# Anyone have experience running DDWRT/Tomato software on a router?

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**Created:** [March 5, 2015, 6:50am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-have-experience-running-ddwrt-tomato-software-on-a-router/271822 "2015-03-05T06:50:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2015, 8:32am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-have-experience-running-ddwrt-tomato-software-on-a-router/271822/21 "2015-03-05T08:32:09Z")

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You don’t have to, but DD-WRT is a pretty powerful platform. It’s up to you, but it certainly is not a requirement.

Sounds like you have enough on your plate with learning FreeNAS. So I would stick to getting that setup and understood, then move on to networking tasks later.

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**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2015, 8:51am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-have-experience-running-ddwrt-tomato-software-on-a-router/271822/22 "2015-03-05T08:51:31Z")

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> [@boardjnky4](#):
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> Why do you even use torrents if you have usenet?
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> In my opinion, running Usenet over SSL provides enough privacy. It’s obviously not bulletproof, and some 3-letter gov’t agencies can probably attack it, but I wouldn’t be worried.

^ This is the real voice of reason. I’ve been downloading every TV show and new movie we watch for the past 4 years over usenet with SSL. My usenet plan now includes VPN but I have no intention of ever using it. You’ve not trying to hide this stuff from the CIA or anyone else who had the ability to crack SSL encryption.

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**Author:** ![Gl1](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/gl1/32/5471_2.png) [@Gl1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Gl1)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2015, 5:32am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-have-experience-running-ddwrt-tomato-software-on-a-router/271822/23 "2015-03-06T05:32:40Z")

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Why not put the modem in bridge mode, and just use the dd-wrt router?

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**Author:** ![BOBBYGRV](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BOBBYGRV](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BOBBYGRV)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2015, 6:47am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-have-experience-running-ddwrt-tomato-software-on-a-router/271822/24 "2015-03-06T06:47:06Z")

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> [@Gl@re](#):
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> Why not put the modem in bridge mode, and just use the dd-wrt router?

I have heard that the VPN can bog down the router and I’d rather not have that on my other devices. I have 2 IP cams running through that and all my other media streaming stuff. I thought putting the Server on it’s own router would at least keep that separate from the other stuff. I usually pull from Plex using my server’s CPU. I gave access to a few other people as well, so at times, there might be 3-4 HD streams going out.

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