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| faq [2024/10/23 19:47] – [Device Name Defaults] -Condense, formatting hogwild | faq [2025/04/15 21:08] (current) – [How Can I Check the Integrity of my Downloaded Build File?] -Change "you shouldn't" to "Don't" hogwild | ||
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| - | * Very your device is supported by FreshTomato on the [[hardware_compatibility|Hardware compatibility]] \\ page. Read the HW revision and Notes columns there. | + | * Check your device is supported by FreshTomato on the [[hardware_compatibility|Hardware compatibility]] \\ page. Read the HW revision and Notes columns there. |
| * Overall, the installation process is quite safe. Depending on your hardware, \\ there are recovery procedures if things don't go as planned. However, you're \\ responsible for any risks involved in upgrading your device to FreshTomato. | * Overall, the installation process is quite safe. Depending on your hardware, \\ there are recovery procedures if things don't go as planned. However, you're \\ responsible for any risks involved in upgrading your device to FreshTomato. | ||
| * Use an Ethernet connection between the client device and a router LAN port. | * Use an Ethernet connection between the client device and a router LAN port. | ||
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| * Fork name: FreshTomato. \\ | * Fork name: FreshTomato. \\ | ||
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| ==== How Can I Check the Integrity of my Downloaded Build File? ==== | ==== How Can I Check the Integrity of my Downloaded Build File? ==== | ||
| - | MD5SUM files are available in each website folder containing firmware. You are strongly advised to run a hash program against the .zip file of the build you downloaded. Then, compare the value in that program with the listed hash value for that build in the MD5SUM file. If the two don't match, your download is corrupt, **and you shouldn't flash with that file** or you could damage your router. Try downloading it again and performing the hash check until the hashes match. | + | MD5SUM files are available in each website folder containing firmware. You are strongly advised to run a hash program against the .zip file of the build you downloaded. Then, compare the value in that program with the listed hash value for that build in the MD5SUM file. If the two don't match, your download is corrupt. **Don't flash with that file** or you could damage your router. Try downloading it again and performing the hash check until the hashes match. |
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| \\ This can become a complex topic rather quickly. In general, there will be physical interfaces, such as " | \\ This can become a complex topic rather quickly. In general, there will be physical interfaces, such as " | ||
| - | * ethX: is a physical interface. It can represent Ethernet | + | * ethX - is a physical interface. |
| - | * wlX: is a physical wireless interface. It is often associated | + | * wlX - is a physical wireless interface. |
| - | * brX: is a logical interface | + | * brX - is a logical interface |
| - | * vlanX: identifies a VLAN (a logical separation). | + | * vlanX - identifies a VLAN (a logical separation). |
| - | * tunXX: is an OpenVPN interface. (For example, tun13 = client3, tun21 = server1). | + | * tunXX - is an OpenVPN interface.\\ (For example, tun13 = client3, tun21 = server1). |
| - | * tinc: is a logical tunnel interface used by tinc VPN technology. | + | * tinc - is a logical tunnel interface used by the tinc function. \\ \\ |
| - | * wg0: is an interface used by Wireguard. | + | * wg0 - is an interface used by the Wireguard |
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| - | - First, clear the browser cache either via the graphical | + | - First, clear the browser cache either via the web interface, |
| - Try a different browser. | - Try a different browser. | ||
| - | - Rarely, multiple copies of FreshTomato' | + | - Rarely, multiple copies of the web interface certificate |
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| - CPU utilization. You can check this by running the " | - CPU utilization. You can check this by running the " | ||
| - | - The presence of content in the "/ | + | - The presence of content in the "/ |
| - | - The httpd daemon is running. Check this by typing "ps | grep [h]ttpd" | + | - The httpd daemon is running. Check this by typing: \\ "ps | grep [h]ttpd" |
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