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    • ?
      A Former User
      last edited by

      i don't want to reboot to find out, but does traffic reset on a reboot of pfsense?

      EDIT- the RRD graph

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      • pttP
        ptt Rebel Alliance
        last edited by

        On "full install" it survives a reboot.

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        • ?
          A Former User
          last edited by

          @ptt:

          On "full install" it survives a reboot.

          i am not running it from the cd, i installed it to a hard drive.

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          • pttP
            ptt Rebel Alliance
            last edited by

            Then you have nothing to worry, your graphs will be there for years…. :)

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            • ?
              A Former User
              last edited by

              @ptt:

              Then you have nothing to worry, your graphs will be there for years…. :)

              great, thank you.

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              • johnpozJ
                johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
                last edited by

                "nice graph that would show in/out per day.  the page would show the entire month and you could scroll back to prior months and see what the traffic was like"

                Sounds more like vnstat2 package would be more what your looking for - see some example shots from my system.  At one point I had data going back a year, but had to reset database because of some issues I was having.

                Plus you can interact with it via cmd line, or you could write you own frontend to give you data if the built instuff is not exactly what your looking for.

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                • ?
                  A Former User
                  last edited by

                  @johnpoz:

                  "nice graph that would show in/out per day.  the page would show the entire month and you could scroll back to prior months and see what the traffic was like"

                  Sounds more like vnstat2 package would be more what your looking for - see some example shots from my system.  At one point I had data going back a year, but had to reset database because of some issues I was having.

                  Plus you can interact with it via cmd line, or you could write you own frontend to give you data if the built instuff is not exactly what your looking for.

                  wow, that looks nice.  that looks alot more like what dd-wrt looked like.

                  how do i get it?

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                  • johnpozJ
                    johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
                    last edited by

                    just install the package

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                    • ?
                      A Former User
                      last edited by

                      @johnpoz:

                      just install the package

                      ok, did that (new to pfsense, still learning where everything is and what it does).

                      now that i have that view, the only thing i dont like, unless there is a fix for it, is that once i am in this view, that shows the '3D' bars, how do i get back to the pfsens gui?

                      well, i suppose i am still in the gui, but i dont see my toolbar anymore.  do i need to create a shortcut to this page when i want to see the graph?

                      my typical setup has two monitors one of which i have pfsense open so i can see data/graphs when i have data flowing.

                      thanks.

                      EDIT- i assume there is not auto update for vnstat2?  not a big deal, but an update feature, other than refresh :), would be nice.  this is better than nothing, i shouldnt complain.

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                      • ?
                        A Former User
                        last edited by

                        my graph isnt displaying the proper bar height.

                        Jan 2012 656.60 MB 24.69 MB 681.29 MB

                        but the bytes in (656.60MB) bar is just under the 4M mark.

                        i assume M= MB

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                        • johnpozJ
                          johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
                          last edited by

                          The php frontend your clicking on is not part of the pfsense gui, its not integrated – like I mentioned you could write your own webpage to the info if you wanted to.. So yeah if you want something that auto refreshes you could do that.

                          vnstat is a console based program, the web stuff is created from the data it collects.  You can pretty much do whatever you want for a web interface.. Info on vnstat here

                          http://humdi.net/vnstat/

                          If your interested in realtime display of traffic you might want to look at iftop http://www.ex-parrot.com/pdw/iftop/

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                          • ?
                            A Former User
                            last edited by

                            @johnpoz:

                            The php frontend your clicking on is not part of the pfsense gui, its not integrated – like I mentioned you could write your own webpage to the info if you wanted to.. So yeah if you want something that auto refreshes you could do that.

                            vnstat is a console based program, the web stuff is created from the data it collects.  You can pretty much do whatever you want for a web interface.. Info on vnstat here

                            http://humdi.net/vnstat/

                            If your interested in realtime display of traffic you might want to look at iftop http://www.ex-parrot.com/pdw/iftop/

                            thanks.  i am not advanced enough to write my own stuff.

                            can you explain why the graph doesnt represent the data in?

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                            • johnpozJ
                              johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
                              last edited by

                              data in ??  You lost me, I am seeing data in and data out.  Can you post up a screenshot of what your not seeing.

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                              • ?
                                A Former User
                                last edited by

                                my data in is 1.xx GB, but the bar on the graph hits the 4M mark.

                                seems like that is not accurate.

                                shouldn't it be at 1.xx G or 1xxx M on the graph?

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                                • johnpozJ
                                  johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
                                  last edited by

                                  can I see what your talking about - please post a screen shot.  What interface are you looking at wan or lan, etc.

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                                  • ?
                                    A Former User
                                    last edited by

                                    @johnpoz:

                                    can I see what your talking about - please post a screen shot.  What interface are you looking at wan or lan, etc.

                                    sure, it is the WAN interface.

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                                    • ?
                                      A Former User
                                      last edited by

                                      i just checked in another browser and the graph looks fine.

                                      seems like chrome, what i am normally using, isnt updating the graph.

                                      i tried refreshing and i tried closing out and going back in…still looks like what i posted above.

                                      here is IE:

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                                      • johnpozJ
                                        johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
                                        last edited by

                                        did you try clearing your cache?

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                                        • ?
                                          A Former User
                                          last edited by

                                          @johnpoz:

                                          did you try clearing your cache?

                                          no, but if i have to clear my cache every time i want this to refresh…..seems pointless.

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                                          • johnpozJ
                                            johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
                                            last edited by

                                            not saying everytime - but maybe something was stuck, I don't use chrome so have not idea but guess I could load up the page with it and see if any issues.

                                            oh here is with chrome

                                            Sure seems to be updating for me - what version of chrome are you using?  Im on 16.0.912.75 m

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