u/Shplad

Hi:

Is there a semi up-to-date list of SKUs somewhere for OEM packs and FPP (full retail boxes)?

Thanks.

As someone who wrote a lot of the FreshTomato docs, and who frequents the Tomato foum, I've seen a ton of questions about this subject. These resources may help. NOTE: some are out of date, and others not so much. This is not meant to be exhaustive.

Tomato Forum: Best Way to Update FreshTomato Firmware:

https://www.linksysinfo.org/index.php?threads/best-way-to-update-fresh-tomato-firmware.78868/

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Tomato Forum: Current Status of Config. Backups, Plain text Backups, etc.

(outdated but some useful info)

https://www.linksysinfo.org/index.php?threads/current-status-of-config-backups-plain-text-backups-etc.78698/#post-351656

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There's also this:

HommeOursPorc: TomatoPages Backup (AI-coded), page-by-page basis

(Now partly integrated directly into the FreshTomato firmware)

https://github.com/HommeOursPorc/TomatoPagesBackup

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FreshTomato Configuration Compare and Edit

https://github.com/niieani/freshtomato-config-compare-and-edit

Interactive browser-based tool for inspecting, comparing, and editing FreshTomato router .cfg backups (NVRAM). Runs fully offline and entirely in your browser, so your config files never leave your computer. Includes a catalog of majority of Tomato's NVRAM settings with descriptions and parsers, and gives you superpowers when it’s time to understand and make changes to your Tomato routers.

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I am considering writing a section in the FAQ or HOWTO on the FreshTomato wiki about this subject that covers these and other tools/methods available in a little more detail.

Would you be interested in that?

I've been on the phone with BMO 3 or 4 times this week for at least 3 different problems. 2 out of the 3 were clearly and demonstrably their fault. During the first couple of calls, the calltakers showed terrible listening skills, had heavy offshore accents, put me on hold countless times, and eventually, just passed the buck. I spoke with at least 4 or 5 people.

Last weekend, I left a message for someone who had tried to be helpful about one of these issues previously. I realize Monday was a holiday. However, it's now Friday and I've received no reply

In the end, I called the "Resolutions Department". There, I spoke with a clueless calltaker who needed to have the problem explained to her about 5 or 6 times before she understood it. Then, she told me BMO had no records on the computer of any changes to my address. That, of course, was also wrong.

Eventually, she just pushed me on to her supervisor, which I thought was unusual. The supervisor started off with an angry tone. I asked him why he was angry. He said I was "wasting their time" by staying on the phone so long. Jesus. I told him that insulting the customer was not a good way to run a call centre. He then said "maybe you're purposely wasting our time". Holy cow.

What dumpster fire. Contact with at least 5 different people, and no one even took responsibility to help me. Then the "Resolution Officer" openly insults me. Maybe he just was upset that I was damaging his centre's call statistics.

And I haven't even spoken about one of the original problems that caused me to call in, which was just as serious.

What a way to run a company.

Hi:

I am fair at soldering with an iron, but jut got a rework station at a price I couldn't resist. I've never used one before.

I want to desolder one of the connectors on a Raspberry Pi CM4 board and solder on a new one. If Perplexity is correct, that connector is a Hirose DF40C-100DS-0.4V.

My questions: First, what temperature and air volume settings should I use for desoldering the original? Second, how hard is it going to be to get the replacement connector in the exact right position. It looks like there's very little margin for error here, as this is a snap on connector with its mate.

Thanks.