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--- admin-iptraffic [2023/05/21 01:39] – -formatting hogwild
+++ admin-iptraffic [2023/05/21 17:46] – -remove italic from Bandwidth Monitoring link hogwild
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 ====== IP Traffic Monitoring ======
-IP Traffic Monitoring allows you to record and graphically display bandwidth usage. IP Traffic Monitoring is similar to //[[:admin-bwm|Bandwidth Monitoring]], //but it categorizes the data by individual LAN IP address.
+IP Traffic Monitoring allows you to record and graphically display bandwidth usage. IP Traffic Monitoring is similar to [[:admin-bwm|Bandwidth Monitoring]]//, //but it categorizes the data //by individual LAN IP address//.
 IPT uses FreshTomato's //cstats// module to function.  By default, IP Traffic Monitoring is stored in: /tmp/mnt/logs/cstats.\\   \\
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-**Enable**: Starts the IP Traffic Monitoring service.
+**Enable**: Checking this starts the IP Traffic Monitoring service.
-**Save History Location**:
+**Save History Location**: Here, you select where history data will be saved. Data stored in RAM (the default) will not survive a reboot.
-Here, you select where historical data will be saved. Data stored in RAM (the default) will not survive a reboot.
+The options include:
   * RAM *   (Default)
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   * [[:admin-cifs|CIFS 1]]
   * [[:admin-cifs|CIFS 2]]
-  * Custom Path \\ (External/USB storage)
+  * Custom Path (External/USB storage)
  \\ **Save Frequency**: This setting defines how often cstats data should be committed to the save location.
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 **Save On Shutdown**: This forces cstats to save the data file when shutting down or rebooting.
-**Create New File**: This optoin initializes/resets IP Traffic Monitoring data.
+**Create New File**: This option initializes/resets IP Traffic Monitoring data.
-**Create Backups: **If you choose a location other than RAM for **History Location** this option appears.  Daily Backups are made for historical data.  \\   \\   \\
+**Create Backups: **If you choose a location other than RAM for **History Location** this appears. Daily Backups are made for history data.  \\   \\   \\
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 **Labels on graphics**: Here, you adjust the way graphing data is displayed.
-  * Show known hostnames and IPs - This will display both hostnames and IPs.
+  * Show known hostnames and IPs - This will display both hostnames and IP addresses.
-  * Prefer to show only hostnames otherwise show IPs - If hostnames aren't available, IP addresses will be displayed.
+  * Prefer to show only hostnames otherwise show IP addresses - If hostnames aren't available, IP addresses will be displayed.
   * Show only IPs - This will always show only IP addresses.
- \\ \\  **Backup and Restore**\\  {{:pasted:20220107-062425.png}}
+===== Backup and Restore =====
- \\ Here, you can manually Backup and Restore cstat data to a PC or other device.  You can edit the backup file name the field under "Backup". Backup files are saved in .gzip, a compressed file format. Gzip files can be opened with archive software on most operating systems.
+ \\ \\  {{:pasted:20220107-062425.png}}
+ \\ Here, you can manually Backup and Restore cstats data to a PC or other device.  You can edit the backup file name in the field under "Backup". Backup files are saved in .gzip, a compressed file format. Gzip files can be opened with archive software on most operating systems.
 Clicking on the //Browse... //button lets you browse your client device's storage to find an existing backup file to restore. Clicking the "Restore" button will restore that file's data to the IP Traffic Monitoring log system.

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