Like other WRT-based firmwares, you can even admin it remotely or SSH into it, so you could do emergency tweaking or config changes without having to attend should the need arise.Īs an aside, Tomato's QoS implementation (once configured appropriately) actually works very well, whereas DD-WRT's is made of fail from personal experience. If you set up the rules beforehand - a five minute job - they could then see what's utilising the link on a momentary basis straight from the web ui. Tomato also has some nice realtime (SVG) bandwidth graphing - and it can also show realtime-updated pie charts based on QoS usage, which I use almost daily (just keeping an eye on things of course!). Also the library boards would be much more likely to approve the purchase of a commercial product over a 'hacked' one. I've considered installing the tomato firmware on some cheap home/home office routers, but if there's a commercial product that can be purchased that would be significantly simpler. I'm familiar with MRTG/PRTG/tools that collect SNMP data from the router, but the libraries don't have the expertise for the configuration. They just need an overall week to week, month to month, trend line. It is not necessary to show traffic by IP, by protocol/application, or by time of day.
Further, the reports just need to show overall trends. The router needs to suppport DHCP and basic firewalling. Is there a small business router that displays traffic graphs in the router administration web interface? In order to justify current and future purchases, a number of the libraries have requested routers that can provide bandwidth usage graphs that they can show to their managing boards.
These libraries are generally home to between 6-15 computers and have little or no tech services either onsite or contracted remotely.
I support a large number of public libraries that are having their networks upgraded in response to a grant application.
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