How to monitor Internet (WAN) traffic separately for IPv4 and IPv6

RouterOS General
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Hi everyone,

I’m using a MikroTik router configured for dual stack (IPv4 and IPv6), and I’d like to monitor WAN traffic. Specifically, I want to track download and upload data separately for IPv4 and IPv6 traffic.

Has anyone set this up before?

Is there a straightforward way to measure these statistics in RouterOS?
Can the data be viewed in real-time or stored for historical tracking?
Ideally, I’d like to integrate these stats with Home Assistant for visualization on a dashboard.
I’d appreciate any advice or recommendations for tools or integrations that can help with this setup.

Thanks in advance for your help! :slightly_smiling_face:

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IPv4 and IPv6 firewalls are distinct (already split). Every firewall rule counts the bytes and packets it matches. The GUI interfaces have graphs.

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Any specific suggestions?

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The solution called: “Network Packet Broker (NPB)”.
“Out-of-Band monitoring” not “In-Band monitoring.”