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Broadband Related => Router Monitoring Software => Topic started by: renluop on August 29, 2016, 01:25:04 PM

Title: Start DSLStats at system boot?
Post by: renluop on August 29, 2016, 01:25:04 PM
Can it be achieved and how? My computer sometimes reboots itself and, of course any stats gathered from the last automated collection are lost, but I have to bear that inconvenience, thinking that RasperryPi may be too difficult for elderly digestion. :oldman: :)

Manually starting stats recording is not onerous, but merely inconvenient if, present; I am thinking of when awayfor any time.
Title: Re: Start DSLStats at system boot?
Post by: roseway on August 29, 2016, 02:39:19 PM
DSLstats doesn't have any built-in means of starting itself automatically after booting, but I presume Windows must have the ability to autostart programs. I expect someone else will be able to advise on this.
Title: Re: Start DSLStats at system boot?
Post by: j0hn on August 29, 2016, 02:42:31 PM
Depends on the OS. If it's Windows just throw the DslStats shortcut in the startup folder, job done.

In Windows 10 it's located at C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\StartUp

May be different in Windows 7. If so just open the start menu, click programs, drag DslStats into the startup folder. No idea for Windows 8.*
Title: Re: Start DSLStats at system boot?
Post by: renluop on August 29, 2016, 04:05:13 PM
Thank you both! :) It now works straightway.
To save another thread, am I to understand that, provided both computer and router are on, MDWS collects data in real time, so that should a random reboot occur, the only data lost will be that up to immediately before the reboot, rather anything post the last DSLStats auto collection?
Title: Re: Start DSLStats at system boot?
Post by: roseway on August 29, 2016, 05:03:32 PM
MDWS data is uploaded once a minute. The only data lost will be that which would have been uploaded during the downtime while the PC is rebooting.
Title: Re: Start DSLStats at system boot?
Post by: renluop on August 29, 2016, 05:57:32 PM
Thank you for confirming.
Title: Re: Start DSLStats at system boot?
Post by: GigabitEthernet on August 29, 2016, 06:14:08 PM
How would one autostart on Raspbian?
Title: Re: Start DSLStats at system boot?
Post by: roseway on August 29, 2016, 06:30:39 PM
Somewhere on the forum there's a discussion about this, and a post by me explaining in detail how to do it. I'm pressed for time at the moment, but I'll try to find it later.
Title: Re: Start DSLStats at system boot?
Post by: vic0239 on August 29, 2016, 06:51:35 PM
Maybe this one?  http://forum.kitz.co.uk/index.php/topic,15882.0.html (http://forum.kitz.co.uk/index.php/topic,15882.0.html) Discussion starts a couple of pages in.
Title: Re: Start DSLStats at system boot?
Post by: roseway on August 29, 2016, 07:19:58 PM
That's it, and it's worth reading through the whole discussion, because my solution didn't allow for the time taken for the desktop to initialise.