54G Ultimate Hackingbook.