connmon connmon - Internet connection monitoring

[Jack Yaz]

From the Gui, custom IP (1.1.1.1 - Cloudflare) "Validation Error". With my DDNS name already in the field and Domain selected (via command line), as soon as I select that line, changes to red, Cut and Paste same entry Validation error. Go to another page on the Router and back, seems fine then. But can only add a custom entry via SSH/command line...

did you set the dropdown to IP Address and then type 1.1.1.1 - I'm not seeing any validation errors for connmon

 

[aex.perez]

did you set the dropdown to IP Address and then type 1.1.1.1 - I'm not seeing any validation errors for connmon

yes. I should've taken a screen shot. Like I said, weirdness this AM. Now I can't replicate it. Might have been a browser issue. Firefox didn't give me a problem. gotta try Chrome..

 

[Jack Yaz]

Just a thought (and I do realise you have already much on your plate) but wouldn't the functionality of ChkWAN by @Martineau be a great (optional) addition to connmon? If connmon detects WAN has gone down and it doesn't get restored within a preset time frame that it would be able to perform an automatic reboot in an attempt to restore the connection?

i asked the author some time ago, I was not answered via direct message. perhaps they will respond here?

 

[buberj]

Just saw in the WebUI that there is a "hotfix" update available, yet I don't see it on GiHub. Feels suspicious...

 

[MvW]

Just saw in the WebUI that there is a "hotfix" update available, yet I don't see it on GiHub. Feels suspicious...

Which version are you running? The current version is 2.9.1 and I don't have any updates waiting. Not in the WebUI, nor in amtm.

 

[Jack Yaz]

Just saw in the WebUI that there is a "hotfix" update available, yet I don't see it on GiHub. Feels suspicious...

when did you last update? there was a hotfix a couple of days ago

 

[buberj]

when did you last update? there was a hotfix a couple of days ago

I got a 2.9.1 version from about a week a so ago. Right now the WebUI shows "Updated version available: v2.9.1-hotfix" - I'm hesitant to update, since I'm not seeing this "hotfix" release on GitHub. I'm a bit paranoid about automatic GitHub updates after I read somewhere about a security researcher being able to infiltrate multiple high profile companies by posting a higher version of a commonly used libraries on GitHub (on something similar)...

 

[Jack Yaz]

I got a 2.9.1 version from about a week a so ago. Right now the WebUI shows "Updated version available: v2.9.1-hotfix" - I'm hesitant to update, since I'm not seeing this "hotfix" release on GitHub. I'm a bit paranoid about automatic GitHub updates after I read somewhere about a security researcher being able to infiltrate multiple high profile companies by posting a higher version of a commonly used libraries on GitHub (on something similar)...

You can check the commit history. I'm the only one with publish access to my repos and I use 2FA etc. I'd know if someone was posting something they shouldn't be

 

[buberj]

You can check the commit history. I'm the only one with publish access to my repos and I use 2FA etc. I'd know if someone was posting something they shouldn't be

That's the thing - I'm not seeing the 2.9.1-hotfix commit, only 2.9.1. And in the case of the said attack, I think he used a separate repository with the same name that started with a higher version... Need to find the link to the article about it...
Edit: Found it, not sure if applicable here, but an interesting read anyway:

Dependency Confusion: How I Hacked Into Apple, Microsoft and Dozens of Other Companies

The Story of a Novel Supply Chain Attack

medium.com

 

[Jack Yaz]

That's the thing - I'm not seeing the 2.9.1-hotfix commit, only 2.9.1. And in the case of the said attack, I think he used a separate repository with the same name that started with a higher version... Need to find the link to the article about it...
Edit: Found it, not sure if applicable here, but an interesting read anyway:

Dependency Confusion: How I Hacked Into Apple, Microsoft and Dozens of Other Companies

The Story of a Novel Supply Chain Attack

medium.com

2 commits after 2.9.1, ergo, hotfix

Commits · jackyaz/connmon

connmon is an internet connection monitoring tool for AsusWRT Merlin with charts for daily, weekly and monthly summaries. - Commits · jackyaz/connmon

github.com

 

[Jack Yaz]

2 commits after 2.9.1, ergo, hotfix

Commits · jackyaz/connmon

connmon is an internet connection monitoring tool for AsusWRT Merlin with charts for daily, weekly and monthly summaries. - Commits · jackyaz/connmon

github.com

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only dependencies used in my scripts are those of entware. everything else is hosted by me, including jquery, chartjs etc. my dependency chain is deliberately very small.

 

[LaMpiR]

Hi. Is there an option to hold the logs more than 30 days?

 

[TonyK132]

Is there an easy way to restore the tabs in the AddOn tab in the GUI? When I do a reboot, I lose the Unbound and Connmon tabs, but the scMerlin, vnstat and ntpMerlin survive.

Oops, 5 min later, and now the scMerlin tab is also gone.

 

[MvW]

Is @Martineau still active on the forums? If so, it would be great if he could join forces with @Jack Yaz to combine the power of conmon and ChkWAN, if he's able and willing to do so? I know Jack is open to it.

connmon - connmon - Internet connection monitoring

Handy diagnostic tool, thanks. What's missing is a disable switch - in case you don't want to run it all the time.

www.snbforums.com

 

[joe scian]

Is there an easy way to restore the tabs in the AddOn tab in the GUI? When I do a reboot, I lose the Unbound and Connmon tabs, but the scMerlin, vnstat and ntpMerlin survive.

Oops, 5 min later, and now the scMerlin tab is also gone.

Update Unbound GUI Tab to 1.4.1 and reboot - update all Jack Yaz scripts and your problems should vanish

 

[Jack Yaz]

Does anyone use the "average" data output option? i'm considering remove it (so existing charts will plot all values from tests), and adding a daily aggregation option

 

[CaptainSTX]

Does anyone use the "average" data output option? i'm considering remove it (so existing charts will plot all values from tests), and adding a daily aggregation option

I use the average, but if you made the change it would not bother me.

 

[Wistuplu]

I was using "raw" without being aware of the difference.
Now that I'm aware, I think I prefer raw.
I monitor frequently to identify rare events/incidents. I don't want an average to hide them.
I save to USB so I guess the storage size is not an issue. I guess the option was there to save storage space ?

Note that, when I switched from "raw" to "average", I lost my history... In itself, the risk of losing history is a reason to get rid of that setting.

 

[Jack Yaz]

I was using "raw" without being aware of the difference.
Now that I'm aware, I think I prefer raw.
I monitor frequently to identify rare events/incidents. I don't want an average to hide them.
I save to USB so I guess the storage size is not an issue. I guess the option was there to save storage space ?

Note that, when I switched from "raw" to "average", I lost my history... In itself, the risk of losing history is a reason to get rid of that setting.

you shouldn't lose any history as the data still exists in the database, it's just queried in a different way. what's more likely is the data source for the charts wasn't updated by the time the webui refreshed

 

[Wistuplu]

Thank you for the feedback.
In my case, what I observed after changing the raw/average setting is the following:
After I exported to csv, I only got a few tens of records. Pings before the change of setting don't appear.
After I refreshed the page, I still only got the last couple of hours. Not the many days of history I used to have.

It will be completely irrelevant after you remove that option anyway.
Take care
W.