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--- admin-iptraffic [2022/01/12 18:46] – -added sentence about Browse... and Restore functions hogwild
+++ admin-iptraffic [2023/07/13 18:49] (current) – [IP Traffic Monitoring] -clarity, condense hogwild
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-===== IP Traffic Monitoring =====
+====== 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.\\   \\
+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 IPT 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)
+  * RAM *   (Default)
-  * JFFS2
+  * [[:admin-jffs2|JFFS2]]
-  * CIFS 1
+  * [[:admin-cifs|CIFS 1]]
-  * CIFS 2
+  * [[:admin-cifs|CIFS 2]]
-  * Custom Path
+  * Custom Path (External/USB storage)
- \\ **Save Frequency**: Defines how often cstats data should be committed to the save location.
+ \\ **Save Frequency**: This setting defines how often cstats data should be committed to the save location.
-**Save On Shutdown**: Forces cstats to save the data file when shutting down, or rebooting.
+**Save On Shutdown**: This forces cstats to save the data file when shutting down or rebooting.
-**Create New File**: Initializes/Resets IP Traffic Monitoring data.
+**Create New File**: This option initializes/resets IP Traffic Monitoring data.
-**Create Backups: **Reserved for future use.  \\   \\   \\
+**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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- \\ **First Day Of The Month**: Specifies which is the first day of each monthly cycle. Some people choose to change
+ \\ **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.
-this to match their Internet provider's billing cycle, to manage extra bandwidth costs.
+**Excluded IPs**: Here, you enter any IP addresses not to be monitored by the service. The list must be comma-separated.
-**Excluded IPs**: Here, you manually enter the IP addresses not to be monitored by the service. The list must be comma-separated.
+**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.
-**Included IPs**: Here, you manually enter the IP addresses to be monitored by the service. The list must be comma-separated.
+**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.
-**Enable Auto-Discovery**: Checking this automatically includes new IP addresses for monitoring as soon as their traffic is detected.
+**Labels on graphics**: Here, you can adjust the way graphing data is displayed.
-**Labels on graphics**: Here you adjust the way graphing data is displayed.
+  * Show known hostnames and IPs - This will display both hostnames and IP addresses.
+  * 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.
-  * Show known hostnames and IPs: This will display both hostnames and IPs.
-  * Prefer to show only hostnames otherwise show IPs:  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 your cstat data to a PC or other device.  You can change the backup file name by editing the text in the filename field.
+ \\ \\  {{:pasted:20220107-062425.png}}
-Backup files are saved in .gzip, a compressed file format. gzip files can be opened with file archive software on most operating systems.
+ \\ 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 allows you to browse your client device's storage to find an existing backup file to restore. Clicking the Restore button will restore that data to IPT.
+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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