I’m trying to monitor real-time traffic for my gaming devices (like PC, PS5, etc.) using MikroTik RouterOS. The goal is to clearly see which games or devices are consuming the most bandwidth while gaming online.
I’ve looked into a few tools like Torch and Queues, but I’m not sure what’s the best or most accurate method to:
- Identify and isolate gaming traffic
- Monitor usage live (not historical)
- Possibly filter by specific ports or applications (like Fortnite, COD, etc.)
If anyone has a step-by-step setup or recommends a particular way (via Winbox or CLI), I’d really appreciate the help!
What is the final goal? So, you have identified a game that is intensively using network traffic at this particular moment in time. What now? Ban the game? Limit the maximum bandwidth?
Go to “ip firewall” in “connections.” Filter the information by the IP address of the device you are interested in.
Just keep in mind that the main traffic will come from the game in any case.
For real-time monitoring on MikroTik, Torch is the most practical tool to see live traffic per device, IP, or port, especially for active gaming sessions. You can combine it with mangle rules (marking connections by port/IP) and simple queues to isolate and watch specific game traffic accurately in Winbox or CLI.