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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, | + | * Since this is temporary storage, contents will disappear after a reboot or crash. |
* 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. | ||
- | * JFFS2 - This will save monitoring files to a portion of flash RAM formatted with JFS | + | * JFFS2 - This will save monitoring files to a portion of flash RAM formatted with JFS. |
* JFFS is a journalling, | * JFFS is a journalling, | ||
* JFFS partitions are managed in the // | * JFFS partitions are managed in the // | ||
- | * Storage space available depends on router | + | * Storage space available depends on your router |
* FreshTomato and any JFFS2 partitions share storage space on the same chip. | * FreshTomato and any JFFS2 partitions share storage space on the same chip. | ||
- | * The larger the build, the less space there will be for JFFS2 partitions. | + | * The larger the build, the less space left for JFFS2 partitions. |
- | * The upgrade process | + | * The upgrade process |
- | * To avoid this, FreshTomato | + | * To avoid this, FreshTomato |
- | * You must back up the data on your JFFS storage before a firmware upgrade. | + | * You must back up the data on JFFS storage before a firmware upgrade. |
* 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' | + | * |
* 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/ | + | * CIFS network shares are configured in the //Administration/// |
* Custom Path - This allows you to create a custom directory within the JFFS2 storage space. | * Custom Path - This allows you to create a custom directory within the JFFS2 storage space. | ||
- | * This is useful when using JFFS2 for other storage tasks, | + | * This is useful when using JFFS2 for other storage tasks, |
(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: |