the original tomato firmware hasn’t been updated in some time. it looks like development ceased on a promising tomato mod called tomatoUSB as well. however, tomatoUSB did add compatibility to newer routers such as the cisco/linksys e2000. there are 2 active mods that branched off from tomatoUSB that i’m interested in.
they are:
shibby – http://tomato.groov.pl
tomato RAF (victek) – http://www.victek.is-a-geek.com/tomatoen.html

these mods are at a point nowadays where they provide way more features than i’ll ever need. but still…very impressive stuff.

so eventually i’ll end up putting one of these tomato mods on the e2000. i have no immediate need to do so right now. i’ve also decided to end my brand loyalty to linksys after all these years. cisco has really ruined what was once an awesome company. i believe asus is much more in touch with the user base and whenever i upgrade to a 802.11ac router (probably 2015-2016) i’ll be purchasing asus.

update 8/3/2014:
i’ve upgraded to an asus rt-ac66u 802.11ac wireless router due to unforeseen equipment failure. i also have put the shibby version of tomato firmware (tomatoUSB) on the cisco/linksys e2000. after some research i felt most comfortable with the shibby branch – 1. because it’s still actively developed. 2. the maintainer seems to be a real developer and not simply a modding hobbyist. the exact filename i used was “tomato-E2000-NVRAM60K-1.28.RT-MIPSR2-121-Max.bin”. also of note is the fact that the shibby branch seems to cherry pick a lot of the useful features from the other mods…so you end up getting a very inclusive firmware.

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