diff --git a/monitoring/collectd/collectd.conf b/monitoring/collectd/collectd.conf
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+##############################################################################
+# Global                                                                     #
+#----------------------------------------------------------------------------#
+# Global settings for the daemon.                                            #
+##############################################################################
+
+#Hostname "localhost"
+FQDNLookup false
+#BaseDir "/var/lib/collectd"
+#PluginDir "/usr/lib/collectd"
+TypesDB "/usr/share/collectd/types.db" "/etc/collectd/openwrt.db"
+
+#----------------------------------------------------------------------------#
+# Interval at which to query values. This may be overwritten on a per-plugin #
+# base by using the 'Interval' option of the LoadPlugin block:               #
+#   <LoadPlugin foo>                                                         #
+#       Interval 60                                                          #
+#   </LoadPlugin>                                                            #
+#----------------------------------------------------------------------------#
+Interval 30
+
+#Timeout 2
+#ReadThreads 5
+# avoid race conditions if multiple datapoints are packed in a single packet
+WriteThreads 1
+
+# Logging
+LoadPlugin syslog
+<Plugin syslog>
+	LogLevel info
+</Plugin>
+
+# now start collecting
+LoadPlugin cpu
+
+# free space
+LoadPlugin df
+<Plugin df>
+	# Ignore listed filesystems
+	IgnoreSelected true
+	# and select all virtual crap
+	FSType bdev
+	FSType binfmt_misc
+	FSType cgroup
+	FSType cpuset
+	FSType debugfs
+	FSType devpts
+	FSType devtmpfs
+	FSType hugetlbfs
+	FSType mqueue
+	FSType pipefs
+	FSType proc
+	FSType pstore
+	FSType ramfs
+	FSType rootfs
+	FSType rpc_pipefs
+	FSType securityfs
+	FSType sockfs
+	FSType sysfs
+	FSType tmpfs
+</Plugin>
+
+# IOPS
+LoadPlugin disk
+
+# LOADAVG
+LoadPlugin load
+
+# Ram utilisation
+LoadPlugin memory
+
+# SWAP
+LoadPlugin swap
+
+# Logged in
+LoadPlugin users
+
+# traffic
+LoadPlugin interface
+
+# temp, voltage, current, fans via ipmi
+# all sensors monitored by default
+LoadPlugin ipmi
+<Plugin ipmi>
+	# disable some sensors collection
+	IgnoreSelected true
+	Sensor "VRM 2 processor_module (9.2)"
+	Sensor "VRM 1 processor_module (9.1)"
+	Sensor "Power Supply 1 power_supply (10.1)"
+	Sensor "Power Supply 2 power_supply (10.2)"
+	Sensor "Power Supplies power_supply (10.3)"
+	Sensor "UID Light system_chassis (23.1)"
+	Sensor "Int. Health LED system_chassis (23.2)"
+	Sensor "Ext. Health LED system_chassis (23.3)"
+</Plugin>
+
+# pick up the lm_sensors stuff
+LoadPlugin sensors
+
+# IRQ
+LoadPlugin irq
+
+# nginx stats
+LoadPlugin nginx
+<Plugin nginx>
+	URL "http://localhost/of2016status"
+</Plugin>
+
+# now lets listen/send some data here and there
+# def port 25826
+LoadPlugin network
+<Plugin network>
+	# multicast
+	Listen "239.192.74.66"
+	Listen "ff18::efc0:4a42"
+	# All local interfaces
+	#Listen "0.0.0.0"
+	# listen on test vlans
+	#Listen "10.200.0.1"
+	#Listen "10.203.0.1"
+	#Listen "10.204.0.1"
+
+	# listen on prod vlans
+	#Listen "10.100.0.1"
+	#Listen "10.103.0.1"
+	#Listen "10.104.0.1"
+	Listen "*"
+	ReportStats true
+</Plugin>
+
+# entropy statistics
+LoadPlugin entropy
+
+# and finaly save the data in graphite
+LoadPlugin write_graphite
+<Plugin write_graphite>
+	<Node "localhost">
+		Host "localhost"
+		Port "10001"
+		Protocol "tcp"
+		Prefix "received."
+		LogSendErrors true
+		# store raw numbers and let frontend deal with them
+		StoreRates false
+		# be verbose with metrics store
+		AlwaysAppendDS true
+	</Node>
+</Plugin>
+
+LoadPlugin ConnTrack
+LoadPlugin ContextSwitch
+
+
+### try to monitor the switches too (SNMP)
+LoadPlugin snmp
+<Plugin snmp>
+	# data points
+	<Data "std_traffic">
+		Type "if_octets"
+		Table true
+		Instance "IF-MIB::ifName"
+		Values "IF-MIB::ifHCInOctets" "IF-MIB::ifHCOutOctets"
+	</Data>
+
+	<Data "std_errors">
+		Type "if_errors"
+		Table true
+		Instance "IF-MIB::ifName"
+		Values "IF-MIB::ifInErrors" "IF-MIB::ifOutErrors"
+	</Data>
+
+	# now gather my minnion
+	<Host "coresw">
+		Address "10.20.0.11"
+		Version 2
+		Community "password"
+		Collect "std_traffic" "std_errors"
+		Interval 60
+	</Host>
+
+	<Host "mrvocsw">
+		Address "10.20.0.21"
+		Version 2
+		Community "password"
+		Collect "std_traffic" "std_errors"
+		Interval 60
+	</Host>
+
+	<Host "srvocsw">
+		Address "10.20.0.22"
+		Version 2
+		Community "password"
+		Collect "std_traffic" "std_errors"
+		Interval 60
+	</Host>
+
+	<Host "receptionsw">
+		Address "10.20.0.26"
+		Version 2
+		Community "password"
+		Collect "std_traffic" "std_errors"
+		Interval 60
+	</Host>
+
+	<Host "nocsw">
+		Address "10.20.0.23"
+		Version 2
+		Community "password"
+		Collect "std_traffic" "std_errors"
+		Interval 60
+	</Host>
+
+	<Host "uplinksw">
+		Address "172.31.42.64"
+		Version 2
+		Community "password"
+		Collect "std_traffic" "std_errors"
+		Interval 60
+	</Host>
+</Plugin>
+
+# monitor unbound by exec
+####LoadPlugin exec
+####<Plugin exec>
+####	Exec "unbound" "/usr/local/bin/unbound-collectd.sh"
+####</Plugin>
+
+# See collectd.conf(5)
+LoadPlugin unixsock
+
+<Plugin unixsock>
+	SocketFile "/tmp/collectd.sock"
+	SocketGroup "nagios"
+	SocketPerms "0770"
+</Plugin>
+
+LoadPlugin uptime
+LoadPlugin processes
+
diff --git a/monitoring/collectd/openwrt.db b/monitoring/collectd/openwrt.db
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+stations		value:GAUGE:0:256
+signal_noise_mw         value:GAUGE:0:U
+signal_power_mw         value:GAUGE:0:U
+