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admin-bwm [2023/05/13 22:04] – [Bandwidth Monitoring] -formatting-level 2 bullets, condense, clarity Save on shutdown hogwildadmin-bwm [2023/05/13 22:06] – [Bandwidth Monitoring] -formatting-bullet spacing hogwild
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   * RAM (Temporary) - This will save Bandwidth Monitoring history files to the router's RAM.    * RAM (Temporary) - This will save Bandwidth Monitoring history files to the router's RAM. 
     * This is temporary storage, so contents will disappear after a reboot or crash.     * This is temporary storage, so contents will disappear after a reboot or crash.
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   * NVRAM - This will save Bandwidth Monitoring history to NVRAM.   * NVRAM - This will save Bandwidth Monitoring history to NVRAM.
     * NVRAM is permanent storage, but is often tiny on routers.     * NVRAM is permanent storage, but is often tiny on routers.
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   * JFFS2 - This will save monitoring files to a portion of flash RAM formatted with the Journalling Flash File System, a log-structured file system.    * JFFS2 - This will save monitoring files to a portion of flash RAM formatted with the Journalling Flash File System, a log-structured file system. 
     * JFFS partitions are managed in the Administration/**[[:jffs|JFFS]]**  menu.      * JFFS partitions are managed in the Administration/**[[:jffs|JFFS]]**  menu. 
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     * To avoid this, FreshTomato prevents you from allowing a firmware upgrade until JFFS is disabled.      * To avoid this, FreshTomato prevents you from allowing a firmware upgrade until JFFS is disabled. 
     * You must back up the data on your JFFS storage before a firmware upgrade.     * You must back up the data on your JFFS storage before a firmware upgrade.
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   * CIFS1 - This makes FreshTomato write bandwidth logs to the first external CIFS network share.    * CIFS1 - This makes FreshTomato write bandwidth logs to the first external CIFS network share. 
     * CIFS Client connections to CIFS shares are configured in the **[[:admin-cifs|CIFS Client]]** menu.      * 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.     * 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. + 
 +  * 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.     * CIFS network shares are configured in the Administration/**[[:admin-cifs|CIFS Client]]** menu.
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   * 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.
  
admin-bwm.txt · Last modified: 2023/05/14 03:05 by hogwild