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* RAM (Temporary) - This will save Bandwidth Monitoring history files to the router' | * RAM (Temporary) - This will save Bandwidth Monitoring history files to the router' | ||
* 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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- | * JFFS partitions are managed in the Administration/ | + | |
+ | * JFFS is a journalling, | ||
+ | * JFFS partitions are managed in the //Administration/// | ||
* Storage space available depends on router specifications and which build is installed. | * Storage space available depends on router specifications and which build is installed. | ||
* FreshTomato and any JFFS2 partitions share storage space on the same chip. | * FreshTomato and any JFFS2 partitions share storage space on the same chip. | ||
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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 **[[: | * CIFS Client connections to CIFS shares are configured in the **[[: | ||
* CIFS is the Common Internet File System, a version of Microsoft' | * CIFS is the Common Internet File System, a version of Microsoft' | ||
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* CIFS network shares are configured in the Administration/ | * CIFS network shares are configured in the Administration/ | ||
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+ | * This is useful when using JFFS2 for other storage tasks, and you want to organize your storage into folders. | ||
(Default: RAM). | (Default: RAM). | ||
- | **Save Frequency: | + | **Save Frequency: |
- | **Save on Shutdown: | + | **Save on Shutdown: |
**Create New File: | **Create New File: | ||
- | **Create Backups: | + | **Create Backups: |
- | **First Day of the Month: | + | **First Day of the Month: |
- | **Excluded Interfaces: | + | **Excluded Interfaces: |
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{{: | {{: | ||
- | Here you can (re)name | + | \\ |
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+ | Here you can back up the bandwidth monitoring | ||
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+ | Backup files are are saved in the GNU .gz (gzip) format. This is an archive format, similar | ||
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+ | **Backup:** Clicking on the Backup button will download | ||
- | Backup files are are saved in the standard Linux GNU .gz (gzip) file format. This is an archive format, similar | + | Hovering your mouse over the blue " |
- | **Backup:** Clicking on the Backup button will download the file to your web browser. The browser should open a window prompting you to either Open or Save the file. Generally, you choose Save, at which point your browser prompts you to browse for the location to save the backup log. | + | \\ |
- | Hovering your mouse over the blue link entitled " | + | \\ |