This is not Mikrotik-specific, but I’m hoping for some insight/advice.
This RB5009 has the following inteface connections (among others)
ether1: Internet access, Verizon FIOS, (supposedly) 1Gbps/1Gbps
ether8: Window 11 PC running only Blue Iris video server
212-Wireguard: Wireguard interface to multiple other locations with cameras feeding their video streams to the local Blue Iris server on ether8
The following screenshot shows:
ether1 (and, consequently, 212-Wireguard) with a consistent ~30Mbps
ether8 using just about all of that with total 12 day traffic of ~4TB
[Note: at the time the screenshot was taken, there was nothing else on the LAN that would use any significant traffic (e.g., video streaming, video calls, etc.]
How do I know if this is something that is affecting the Internet access performance of other devices on the LAN?
Is this something that on the surface is alarming or undesirable or significantly less than idea?
Hi,
What exactly bother you? Spikes? Traffic amount? Sustained tarffic?
It's hard to answer to such an open question.
Any traffic from any device, on LAN side, to the Internet affects the traffic of other ones. No doubt.
You’re right – I should have been more specific.
How would I know (or perhaps you already know) if the sustained 30Mbps download from Internet to ether1 effectively slows down Internet access , or causes any other form of degradation of service, for the other devices/users on my LAN?
Is there a more efficient or smarter way to isolate the one device (Blue Iris server) on ether8 that would improve the overall performance of the RB5009 and LAN? Perhaps create a second bridge with only ether8 and 212-Wireguard?
Thanks.
Do not think so. All traffic goes at the end to the WAN interface that serves all devices. It's a funnel efect.
Any device that is used to watch films or listen to the music generates same style sustained traffic as camera server.
I wouldn't be bothered now. Seems that you do not reach any of limits now. Maybe you should check the CPU usage level and probably (!!!) tailor rules if only it keeps top usage for long time.
That’s very good to hear.
Funnel effect is a great way to describe it – flow capacity will only ever be as large as the capacity of the smallest section of pipe.
CPU stays between 10-20%.
Thank you.
Sometimes comparision to the simple well know tool is the best.
