spdMerlin spdMerlin - v4.x - speedtest and bandwidth monitoring

[Jack Yaz]

Thanks this is great.

I've only updated today and initially would not show any speed-tests even when hitting Run Speedtest, it would also not allow any change to data storage method or display the historical data. This was fixed simply by running a speed-test via CLi but has left those speed-tests from before upgrading to v4 with null value, was it previously not capturing latency or jitter?

Update: DOH my bad, Jack Yaz clearly mentioned must run first in CLi mode to accept licence in release notes.

correct, no latency or jitter prior to v4

 

[Jack Yaz]

Hi. I upgraded to version 4 today. Tried to do a CSV dump and get 404 error on the URL "http://192.168.1.254/ext/spdmerlin/csv/spdmerlindata.zip"

I can't find an spdmerlindata.zip file in the router filesystems. Is there some configuration I need to do ?

Pete

PS: Not tried a CSV dump before so no idea if it worked in previous versions

Running RT-AC68U with 384.19

do you get any errors running a speedtest in cli please?

 

[RMerlin]

Assuming this is what you referring to....Both of my routers have the config file disappearing issue and are on Trend Micro: Signature version 2.204. One of the routers shows "Updated 2020/11/12" while other router shows 2020/10/30. Clicking "Check" finds no new signatures yet but they may not be pushed yet? Just adding more detail in case others notice same issue.

Different signature files.

 

[pianopete]

do you get any errors running a speedtest in cli please?

Ah - yes ...

Downloading http://pkg.entware.net/binaries/armv7/Packages.gz.
Updated list of available packages in /opt/var/opkg-lists/packages.
Package p7zip (16.02-1) installed in root is up to date.
/opt/bin/spdmerlin: line 2864: /opt/bin/7z: not found
mv: can't rename '/tmp/spdmerlindata.zip': No such file or directory

/opt/bin has this:

-rwxr-xr-x 1 delladmi root 994372 Jan 4 2018 /opt/bin/7za

but no 7z binary.

 

[Jack Yaz]

Ah - yes ...

Downloading http://pkg.entware.net/binaries/armv7/Packages.gz.
Updated list of available packages in /opt/var/opkg-lists/packages.
Package p7zip (16.02-1) installed in root is up to date.
/opt/bin/spdmerlin: line 2864: /opt/bin/7z: not found
mv: can't rename '/tmp/spdmerlindata.zip': No such file or directory

/opt/bin has this:

-rwxr-xr-x 1 delladmi root 994372 Jan 4 2018 /opt/bin/7za

but no 7z binary.

i wonder why the 7z binary isn't being included in entware...
ah well, changed in develop, will be in 4.0.1

 

[dave14305]

Ah - yes ...

Downloading http://pkg.entware.net/binaries/armv7/Packages.gz.
Updated list of available packages in /opt/var/opkg-lists/packages.
Package p7zip (16.02-1) installed in root is up to date.
/opt/bin/spdmerlin: line 2864: /opt/bin/7z: not found
mv: can't rename '/tmp/spdmerlindata.zip': No such file or directory

/opt/bin has this:

-rwxr-xr-x 1 delladmi root 994372 Jan 4 2018 /opt/bin/7za

but no 7z binary.

How old is your Entware installation? My Packages.gz downloads from bin.entware.net.

 

[pianopete]

i wonder why the 7z binary isn't being included in entware...
ah well, changed in develop, will be in 4.0.1

Hmmm. I edited the spdmerlin script to change 7z to 7za, and get this:

/opt/bin/7za: /opt/lib/libstdc++.so.6: version `CXXABI_1.3.8' not found (required by /opt/bin/7za)
/opt/bin/7za: /opt/lib/libstdc++.so.6: version `CXXABI_1.3.9' not found (required by /opt/bin/7za)
mv: can't rename '/tmp/spdmerlindata.zip': No such file or directory

Is entware installed by the merlin firmware updates or is it separate ? Looks like my entware install is borked ?

 

[pianopete]

How old is your Entware installation? My Packages.gz downloads from bin.entware.net.

I installed entware a long time ago and haven't touched it since. I know this is off topic but anyone have an idea what to do ? Can I upgrade entware or do I need a complete reinstall of it ?

 

[pianopete]

I installed entware a long time ago and haven't touched it since. I know this is off topic but anyone have an idea what to do ? Can I upgrade entware or do I need a complete reinstall of it ?

OK. I'd forgotten it was like a debian package management system. after opkg update and opkg upgrade it informed me

File /opt/etc/opkg.conf upgraded, new repository set!
Please run opkg update + opkg upgrade once more

so I've run the update/upgrade cycle twice and now I have the 7z binary installed.

Doh! Cheers guys and sorry to have wasted your time!

 

[pianopete]

i wonder why the 7z binary isn't being included in entware...
ah well, changed in develop, will be in 4.0.1

You can probably roll that back, because the 7za binary I had didn't work anyway. May be worth noting in the README that it is worth running a couple of cycles of opkg update/opkg upgrade to ensure that the entware packages are up to date ?

 

[Jack Yaz]

You can probably roll that back, because the 7za binary I had didn't work anyway. May be worth noting in the README that it is worth running a couple of cycles of opkg update/opkg upgrade to ensure that the entware packages are up to date ?

use amtm and it will flag updates during the update check
to be honest the entware migration was well over a year ago!

 

[Jack Yaz]

@NGI for your AutoBW threshold idea, do you think a single % threshold is sufficient, or separate for upload and download?

 

[joe scian]

Jack - brilliant additions to latest SpdMerlin - sent you some appreciation

 

[Jack Yaz]

@NGI for your AutoBW threshold idea, do you think a single % threshold is sufficient, or separate for upload and download?

I decided to go with 1 for each. This is ready for testing (thresholds can be set via CLI only for now)

 

[NGI]

I decided to go with 1 for each. This is ready for testing (thresholds can be set via CLI only for now)

Thanks @Jack Yaz I'm happy with your choice. I will test it today and report.

 

[NGI]

Thanks @Jack Yaz I'm happy with your choice. I will test it today and report.

@Jack Yaz I did a quick test and when I choose 0% threshold I still don't get the BW values to change see below in bold:

1. Update QoS bandwidth values now

2. Configure scale factor

Download: 90% - Upload: 90%

3. Configure bandwidth limits

Upper Limit Download: 0 Mbps - Upload: 0 Mbps

Lower Limit Download: 0 Mbps - Upload: 0 Mbps

4. Configure threshold for updating QoS bandwidth values

Download: 0% - Upload: 10%

5. Toggle AutoBW on/off

Currently: Enabled

e. Go back

####################################################################

Choose an option: 1

spdMerlin: Calculated Download speed (26241) Kbps does not exceed 0% threshold of existing value (26104 Kbps)

spdMerlin: Calculated Download speed (5289) Kbps does not exceed 10% threshold of existing value (5262 Kbps)

Press enter to continue...

I seems to work for Upload BW but not for Download BW

 

[pianopete]

@Jack Yaz - Would it be possible to have an option to keep more than 30 days of data ? Perhaps an option to archive records > 30 days to a USB drive ?
Or do I need to pull down the sqlite database on a regular basis ?

 

[Jack Yaz]

@Jack Yaz I did a quick test and when I choose 0% threshold I still don't get the BW values to change see below in bold:


I seems to work for Upload BW but not for Download BW

maybe I goofed the logic. it was late last night when I decided would be a good time to code =[

 

[Jack Yaz]

maybe I goofed the logic. it was late last night when I decided would be a good time to code =[

@NGI please try updating and try again

 

[Donga120]

@NGI please try updating and try again

Does AutoBW only update if you SSH and select 'Update QoS bandwidth value now'?