Graphs how to read incoming and outgoing?

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Hello All,

Have been running IPFrire for a few weeks now (IPFire 2.27 (x86_64) - Core Update 159). Everything works great, Red/Orange/Blue/Green. Was really nice to setup great product.

I have a quistion about the incoming/outgoing traffic graphs, how should one read these? They seem back to front to me…

For example I just ran a backup of a server from the Orange Zone to the Green Zone (rsync). So traffic from Orange to Green yet the graphs, the way I read them show Orange traffic as incoming and Green traffic as outgoing? Something wrong with my mind set? Am I mad?

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And the Green Interface…

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You are right, I never noticed this! The only way it would make sense is if “outgoing” and “incoming” is from the point of view of the router.

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That is right!
I assume data flow was from the server in orange network to client in green network. Then the full flow is server → IPFire → client. The orange NIC on IPFire receives these data and transmits them on the green NIC. Exactly this is documented in the graphs.

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I know this problem. It depends on the point of view. Being an user of a network I look at my client, but the graphics focus on IPFire.
Just for completeness. :wink:

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Thanks all, ok I have to think differently then. The router is only concerned about its interfaces and not the zones themselves… makes sense now I think about it.