saving traffic data to usb

[cmillar6]

I am using Merlins firmware and trying to save the traffic data to the usb drive connected to the router. What path am I putting into the directory? do I start it with smb://IP_address of router/

 

[RMerlin]

I am using Merlins firmware and trying to save the traffic data to the usb drive connected to the router. What path am I putting into the directory? do I start it with smb://IP_address of router/

It must be the mount point of a local USB disk. If the disk is mounted as sda1, then it will be:

/mnt/sda1/

You can do "ls /mnt" over SSH/telnet to see the available mount points.

Next version will have a button that will let you use a GUI to navigate to the disk where you wish to save your data.

 

[cmillar6]

I used your code as I assume it is mounted as sda1 being its the only usb drive. It doesn't appear to be saving and I see this in the system log. I also tried sdb1 and the same error.

Feb 28 21:03:51 cstats[6064]: Problem loading /mnt/sda1/tomato_cstats_60a44c2143a0.gz. Still trying..

One thing I noticed is when I click the radio button to create a new data file after I save it reverts back to No

 

[RMerlin]

I used your code as I assume it is mounted as sda1 being its the only usb drive. It doesn't appear to be saving and I see this in the system log. I also tried sdb1 and the same error.

Feb 28 21:03:51 cstats[6064]: Problem loading /mnt/sda1/tomato_cstats_60a44c2143a0.gz. Still trying..

You will have to make sure it is indeed mounted as sda1. It can potentially be mounted by its label rather than its device name.

One thing I noticed is when I click the radio button to create a new data file after I save it reverts back to No

That's normal. Once created, you don't want to re-create it over and over again.

 

[cmillar6]

I navigated to the disk using the GUI provided with the 270.25 version and I am still seeing the same error in the system log. Any more ideas?

 

[RMerlin]

Delete that file from your disk, and try recreating it through the webui.

If you are using ext2/ext3 then check write permissions on the folder containing your data file.

 

[cmillar6]

I finally got it saving to my USB disk. I'm a Linux user so it must have been a permission thing. I brought my work laptop home today that actually runs Windows and plugged in the USB drive and tinkered with the permissions, now everything works.