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admin-bwm [2022/02/16 21:13] – condense, fix JFFS link hogwildadmin-bwm [2023/05/13 21:42] – [Restore] -resize screenshot to 723x98 hogwild
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 ===== Bandwidth Monitoring ===== ===== Bandwidth Monitoring =====
  
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 **Enable:** This turns on the Bandwith Monitoring feature. (Default: Enabled). **Enable:** This turns on the Bandwith Monitoring feature. (Default: Enabled).
  
-**Save History Location:** This menu allows you choose where Bandwidth Monitoring history files will be saved.+**Save History Location:** This menu allows you choose where Bandwidth Monitoring history files are saved.
  
   * RAM (Temporary) - This saves Bandwidth Monitoring history files to the router's RAM. It is temporary, since the contents disappear after a reboot, or a crash.   * RAM (Temporary) - This saves Bandwidth Monitoring history files to the router's RAM. It is temporary, since the contents disappear after a reboot, or a crash.
   * NVRAM - This saves Bandwidth Monitoring history to the router's NVRAM. NVRAM is permanent storage, but is often tiny on routers due to its higher cost.   * NVRAM - This saves Bandwidth Monitoring history to the router's NVRAM. NVRAM is permanent storage, but is often tiny on routers due to its higher cost.
-  * JFFS2 - This will save monitoring files to a portion of the router's flash RAM that is formatted with the Journalling Flash File System, a log-structured file system. JFFS partitions are created and formatted in the Administration/[[:jffs|JFFS]]  menu. The storage space available will depend on the router's specifications and the type/size of FreshTomato build installed. FreshTomato and any JFFS2 partitions occupy storage space on the same chip. Therefore, the larger the build, the less space there will be for JFFS2 partitions. The firmware upgrade process must rewrite the whole flash chip, and data on JFFS is destroyed. To avoid this, FreshTomato prevents you from allowing a firmware upgrade until JFFS is disabled. You will need to back up the data on your JFFS storage before a firmware upgrade. +  * JFFS2 - This will save monitoring files to a portion of the router's flash RAM that is formatted with the Journalling Flash File System, a log-structured file system. JFFS partitions are created and formatted in the Administration/**[[:jffs|JFFS]]**  menu. The storage space available will depend on the router's specifications and the type/size of FreshTomato build installed. FreshTomato and any JFFS2 partitions occupy storage space on the same chip. Therefore, the larger the build, the less space there will be for JFFS2 partitions. The firmware upgrade process must rewrite the whole flash chip, and data on JFFS is destroyed. To avoid this, FreshTomato prevents you from allowing a firmware upgrade until JFFS is disabled. You will need to back up the data on your JFFS storage before a firmware upgrade. 
-  * CIFS1 - This will make FreshTomato write bandwidth logs to the first external CIFS network share configured. CIFS Client connections to CIFS shares are configured in the Administration/**CIFS Client**  menu. CIFS is the Common Internet File System, a version of Microsoft's SMB networking protocol. +  * CIFS1 - This will make FreshTomato write bandwidth logs to the first external CIFS network share configured. CIFS Client connections to CIFS shares are configured in the **[[:admin-cifs|CIFS Client]]** menu. CIFS is the Common Internet File System, a version of Microsoft's SMB networking protocol. 
-  * CIFS2 - This will let FreshTomato write bandwidth statistics to the second external CIFS share. CIFS network shares are configured in the Administration/**CIFS Client**  menu.+  * CIFS2 - This will let FreshTomato write bandwidth statistics to the second external CIFS share. CIFS network shares are configured in the Administration/**[[:admin-cifs|CIFS Client]]**  menu.
   * Custom Path. This allows you to create a custom directory within the JFFS2 storage space. This is useful when you are also using JFFS2 for other storage tasks, and want to organize your storage into folders to separate data.   * Custom Path. This allows you to create a custom directory within the JFFS2 storage space. This is useful when you are also using JFFS2 for other storage tasks, and want to organize your storage into folders to separate data.
  
 (Default: RAM). (Default: RAM).
  
-**Save Frequency:**  This specifies how often Bandwith Monitoring saves statistics to disk. (Default: TBD). The more often data is saved, the less likely you are to lose it due to bad events such as power outages or crashes.+**Save Frequency:**  This specifies how often Bandwith Monitoring saves statistics. (Default: TBD). The more often data is saved, the less likely you are to lose it due to bad events such as power outages or crashes.
  
-**Save on Shutdown:**  Checking this makes FreshTomato immediately save bandwidth statistics to disk if FreshTomato receives a shutdown signal. This prevents data loss.+**Save on Shutdown:**  Checking this makes FreshTomato immediately save bandwidth statistics if FreshTomato receives a shutdown signal. This prevents data loss.
  
 **Create New File:**  Checking this will erase your current statistics file and create a new one. This is useful when you switch storage media/locations (such as moving from RAM to CIFS). FreshTomato must create a new file in order for the statistics to be saved properly. **Create New File:**  Checking this will erase your current statistics file and create a new one. This is useful when you switch storage media/locations (such as moving from RAM to CIFS). FreshTomato must create a new file in order for the statistics to be saved properly.
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 **Excluded Interfaces:**  Here you can specify the device name of any interfaces whose bandwidth you do not want to have monitored/logged. If you list multiple interfaces, the names should be separated with commas. **Excluded Interfaces:**  Here you can specify the device name of any interfaces whose bandwidth you do not want to have monitored/logged. If you list multiple interfaces, the names should be separated with commas.
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 ===== Backup ===== ===== Backup =====
  
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 Here you can (re)name the backup bandwidth monitoring file, and back it up to a location you choose. In the empty field, you will see the default name of the statistics log file. If you click your cursor into that field, you can edit the filename given to the log file. Remember to click Save and wait for the changes to take effect. Here you can (re)name the backup bandwidth monitoring file, and back it up to a location you choose. In the empty field, you will see the default name of the statistics log file. If you click your cursor into that field, you can edit the filename given to the log file. Remember to click Save and wait for the changes to take effect.
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 Hovering your mouse over the blue link entitled "link" will make your browser display the full path of the Bandwidth Monitor backup file location in the browser's status area. Clicking on the blue "link" link will also prompt you for where you want to store the existing Bandwidth Monitor backup file. Hovering your mouse over the blue link entitled "link" will make your browser display the full path of the Bandwidth Monitor backup file location in the browser's status area. Clicking on the blue "link" link will also prompt you for where you want to store the existing Bandwidth Monitor backup file.
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 ===== Restore ===== ===== Restore =====
  
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 The Restore section contains a //Browse…// button which allows you go and find existing Bandwidth Monitoring logs you wish to restore to the storage location selected in the //Save History Location// menu. FreshTomato will expect to find the a Linux/GNU .gz (gzip) archive file. The Restore section contains a //Browse…// button which allows you go and find existing Bandwidth Monitoring logs you wish to restore to the storage location selected in the //Save History Location// menu. FreshTomato will expect to find the a Linux/GNU .gz (gzip) archive file.
admin-bwm.txt · Last modified: 2023/05/14 03:05 by hogwild

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