Category Archives: OpenWRT

OpenWRT: Monitoring using vnstat

Another method to collect your OpenWRT statistics Installation: opkg update opkg install luci-app-vnstat vnstat vnstati Configuration: Advance configuration 1) Vnstat Luci configuration script located at /etc/config/vnstat root@OpenWrt:/# cat /etc/config/vnstat config ‘vnstat’ list ‘interface’ ‘br-lan’ list ‘interface’ ‘eth0’ list ‘interface’ ‘eth0.1’ list ‘interface’ ‘eth0.500’ list ‘interface’ ‘eth0.600’ list ‘interface’ ‘wlan0’ 2) Core vnstat configuration file located at /etc/vnstat.conf. Default… Read More »

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OpenWRT: Bootstrap Luci Theme

A minimalist Luci theme Installation: wget http://nut-bolt.nl/files/luci-theme-bootstrap_1-1_all.ipk opkg install luci-theme-bootstrap_1-1_all.ipk This should give you an option ‘Bootstrap’ in the System/System -> Language and Style page. source: http://nut-bolt.nl/2012/openwrt-bootstrap-theme-for-luci Update: 17 February 2014 This theme is now included in the openwrt 12.09 and trunk repos and should be downloaded from there, http://downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/trunk/yourdevice/packages/ and search for luci-theme-bootstrap. Or the easy… Read More »

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OpenWRT: Backfire 10.03.1 LuCI Essentials

Change default http port The listening port is defined in /etc/config/uhttpd file. root@OpenWrt:/etc/config# cat uhttpd # HTTP listen addresses, multiple allowed list listen_http 0.0.0.0:80 Securing LuCI root@OpenWrt:/etc/config# cat uhttpd # HTTP listen addresses, multiple allowed list listen_http 192.168.1.1:80 Enable SSL 1. For a full LuCI installation with HTTPS support opkg install luci-ssl 2. For upgrading… Read More »

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OpenWRT: Monitoring using collectd

Out of the box, OpenWRT can show you real-time statistics, however it will not store the data for historical view. I’m looking for similar graphing function as seen on DD-Wrt. Objective: To have a nice historical data graphs for router (interfaces bandwidth utilization, cpu load, uptime) Options we have: -Use SNMP and graph it using cacti -muninlite –vnstat -collectd… Read More »

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OpenWRT:DDNS

DDNS stands for Dynamic DNS. Simply put, using this service gives a name to your ip. So if you’re hosting something on your line, people wouldn’t have to bother typing your IP. They can just type in your domain name! It also helps when your ip changes. Users won’t need to discover what your new… Read More »

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