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− | [ | + | [http://www.vwlowen.co.uk/internet/files.htm Routerstats] is an ADSL router monitoring program. It displays continuously updated graphs of up/down noise margins and connection speeds, and also provides a means of adding user-defined graphs for displaying any other data which is available from the router interface. In addition, for more advanced users, a telnet interface can be configured to provide much more detailed information than is available from the router's web interface. |
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+ | Routerstats can be downloaded from the [http://www.vwlowen.co.uk/internet/files.htm Routerstats web site], and full information about configuring it is available from the [http://www.vwlowen.co.uk/internet/routerstatshelp/routerstatshelp.htm help pages]. | ||
==How to run Routerstats in Linux== | ==How to run Routerstats in Linux== |
Revision as of 13:26, 18 December 2011
Routerstats
Routerstats is an ADSL router monitoring program. It displays continuously updated graphs of up/down noise margins and connection speeds, and also provides a means of adding user-defined graphs for displaying any other data which is available from the router interface. In addition, for more advanced users, a telnet interface can be configured to provide much more detailed information than is available from the router's web interface.
Routerstats can be downloaded from the Routerstats web site, and full information about configuring it is available from the help pages.
How to run Routerstats in Linux
Routerstats and Routerstats-Lite are Windows programs, but they can be run in Linux systems with the help of Wine. Routerstats-Lite should run with no problems, but on some Linux systems the full Routerstats program may have some limitations. I have found on my systems that its telnet functions don't work correctly and tend to lock up.
If Wine isn't already installed you will first have to install it. All the mainstream distros will have Wine in their software repositories, so use the distro's package manager to install it. After installing it, run the following command as an ordinary user:
winecfg
This sets up a basic Wine configuration for this user and opens a configuration dialog. You can look at the various tabs and edit things if you wish (and know what you're doing), otherwise just click OK.
Now download the version of Routerstats which you want to use. The lite version offers two different types of download, but I suggest that you download the zipped version, which requires no actual installation. Create a directory called 'routerstats' in your home directory, and copy the downloaded file to it. Open a console, cd to the 'routerstats' directory, and type:
unzip *.zip
which will extract the files from the archive.
Now, while still in that directory, type
wine RouterStats.exe
or
wine RouterStatsLite.exe
depending on which version you have. Routerstats should run, and you can click the help button to get any instructions you need (or read it here if you have difficulty getting the help button to work.
Adding a menu entry
How you actually do this depends on which desktop system you are using. KDE provides its own menu editor, but for Gnome you have to obtain a third party utility called 'alacarte'. Whichever system you are using, the command to run Routerstats will be:
wine /home/username/routerstats/RouterStats.exe [or RouterStatsLite.exe]
(replacing 'username' with the actual user login name). You should now be able to run Routerstats from the menu.