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--- admin-iptraffic [2023/07/13 18:49] – [IP Traffic Monitoring] -clarity, condense hogwild
+++ admin-iptraffic [2024/11/02 20:03] (current) – [IP Traffic Monitoring] -Condense 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 lets you 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".\\   \\
+ \\
+IPT uses FreshTomato's //cstats// module to function.  By default, data are stored in: "/tmp/mnt/logs/cstats".\\   \\
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-**Enable**: Checking this starts the IP Traffic Monitoring service.
+**Enable**: checking this starts the IP Traffic Monitoring service.
-**Save History Location**: Here, you select where history data will be saved. Data stored in RAM (the default) will not survive a reboot.
+ \\
-The options include:
+**Save History Location**: select where history data will be saved.
+Data stored in RAM (default) won't survive a reboot. The options include:
+ \\
   * RAM *   (Default)
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   * Custom Path (External/USB storage)
- \\ **Save Frequency**: This setting defines how often cstats data should be committed to the save location.
+ \\ **Save Frequency**: defines how often cstats data should be committed to the save location.
-**Save On Shutdown**: This forces cstats to save the data file when shutting down or rebooting.
+ \\
-**Create New File**: This option initializes/resets IP Traffic Monitoring data.
+**Save On Shutdown**: forces cstats to save the data file when shutting down or rebooting.
-**Create Backups: **If you choose a location other than RAM for **History Location** this appears. Daily Backups are made for history data.  \\   \\   \\
+ \\
+**Create New File**: initializes/resets IP Traffic Monitoring data.
+ \\
+**Create Backups: **appears if you choose a location other than RAM for //History Location//.
+History data is backed up daily.  \\   \\   \\
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- \\ **First Day Of The Month**: This specifies the first day of each monthly cycle. Setting this to match your ISP's billing cycle might help you track/manage bandwidth costs.
+ \\ **First Day Of The Month**: specifies the first day of the monthly cycle.
-**Excluded IPs**: Here, you enter any IP addresses not to be monitored by the service. The list must be comma-separated.
+Setting this to match your ISP's billing cycle can help you track bandwidth costs.
-**Included IPs**: Here, you enter the IP addresses you want monitored by the service. The list must be comma-separated. Note that you will not be able to edit in this field if the //Enable Auto-Discovery// setting is enabled.
+ \\
-**Enable Auto-Discovery**: Checking this automatically includes new IP addresses for monitoring as soon as their traffic is detected. If checked, you will not be able to edit the //Included IPs// field. Instead, a red null character ("ø**"**) will be displayed.
+**Excluded IPs**: here, enter IP addresses you don't want monitored (comma-separated).
-**Labels on graphics**: Here, you can adjust the way graphing data is displayed.
+ \\
-  * Show known hostnames and IPs - This will display both hostnames and IP addresses.
+**Included IPs**: here, enter the IP addresses you want to monitor (comma-separated).
-  * 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.
+You can't edit this field if //Enable Auto-Discovery// is enabled. Instead, you'll see a "ø" sign. Disabling //Enable Auto-Discovery// will let you type here.
-===== Backup and Restore =====
+ \\
+**Enable Auto-Discovery**: automatically monitors new addresses as soon as their traffic is detected.
+If checked, you won't be able to edit the //Included IPs// field. Instead, a red null character ("ø**"**) is displayed.
+ \\
+**Labels on graphics**: this lets you adjust the way graphing data is displayed.
+ \\
+  * Show known hostnames and IPs - will display hostnames and IP addresses.
+  * Prefer to show only hostnames otherwise show IP addresses - if hostnames \\ aren't found, IP addresses are displayed.
+  * Show only IPs - will always show only IP addresses.
+===== Backup/Restore =====
  \\ \\  {{: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.
+ \\ Here, you can manually Backup and Restore cstats data files 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 //Browse... //lets you browse your client device's storage to find a backup file to restore. Clicking "Restore" button will restore that file's data to the IP Traffic Monitoring log system.\\
+===== IP Traffic Monitoring Notes and Troubleshooting =====
+Both this menu and the various display menus, (such as IP Traffic - Transfer Rates, IP Traffic - Daily) contain //Include// and //Exclude// fields. They are not the same thing. The difference is that the Include and Exclude fields in this menu set which IP addresses you want **monitored** or not monitored. By contrast, on the various display menus, the Include and Exclude fields set which addresses you want **displayed** or not displayed. Those not displayed, those addresses will still be tracked/logged by the IP Traffic Monitoring function.
-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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