Couldn't find a Tomato compatible router locally. Couldn't wait for the ebay shipping time with the current WAF (Wife Acceptance Factor). I acquired a Dlink DIR-655 with decent reviews and automatic QoS. So far so good. No dropouts and no "forgetting" of inbound port configuration.

For the record, Netgear 824v2 doesn't work very well for voip. It did give me several years of solid service as a standard router.