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Q: Does FreshTomato support only old devices or also more recent ones?
FreshTomato supports both old devices and modern ones. A good starting point is the Hardware Compatibility page. Keep a close eye on CPU speed, Ethernet port speed and Wi-Fi speed (with 802.11ac currently supporting the fastest Wi-Fi speed).
Q: What are FreshTomato's default login credentials?
Q: What is FreshTomato's default IP address?
Q: How can I make temporary changes to FreshTomato's settings that aren't saved unless I want them to be?
In the Administration/Debugging menu, enable the “Avoid commiting to NVRAM” setting. If you don't want to keep the settings changes, just reboot FreshTomato and settings will return to what they were before you made them. If you later decide you want to save the changes, uncheck the Avoid performing an NVRAM commit button. This make experimentation fun, and more safe.
Q: What do those cryptic filenames mean? How do I choose the right build for my router?
A: The naming scheme for ARM-based models (with some exceptions) is roughly as follows:
For example, we can interpret that for the ARM build with filename:
freshtomato-RT-AC3200-ARM-2021.3-AIO-128K.zip_no_media_server
has the following firmware features:
Mod (fork) name: FreshTomato
Hardware Model: built for the (Asus) RT-AC3200 router.
ARM (for models with an ARM CPU architecture)
Release name: 2021.3 (The third release in year 2021.) This build may NOT have been released in the third month.
Edition: AIO “All-in-one” (Most all features are included)
NVRAM size: 128K (for routers with 128K of NVRAM space)
This build doesn't include the Media Server
Q: What are the common device names used to represent router interfaces/components?
Q: Where are some of the most common configuration files located for FreshTomato functions?
A: