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orangeandblue1's avatar
orangeandblue1
Aspirant
Nov 02, 2019
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What is the difference between AIO and VPN Fresh Tomato firmware versions?

I'm considering changing from the Netgear firmware (because the one that is the "latest greatest" (not) for the R7000 Nighthawk is junk) to Fresh Tomato. I noticed when downloading the different firm...
  • myersw's avatar
    myersw
    Nov 02, 2019

    AIO is full featured without VPN. VPN is just VPN added. 

myersw's avatar
myersw
Master
Nov 02, 2019

AIO is full featured without VPN. VPN is just VPN added. 

  • myersw's avatar
    myersw
    Master
    Nov 02, 2019

    By the way this forum is not the place to ask questions like this. This question and anything else should be on the appropriate forum. This forum is Netgear only questions/issues. 

    • antinode's avatar
      antinode
      Guru
      Nov 02, 2019

      > [...] this forum is not the place to ask questions like this. [...]

       

         Who made you King of the Forum?

       

         I'd expect to get/find more/better information about alternate
      firmware for a Netgear router from the folks who distribute the
      alternate firmware, but the title of the forum is "Nighthawk WiFi
      Routers", not "Nighthawk WiFi Routers Running Netgear Firmware Only --
      All Others Keep Out!".  Or did I miss something?

       

         Or are you just upset by any thread where you can't justify posting
      yet another complaint about Netgear firmware?  (As if you needed any
      valid justification.)

      • myersw's avatar
        myersw
        Master
        Nov 02, 2019
        antinode wrote:

        > [...] this forum is not the place to ask questions like this. [...]

         

           Who made you King of the Forum?

         

           I'd expect to get/find more/better information about alternate
        firmware for a Netgear router from the folks who distribute the
        alternate firmware, but the title of the forum is "Nighthawk WiFi
        Routers", not "Nighthawk WiFi Routers Running Netgear Firmware Only --
        All Others Keep Out!".  Or did I miss something?

         

           Or are you just upset by any thread where you can't justify posting
        yet another complaint about Netgear firmware?  (As if you needed any
        valid justification.)

        Get some breath. Have installed and run Tomato on more then one router. This is not the forum for tomato issues. Think it over and get your head out of your as$ before answering these. 

         

         

         

         

    • orangeandblue1's avatar
      orangeandblue1
      Aspirant
      Nov 03, 2019
      myersw wrote:

      By the way this forum is not the place to ask questions like this. This question and anything else should be on the appropriate forum. This forum is Netgear only questions/issues. 

      True. I wasn't really thinking about it when I posted the question and actually probably just got lucky that someone here knew the answer to that question. While I can say I'm about as concerned about Netgear's forum as they are about my firmware problems, I will "try" in the future to direct future questions to the specific forum, such as the Fresh Tomato forum. :smileywink: Thanks for your assistance and knowledge, myersw.