I think the mac database is used for exactly what you expect, attaching a vendor name to a mac. The tertf directory I think is used by gl-tertf for monitoring client traffic; gl-tertf is started in etc/init.d.

  • I reset the Mango to factory defaults, set up its wifi, then connected to the local wifi. Applications|Plugins reported 19%/2MB free space.
  • I installed LUcI; now 14%/2MB free.
  • I opened luci|System|Software, which reported 59%/2.4MB free.
  • using ssh, I removed /etc/tertf/mac_vendor.db, and then /etc/init.d/gl-tertf and rebooted.
  • Back In luci|System|software i now had 73%/2.9MB free. I uninstalled gl-tertf, which left me with 72%/2.9MB free (?). It looks like this tried to uninstall /etc/init.d/gl-tertf, so I didn’t need to have done that. It also looks like it uninstalled the sqlite library.
  • I installed adblock, sqm, nano, htop. This brought me to 57%/2.3MB free
  • I installed sqlite, which brought me to 40%/1.6MB free.
    Rebooted. We’ll see now.
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