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admin-bwm [2023/05/13 22:04] – [Bandwidth Monitoring] -formatting-level 2 bullets, condense, clarity Save on shutdown hogwild | admin-bwm [2023/05/14 02:53] – [Bandwidth Monitoring] -condense hogwild | ||
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====== Bandwidth Monitoring ====== | ====== Bandwidth Monitoring ====== | ||
- | The Bandwidth Monitoring menu contains settings for Bandwidth Monitoring features. | + | The Bandwidth Monitoring menu contains settings for Bandwidth Monitoring features. |
===== Bandwidth Monitoring ===== | ===== Bandwidth Monitoring ===== | ||
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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 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. | + | \\ |
- | Backup files are are saved in the standard Linux GNU .gz (gzip) | + | Here you can back up the bandwidth monitoring log file, naming it whatever you choose. FreshTomato creates a default filename, but clicking the cursor in the field lets you edit the log's filename. After you click Save, the new file name will take effect. |
- | **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. | + | Backup |
- | Hovering your mouse over the blue link entitled | + | **Backup:** Clicking on the Backup button will download the log file to your browser. The browser will open a window prompting you to Open or Save the file. Generally, you click Save, and the browser prompts you to browse to the location to save the backup log. |
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- | The Restore section contains a // | + | \\ |
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+ | The // | ||
- | If you use the Restore | + | If you Restore an existing Bandwidth Monitoring log to the same location it was originally stored, FreshTomato will continue to log bandwidth statistics to the same file, continuing |