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How to install Fresh Tomato on Linksys E2500 router
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How to install Fresh Tomato on Linksys E2500 router

Download Firmware

At the time of writing, latest release was freshtomato-E2500v3USB-NVRAM32K_RT-N5x-MIPSR2-2021.8-Mega-VPN

Zip file should be unpacked before uploading.

Update Firmware

Open 192.168.1.1 and go to the firmware update page. Default username and password are admin and admin.

Select the .bin file, and wait completion.

Router should be restarted.

Login to fresh tomato

It can take some time for router to boot, no need to panic, just wait 5 minutes to be on the safe side.

Default username and password are root and admin, respectively.

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