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admin-bwm [2024/11/28 23:35] – [Bandwidth Monitoring] -Condense hogwildadmin-bwm [2026/07/31 00:15] (current) – [Bandwidth Monitoring] -Add note that when using custom path, you must include file name hogwild
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 ===== Bandwidth Monitoring ===== ===== Bandwidth Monitoring =====
  
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-**Enable:** Turns on the Bandwidth Monitoring feature. (Default: Enabled).+**Enable:** turns on the Bandwidth Monitoring feature. 
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 +(Default: Enabled).
  
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-**Save History Location:** Allows you to choose where Bandwidth Monitoring history files are saved.+**Save History Location:** lets you choose where Bandwidth Monitoring history files are saved.
  
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   * Custom Path - Lets you create a custom directory within JFFS2 storage space.    * Custom Path - Lets you create a custom directory within JFFS2 storage space. 
     * When using JFFS2 for other tasks, this lets you organize storage in folders.     * When using JFFS2 for other tasks, this lets you organize storage in folders.
 +    * When using a custom path, you must indlude a file name. FIXME
  
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-**Save on Shutdown:** makes FreshTomato save bandwidth logs immediately if it sees a shutdown signal.+**Save on Halt/Reboot:** makes FreshTomato save bandwidth logs immediately if it sees a shutdown signal.
  
 This prevents data loss. This prevents data loss.
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 **First Day of the Month:** sets the first day of the month for bandwidth logs. **First Day of the Month:** sets the first day of the month for bandwidth logs.
  
-Thus, "3" means FreshTomato makes the third day of each month the first day it records bandwidth monitoring. (Default: 1). This is useful with ISPs that log/bill for bandwidth starting on a day other than the first of the month.+Thus, "3" means FreshTomato makes the third day of each month the first day it records bandwidth monitoring. This is useful with ISPs that log/bill for bandwidth starting on a day other than the first of the month. (Default: 1).
  
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 ===== Backup ===== ===== Backup =====
  
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-Here, you can back up the bandwidth monitoring log file, with whatever name you wish. FreshTomato creates a default filename, but clicking the cursor in the field lets you change the file name. After clicking Save, the new filename will take effect.+Here, you can back up the bandwidth monitoring log file, to any file name you wish. FreshTomato creates a default filename, but clicking the cursor in the field lets you change it. After clicking Save, the new filename will take effect.
  
 Backup files are are saved in the GNU .gz (gzip) format. This is an archive format, similar to .zip. It can be easily opened by programs in Windows, Linux, and MacOS. Backup files are are saved in the GNU .gz (gzip) format. This is an archive format, similar to .zip. It can be easily opened by programs in Windows, Linux, and MacOS.
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-**Backup:** Clicking this button downloads the log file to your browser.+**Backup:** clicking this downloads the log file to your browser.
  
-The browser will open a window prompting you to Open or Save the file. Generally, click Save, and the browser prompts you to browse to the location to save the log.+The browser opens a window asking you to Open or Save the file. Generally, click Save and the browser prompts you to browse to the location to save the log.
  
 Hovering your mouse over the blue word "link" makes your browser display the full backup file path in the status area. It will also prompt you where to store the existing Bandwidth Monitor backup file. Hovering your mouse over the blue word "link" makes your browser display the full backup file path in the status area. It will also prompt you where to store the existing Bandwidth Monitor backup file.
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 ===== Restore ===== ===== Restore =====
  
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-The //Browse…// button lets you find existing Bandwidth Monitoring logs to restore to the location selected in the //Save History Location// menu. FreshTomato will expect to find a GNU .gz (gzip) archive file.+The //Browse…// button lets you find existing Bandwidth Monitoring logs to restore to the location selected in the //Save History Location// dropdown. FreshTomato will expect to find a GNU .gz (gzip) archive file.
  
-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 where it left off.+If you Restore an existing Bandwidth Monitoring log to the same location it was first stored, FreshTomato will continue to log bandwidth statistics to the same file, continuing where it left off.
  
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