Hello,
I find this confusing while trying to monitor my network traffic
meaning of Rx Tx from ISP point of view and client point of view.
Rx is received from the view of that interface.
Tx is transmitted from the view of that interface.
I am not clear on what you actuallt find confusing?
I am so confused about tx and rx. i mean which mean download and which mean is upload
Tx means transmitted (upload), Rx means received (download)
not truth
I got interface Im connected to and When I start download … Rx show minimum and Tx show max
so … Rx is Upload and Tx is Download
but in my opinion should be opposite
No it isn’t. It depends on the context.
but in my opinion should be opposite
Your opinion is pointless and worthless.
Thx for “pointless and worthless” post
WAN port show RxTx external interface statistics
LAN ports show RxTx internal interface statistics
Remember what was said in an early post. TX and RX is from the perspective of the interface in question. In your downloading a large file example (I assume the screen capture you posted), I am going to assume that the computer that is doing the large download is connected to ether2 on the router. Between the router and your computer, there are two interfaces involved. The first is the interface on your computer and the second is on the router. Because your computer is downloading a large file from somewhere, the interface on your computer is receiving a large amount of data, and the interface on the router (the other end of the ethernet patch cord between the two) is transmitting a large amount of data. When you are looking at the router, under this situation, the interface on the router should be transmitting a large amount of data in order for your computer to receive a large amount of data. This is exactly what your screen capture shows. If you were to monitor the network interface on your computer, it would show a large amount of data being received. A transmitter always talks to a receiver.
Thx for the post
Thats right
I assume that point is … what we got connected to the interface
so
WAN port show RxTx external interface statistics
LAN ports show RxTx internal interface statistics
but still every interface is capable Tx and Rx in both direction (internal and external)
dont You think
Of course, every interface performs both TX and RX function, but again using the example of the router to your PC, the statistics for the port on the router ONLY cares about that one connection. It does not care if the traffic is going out a WAN connection, another LAN connection, or to the router itself (for example, a WinBox connection), and it is going to show the statistics from the perspective of that one interface.
Fully detailed reply. Excellent and accurate answer. Thanks a lot.
RX = Reactive
TX = Send
