Routers

Open Source Tomato and DD-WRT Routers

We recommend the following Routers as a Good, Better, and Best solution.  The routers listed below are sold with the the Tomato or DD-WRT, Open Source Linux Software installed, configured, and Implemented to meet the needs of your network.

There is a big difference between simply buying a great router at a store to set up yourself, and having someone who knows what they are doing implement a router to take advantage of all its features to meet your needs.  We have many years of experience programming, setting up, and implementing routers.  The routers we sell come with that experience as we intend to install them for you as a solution.

Please read our Blog Article about Intelligent Routers.

Our Solutions Include:

Good:  Netgear WNR3500     Better:  Netgear R7000    Best:  Netgear R8000

Good: Netgear WNR3500L Tomato Router

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Netgear N3500L Router with Tomato Firmware Installed

  Netgear WNRN3500L V2 Tomato Router  (Price:  $200 installed)

Price Includes:  America Only Internet USB Stick

This is our most popular router for home. home/office, and small business.  This feature-rich router stands out amongst other small business routers in terms of raw power.  This capable little router can handle dozens of both wired and wireless users.  This is Version 2 of this highly reliable router that has served our customers well for many years.  We have installed and maintain many of these and it is our standard router of choice.

Features include:   480 MHZ Broadcom Processor, 128 MB Memory, 4-Port 1GHZ Ethernet Switch, and a USB 2.0 Port

Besides the cost of the router, the price includes up to two hours of installation services, which is usually enough to get the job done.  After listening to your networking requirements, we will configure this router and ship it to you.  We can set up and maintain this router remotely.

Better: Netgear R7000 "Nighthawk" Tomato Router

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Netgear R7000 "Nighthawk" Router with Tomato

Netgear R7000 "Nighthawk" Tomato Router  (Price:  $325 installed)

Price Includes:  America Only Internet USB Stick

This router is a major advancement in the raw power you would expect to find in a router.  Designed to satisfy the most demanding audiance "gamers", this router is equiped to blow everything else away.  Not long ago a router with this level of power would cost many thousands of dollars.  Even though is is primairally designed to satisfy gamers, this router will handle the processing needs of the most demanding business networks with ease.

As you make more and more use of the advanced features of the Tomato Router software, the need for processing power and speed increases.  This is especially true as Internet connections become faster and faster.  The Netgear R7000 router is able to process a constant high of volume data quickly.  The fast processor makes intelligent decisions to keep your network safe.   We know how to put the additional memory and processing power of of the "Nighthawk" to good use.  These advanced features include International Firewall Rules, and being able to work with our Network Monitoring Server to detect and stop threats with our Active Firewall.  This is one of the first routers on the market with a USB 3.0 Port.  USB 3.0 is five times faster than the USB 2.0 port on the Netgear WNR3500.  We make good use of this USB 3.0 port by installing OptWare on a thumb drive to expand number and size of modules that can be used.  Now we have plenty of high speed storage capacity to keep things like lists of thousands of IP address for firewall filtering rules. 

Features include:   Powerful Dual Core 1GZ Processor, 128 MB flash and 256 RAM Memory, 4-Port 1GHZ Ethernet Switch, USB 2.0 Port and USB 3.0 Port, and a really powerful wireless capability!

Besides the cost of the router, our price includes up to two hours of installation services.  After listening to your networking requirements, we will configure this router and ship it to you and continue to work with you until the router is fully implemented.  We can set up and maintain this router remotely.

Best: Netgear R8000 "Nighthawk" Open Source DD-WRT Router

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Netgear R8000 "Nighthawk" Router with Tomato Software

Netgear R8000 "Nighthawk" Router with DD-WRT (Price:  $450 installed)

Price Includes:  America Only Internet USB Stick

This router represents the latest in cutting edge wireless technology.  Building on the power of the R7000 Nightgawk, this router is capable of handling a large number of high speed wireless devices.    Even though is is primairally designed to satisfy Gamers, this router will handle the processing needs of the most demanding business networks.  If you depend heavily on wireless networking, then this is your best choice.  The speed of the wireless can acctually exceed the speed of wired gigabit ethernet connections with the fastest WiFi speed available – up to 3.2Gbps.

As we make more and more use of the advanced features of highly programmable, open source DDW-WRT and Tomato software it is nice to know that the raw processing power we need is available.  Dealing with hackers and other security issues requires all the power we can get to make intelligent decisions, tens of thousands of them for each piece of data, to keep your network safe.  The additional memory and processing power of this of the "Nighthawk" is put to good use.  These advanced features include International Firewall Rules, and being able to work with our Network Monitoring Server to detect and stop threats by sending updates to our customized Active Firewall.

This is one of the first routers on the market with a USB 3.0 Port.  USB 3.0 is five times faster than the USB 2.0 port on the Netgear WNR3500.  We make good use of this USB 3.0 port by installing OptWare on a thumb drive to expand number and size of modules that can be used.  Now we have plenty of high speed storage capacity to keep things like storing lists of thousands of IP address for firewall filtering rules. 

The Tri-Band WiFi feature along with the Three Offload Processers dedicated to controlling wireless connectivity is really what sets this router ahead of the Netgear R7000 Righthawk.  The wireless is so fast, it is actually faster than traditional 1GHZ wired connections.  This is something that turns the world of wired networking upside down and sends equipment makers scrambling to come up with affrodable 10GB Ethernet solutions.  It is truely an advancement in technology.

Features include:   One Dual Core 1GZ Processor and Three Offload Processors, 128 MB flash and 256 RAM Memory, 4-Port 1GHZ Ethernet Switch, USB 2.0 Port and USB 3.0 Port, and Tri-Band WiFi!

Besides the cost of the router, the price includes up to two hours of installation services.  After listening to your networking requirements, we will configure this router and ship it to you.  We can set up and maintain this router remotely.

Note:  Tomato is not yet available for the Netgear R8000 Nighthawk.  We expect that it will be available before long as the Tomato developers work with the new drivers for the advanced wireless features.  Until then, we use a program called DD-WRT which is also Linux based and just as capable as Tomato.

America Only Internet - USB Drive for Tomato and DD-WRT Routers

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Custom USB Stick Drive for Tomato and DD-WRT configured only allow IP traffic within USA

Price:  $50.00   Call [317] 507-5433 to Order.  Free Shipping within USA.

Take advantage of the USB port on your Tomato or DD-WRT Router by plugging in this programmed USB Stick Drive.

All you need to do is plug it in and enter three lines of code in your Tomato Admin Screen, which we can do for you, and you will elimate all traffic from outside the USA.

This is the best way to keep foreign hackers out of your network.  Please read Tom's blog article: America only Internet! A Radical but Practical Idea for Blocking Foreign Hackers at the Router.

Features:  *  Low Profile (does not stick out like sore thumb)

                  * USB 3.0 (take advantage of USB 3.0 port on NightHawk Routers)

                  * Protects both Wired and Wireless Users

                  * Both Inbound and Outbound Blocking

                  * Compatible with USB 2.0

                  * Can be turned on or off easily.

                  * Can be customized to include more countries.