x-posting with main forum to get user feedback: https://forum.opnsense.org/index.php?topic=51327.0
looking for user feedback on how one would expect to use the vnstat widget? is having that interface html dropdowns useful? or should it be a widget preference that you select once and it always shows the same interface/period selected?
any other ideas?
(https://i.imgur.com/gJ8xYyw.png)
IMO looks good. Want to raise a PR? It's often easier to ship to collect feedback.
Cheers,
Franco
PR: https://github.com/opnsense/plugins/pull/5336
Beautiful thanks for making the showcase video!
Regards
S.
this finally landed in 26.1.11
i discover now this plugin. It looks good. Thank you for that.
i could suggest several things:
- when you select which interfaces to monitor you have the choice within the different names of the interfaces and when it's displayed on the dashboard you have the name of the underlying device. i would prefer to have the interface name.
- perhaps a layout with where you can select 2 or more interfaces to display could be a plus. But i guess it there will troubles to display that correctly. Or maybe spawn that to a widget per interface.
Anyway that's a very convenient plugin.
Quote from: caplam on July 03, 2026, 01:29:18 PM- when you select which interfaces to monitor you have the choice within the different names of the interfaces and when it's displayed on the dashboard you have the name of the underlying device. i would prefer to have the interface name.
yea, that makes sense, i'll put up a PR to use the OPNsense interface name instead of the underlying FreeBSD device name.
Quote from: caplam on July 03, 2026, 01:29:18 PM- perhaps a layout with where you can select 2 or more interfaces to display could be a plus. But i guess it there will troubles to display that correctly. Or maybe spawn that to a widget per interface.
i'll probably skip this due to the complexity and trying to keep things simple
Thanks for this widget. I like it!!
I would like to recommend an option to reverse the sort order. So when the widget placed as a small window, the newest hours/days/months are visible at the top of the widget window.
Quote from: gpfountz on July 07, 2026, 05:39:05 PMThanks for this widget. I like it!!
I would like to recommend an option to reverse the sort order. So when the widget placed as a small window, the newest hours/days/months are visible at the top of the widget window.
yes, i could add sort order option. thanks for the feedback
interface names to use the OPNsense names vs the FreeBSD interface names: https://github.com/opnsense/plugins/pull/5566