I am beginning to make real progress on the long promised, and frequently asked for, `access restrictions` functionality. In a nutshell, a modification to YAMon that will allow you to block internet access to devices at certain times (e.g., after 10pm on school nights).
It's taken a long while because it has to involve functionality on the router, in the reports and also on the usage-monitor.com server.
One of the first features I added in the YAMon reports was the ability to organize your devices into arbitrary logical groupings - e.g., by person or device location or function.
For some time now, things have been organized on the router so that it is easy to add/modify iptables rules which restrict access to the web for specific device groups. What was lacking was the ability to communicate updates in the reports back to the scripts that run on the router (because the standard web servers in the router firmware do not support cgi/bin functionality).
To get around that, I've had to add bits to route the updates through the usage-monitoring.com web site (where you will be able to setup the access restrictions) and then modify the scripts on the router to periodically check for updates.
One of the first features I added in the YAMon reports was the ability to organize your devices into arbitrary logical groupings - e.g., by person or device location or function.
Let me know what you think.
Al
Will this be stored in the local users.js? _________________ Segment 1 XR700 10Gb LAN, 1Gb WAN ISP BS
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One of the first features I added in the YAMon reports was the ability to organize your devices into arbitrary logical groupings - e.g., by person or device location or function.
Let me know what you think.
Al
Will this be stored in the local users.js?
short answer: Yes!
longer answer - for the most part but ATM not as before.
In v3 I tried to keep a unique entry for each MAC address... this sometimes meant a lot of thrashing in the file if two devices were competing for the same IP or constantly alternating their IP (as was sometimes the case with some Apple devices). Things could get out of sync when this happened so I needed a *lot* of overhead to correctly update users.js and more importantly to record the hourly & monthly data for the devices (because data is obtain from the IP address).
In v4, I simplified things greatly... I now identify devices and record traffic by the combined MAC & IP addresses so if devices can't make up their minds about IP addresses, there will be multiple entries the data files. It is actually easier for me to consolidate those entries in the reports than on the router (in JS I am able to use more complex data structures which are not possible in the bash scripting environment).
Because a device can now have multiple entries in user.js, I have (temporarily at least) moved the group name to a different data structure (which lists just the MAC and the group name)... this means less updating if/when grouping changes.
So... back to what gets stored in users.js...
When a new device is detected on the network, new entries are created in users.js
1. an entry mapping the MAC address to the `unknown` group
2. entries for the MAC & IP address, the device name (if available) & some timestamps (there couple be a couple if you have IPv6 enabled)
If you have the optional database integration feature turned on, your group entries in users.js will be synced with what you have entered in the report. This will happen automatically whenever the router runs the `check-network.sh` script (i.e, when YAMon starts and/or when changes are detected on the network - i.e., changes in the results of the arp or ip calls).
ATM, I am not automatically syncing the device names in users.js... my rationale for this is that in most cases, the device name is unique to the MAC but sometimes it is not (e.g., if you are running virtual machines on a device so the MAC could have several IPs each with a different name). The scripts running on the router really don't care about the names of the devices... but for the new access restrictions, the groupings are essential.
It would be possible to merge the group name back into the device entries...
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It would be possible to merge the group name back into the device entries...
Al
Merging the group name into the device entries would make managing a large number of groups and devices like I have much easier to organize and manage. On a local level anyway. _________________ Segment 1 XR700 10Gb LAN, 1Gb WAN ISP BS
Wired AP 1 Unifi Wifi 6 LR US 1Gb LAN
Wired AP 2 Unifi Wifi 6 LR US 1Gb LAN
Wired AP 3 Unifi Wifi 6 LR US 1Gb LAN
Syslog Services Asustor 7110T NAS 10GB
NetGear XS716T 10GB Switch
download1.dd-wrt.com/dd-wrtv2/downloads/betas/ (Brain Slayer)
YAMon https://usage-monitoring.com/index.php
Any edits I make via the Device page eventually vanish as the changes revert to where I started.
Local users js is not changed. _________________ Segment 1 XR700 10Gb LAN, 1Gb WAN ISP BS
Wired AP 1 Unifi Wifi 6 LR US 1Gb LAN
Wired AP 2 Unifi Wifi 6 LR US 1Gb LAN
Wired AP 3 Unifi Wifi 6 LR US 1Gb LAN
Syslog Services Asustor 7110T NAS 10GB
NetGear XS716T 10GB Switch
download1.dd-wrt.com/dd-wrtv2/downloads/betas/ (Brain Slayer)
YAMon https://usage-monitoring.com/index.php
Posted: Mon Dec 30, 2019 21:23 Post subject: Dark Mode has been added to YAMon 4
So the first iteration of Dark Mode is available in YAMon v4 (yes, you must be running the new version to get this feature)
If you already have v4, you will have to update your yamon4.0.html file (which normally lives in /opt/YAMon4/www/). To get the latest version of this file, go to https://usage-monitoring.com/installv4.php. Alternatively, re-run install.sh (On the plus side, this'll make sure that all of your files are up-to-date)
Once you have the new file in place, you'll find on the `Settings` tab a new 'Dark Mode' checkbox.
The CSS that control the background colours for dark mode can be found at the bottom of yamon4.0.css (https://usage-monitoring.com/current/css/yamon4.0.css). If you want to tweak the settings, copy that text into custom.css on your router (by default, in /opt/YAMon4/www/css/) and have fun. Please share your preferences so that we can make this better for everyone.
Thx!
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Posted: Fri Jan 03, 2020 17:03 Post subject: Re: Hmmm. Should I give this a try?
croweater wrote:
I installed YaMON 3.4.7 yesterday without realizing this 4.04 was available.
The beta has been out awhile now. Is this getting to the point we can depend on it for our reports?
I just pushed v4.0.5 to the server... lots of little fixes (and one or two major). I think I'm about ready to finally drop the Beta designation and say it is ready to go. Feedback?
I ran the install.sh assuming the script would take care of the upgrade for me?
I took all the defaults and it seemed as though the script would handle everything, but it didn't because even after a reboot I'm still running the old version.
I guess this only works on systems that arent already running a previous version?
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I ran the install.sh assuming the script would take care of the upgrade for me?
I took all the defaults and it seemed as though the script would handle everything, but it didn't because even after a reboot I'm still running the old version.
I guess this only works on systems that arent already running a previous version?
I apologize for the grief but do not know why things did not work properly at your end. It *most* certainly works on (at least some) systems running v3... I've run the installer repeated under both DD-WRT and Turris Omnia with out issues. What do you mean you are running the old version?!? YAMon 3 & 4 can run simultaneously (as explained previously so that I/you can validate the numbers in the new system.
Are you getting error messages on the screens or in the logs? If yes, please help me resolve the issues by including as much info as possible (screenshots, log files. etc.). Once I know what is going wrong on your system, I can usually fix the issue quite quickly. In the meantime, I'm flying blind.
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I got zero errors during the install of 4.0.5 but when I ran the report I noticed it said 3.4.7 at the top.
I looked in the startup and shutdown Command Tab and it still had the ones there for YAMon3. I went ahead and removed those commands and then executed /opt/YAMon4/start.sh
There were no errors but I cant display any of the report data
At this point it is possible all the data is being collected correctly for YAMon4, but I cant figure out how to display the reports so I restarted YAMon3 until this gets resolved.
Let me know if you want me to try anything. Happy to help.
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I got zero errors during the install of 4.0.5 but when I ran the report I noticed it said 3.4.7 at the top.
I looked in the startup and shutdown Command Tab and it still had the ones there for YAMon3. I went ahead and removed those commands and tried to run /opt/YAMon4/start.sh
At this point it is possible all the data is being collected correctly for YAMon4, but I cant figure out how to display the reports so I restarted YAMon3 until this gets resolved.
Let me know if you want me to try anything. Happy to help.
When I run /opt/YAMon4/start.sh it executes with no errors.
When I attempt to run the reports it keeps loading... never completes. And I get this error:
Ah nuts! An unexpected JavaScript error has prevented the reports from opening properly.
OK - so now you have to open the browser console window... please tell me you are using Firefox or Chrome.
In FF/Chrome, type <ctrl><shift>J to open the browser console. I know that MSIE & Edge also have a console but I do not use either browser so I have no idea of how to open it.
Once the console is open, click the filters at the top right of the window so that only `Errors` is highlighted and then look for files named yamon4.0.js or util4.0.js (in the right most column). Send me a screen shot of that window.
Al _________________ Thanks to everyone for supporting YAMon!
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