Setup - Enhanced traffic monitoring?

[shoe]

I have installed Merlin 3.0.0.4.374.35_4 on a N66U, was wondering what the exact setup for it was and how to view the stats.

I remember seeing the instructions but can't seem to find it now? I have formatted a 8GB USB Drive to ext3 and inserted the drive but not sure where to set the save location as I cannot determine the mount point of the drive (selecting it through the GUI sets it as /mnt/) and have set "Create or reset data files".

I am currently deployed in a field environment and we have purchased our own VSAT but have a quota, just would like to keep track of per-ip usage on the users to weed out accidental Cloud syncing or large downloads outside of our quota free period.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[sinshiva]

tools > run cmd

mount

it'll probably be /mnt/sda1

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rootfs on / type rootfs (rw)
/dev/root on / type squashfs (ro)
proc on /proc type proc (rw)
tmpfs on /tmp type tmpfs (rw)
devfs on /dev type tmpfs (rw,noatime)
sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw)
/dev/mtdblock4 on /jffs type jffs2 (rw,noatime)
usbfs on /proc/bus/usb type usbfs (rw)
/dev/sda1 on /tmp/mnt/sda1 type ext3 (rw,nodev,noatime,data=ordered)

i know it says /tmp/mnt/sda1, but i guess it gets symlinked or something to /mnt/sda1 and is what you should use

 

[shoe]

This is all I get

rootfs on / type rootfs (rw)
/dev/root on / type squashfs (ro)
proc on /proc type proc (rw)
tmpfs on /tmp type tmpfs (rw)
devfs on /dev type tmpfs (rw,noatime)
sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw)
/dev/mtdblock4 on /jffs type jffs2 (rw,noatime)
usbfs on /proc/bus/usb type usbfs (rw)

 

[sinshiva]

looks like it might not be formatted correctly, try

fdisk -l

that's an L

 

[shoe]

Disk /dev/sda: 8004 MB, 8004304896 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 973 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 1 974 7816703 83 Linux
Partition 1 has different physical/logical beginnings (non-Linux?):
phys=(1023, 254, 63) logical=(0, 0, 3)
Partition 1 has different physical/logical endings:
phys=(1023, 254, 63) logical=(973, 34, 21)

 

[sinshiva]

think you might want to wipe the partition table and start over. use a gparted live iso and be sure to Write the new partition table before formatting. looks like you tried to format the disk rather than the partition or something

 

[shoe]

Will do, thank you so much.

 

[shoe]

Can't seem to properly format my flash drives... Using a PartedMagic live cd w/ gparted. I can't format into ext2/ext3 but can do ntfs,exfat, and fat32. Would any of those other formats be supported? I only have Windows OS here besides the live cd.

 

[sinshiva]

yea, use fat32. for your use, it wont matter much.

just dont use ntfs (it sucks on linux, really) and exfat isn't supported, afaik

 

[shoe]

Thanks again, got everything recognized now.

How do I read the 2 logs?

 

[sinshiva]

USB Application > Servers Center > Misc Setting

give it a device name. i have all the yes/no options set to yes, but that's your preference

Network Place(Samba) Share / Cloud Disk

Enable sharing

you'll be able to see the router in your network neighborhood or whatever from windows and should able to access the usb drive without a password by default, iirc. if not, play with the settings til they are at what you want.

haven't ever used the logs, but i imagine it'll be in a simple text format, view via Notepad, etc.

or just pull the drive and open them up on your computer

 

[shoe]

Just noticed that I now have a "Per-Device" section under the traffic monitor, the information there is exactly what I've been looking for. Doesn't seem to let me rule out certain times but this will do.

Only thing I wonder about now is if this counts internal network traffic as well as internet traffic?

Setup the Samba server earlier and that's where I saw the two files, the files just turn up as gibberish.

 

[RMerlin]

Only thing I wonder about now is if this counts internal network traffic as well as internet traffic?

No, only traffic going through LAN is accounted.

 

[shoe]

Thanks for your help sinshiva and RMerlin.

This feature will help a lot, figured out it was someone who had Dropbox enabled on their iPad that was eating up our quota.

Very nice FW that has been developed, will definitely be donating.

Got a N65U to use as a AP in a different building for the same network and wish I had known Merlin before I bought it. Any reason it is not supported for the N65U?

 

[L&LD]

N65U has a different cpu architecture (as does the N56U which is also not supported by RMerlin).

 

[RMerlin]

Thanks for your help sinshiva and RMerlin.

This feature will help a lot, figured out it was someone who had Dropbox enabled on their iPad that was eating up our quota.

Very nice FW that has been developed, will definitely be donating.

Got a N65U to use as a AP in a different building for the same network and wish I had known Merlin before I bought it. Any reason it is not supported for the N65U?

The N65U is based on a Ralink chipset. I only develop for the Broadcom platform.

Padavan does offer an extensively improved firmware for the RT-N65U, I would recommend taking a look at it.

 

[L&LD]

RMerlin, thanks for the correction.

So does this mean you (possibly) won't be supporting the Quantenna based RT-AC87U?

I know this is far out into the future - but it would sure affect my future buying/recommending decisions.

 

[RMerlin]

RMerlin, thanks for the correction.

So does this mean you (possibly) won't be supporting the Quantenna based RT-AC87U?

I know this is far out into the future - but it would sure affect my future buying/recommending decisions.

Until we know more about this router, it's impossible to tell. Latest rumors were that it would still be using a Broadcom CPU, but would use a Quantenna SoC for the radio. If that's true, I have no idea what implications it will have on the architecture, how extensive Asus's changes to Asuswrt will be to accomodate this, etc...