# Slow Wifi With Tomato **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [August 29, 2009, 3:36pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/slow-wifi-with-tomato/72814 "2009-08-29T15:36:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jetlounge](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jetlounge/32/4994_2.png) [@jetlounge](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jetlounge)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2009, 3:36pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/slow-wifi-with-tomato/72814/1 "2009-08-29T15:36:21Z")
I have VZ FIOS and their router, then I have another router configured with Tomato as an AP hanging off of that. When I connect wired to the Tomato box its fast. But connect using the WiFi AP, and it is so sloooooooow. Have basically used all the default settings, no QOS…just simple html page tests…bombs on [msn.com](http://msn.com)…What am I doing wrong? ---
**Author:** ![itsJim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c67d28/32.png) [@itsJim](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/itsJim)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2009, 12:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/slow-wifi-with-tomato/72814/2 "2009-09-03T12:09:52Z")
Better off in the tomato forums. Maybe try DD-WRT? I’ve had awesome results with it. I really want my own pfSense box at home. I set one up here at work (and a few local coffee shops) and it blows any router I’ve seen out of the water in terms of performance and ease of use. ---
**Author:** ![pirite](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/pirite/32/5308_2.png) [@pirite](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/pirite)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2009, 12:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/slow-wifi-with-tomato/72814/3 "2009-09-03T12:17:31Z")
DD-WRT ftw ---
**Author:** ![Storamin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc348/32.png) [@Storamin](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Storamin)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2009, 8:21pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/slow-wifi-with-tomato/72814/4 "2009-09-03T20:21:37Z")
> [@pirite](#): > > DD-WRT ftw x2 ---
**Author:** ![jetlounge](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jetlounge/32/4994_2.png) [@jetlounge](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jetlounge)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2009, 9:48pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/slow-wifi-with-tomato/72814/5 "2009-09-12T21:48:24Z")
fwiw, other than this hiccup…tomato was soo much easier to configure than ddwrt. i found that config to be a nightmare. ---
**Author:** ![itsJim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c67d28/32.png) [@itsJim](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/itsJim)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2009, 8:58am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/slow-wifi-with-tomato/72814/6 "2009-09-13T08:58:00Z")
Are you serious? I’ve found dd-wrt to be just about as easy as it gets ---
**Author:** ![ZOMGVTEK](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/zomgvtek/32/5063_2.png) [@ZOMGVTEK](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ZOMGVTEK)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2009, 6:43pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/slow-wifi-with-tomato/72814/7 "2009-09-13T18:43:17Z")
Tomato is just plain an inferior router OS compared to DD-WRT. If you dont know how to configure it, you should be running the stock firmware. Most of the time there is some stupid proof ‘easy button’ on cheap routers now anyways. And in reality, youre better off running DD-WRT and not touching the settings vs keeping it stock and broadcasted as ‘Linksys’ or ‘Netgear’… Run DD-WRT. ---
**Author:** ![pirite](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/pirite/32/5308_2.png) [@pirite](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/pirite)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2009, 6:59pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/slow-wifi-with-tomato/72814/8 "2009-09-13T18:59:32Z")
> [@ZOMGVTEK](#): > > And in reality, youre better off running DD-WRT and not touching the settings vs keeping it stock and broadcasted as ‘Linksys’ or ‘Netgear’… > > Run DD-WRT. :word: i have my dd-wrt set all default except for port forwarding, router name, and the boost for the range. ---
**Author:** ![jetlounge](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jetlounge/32/4994_2.png) [@jetlounge](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jetlounge)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2009, 11:21am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/slow-wifi-with-tomato/72814/9 "2009-09-16T11:21:06Z")
> [@ZOMGVTEK](#): > > Tomato is just plain an inferior router OS compared to DD-WRT. If you dont know how to configure it, you should be running the stock firmware. Most of the time there is some stupid proof ‘easy button’ on cheap routers now anyways. And in reality, youre better off running DD-WRT and not touching the settings vs keeping it stock and broadcasted as ‘Linksys’ or ‘Netgear’… > > Run DD-WRT. i didn’t say i didn’t know how to configure it. i didn’t say i leave my network broadcasting as ‘linksys’ either. i said it was a nightmare to set up. maybe it was the h/w…or some incompatibility…but if i remember correctly it kept dropping the wifi signal and totally rebooting the device on its own. each reboot, it dropped the settings that I made. installed tomato and i was in business in 2 minutes flat. boosted the amp and configured as a multiport ethernet bridge dishing out ips…on the same buffalo router. whatever it worked. spending more time to dd-wrt to work is not going to make a difference in anyones life. ---
**Author:** ![ZOMGVTEK](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/zomgvtek/32/5063_2.png) [@ZOMGVTEK](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ZOMGVTEK)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2009, 11:25am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/slow-wifi-with-tomato/72814/10 "2009-09-16T11:25:50Z")
All im saying is DD-WRT is a superior Router OS as compared to Tomato. I never said you broadcast ‘linksys’, or that you don’t know how to configure a router. Im just saying spending the 5-10 mins to configure DD-WRT shouldn’t be a issue if you made a new thread on a car forum complaining about WIFI speeds with a inferior router OS.