Hi!
Winbox takes a lot of traffic, if it is simply connected to a router (about 200kbit/s).
Is there any possibility to limit this?
Today, I just had the problem, that two engineers have been connected on a low-bandwidth-link and that caused problems…
Thank you for your hints
Stril
Winbox traffic depends on the number of simultaneously opened windows (number of data, that need to be refreshed in real-time).
Hi!
Yes, but with only one window, I already see 200 kbps…
You can use ssh to configure device on low bandwith links.
Torch? 
Not necessarily
For example firewall with around 40 rules - adds around 100kbps in spikes.
Interfaces window with 10 interfaces - 80kbps, almost constantly.
IPsec Installed SAs with 10 items - 20kbps.
So opening a bunch of windows can easily create a constant bandwidth of 200-250kbps.
As was already mentioned by @nescafe2002 - if it becomes a problem, one can always use ssh.
Hi!
I see constantly 200 kbps with NO open windows.
…tested with CRS 326.
Stril
Are you sure that it’s winbox traffic?
Hi!
Absolutely.
I checked it twice
It should not be that way.
That is winbox connections to 4 different routers:
Lower 3 have no open windows, only cpu/time/date/etc in the dashboard.
Upper one has an open IP → Firewall → Connections from where I took a screenshot.
So it never rises over 5kbps/10kbps (To winbox/From winbox) for the ones without windows open.
So check again that it is a single winbox connection and not something else on the router.
How are you connecting with Winbox?
When I connect to the Router I can also see, up to 250kbits but only when I use the MAC-ADDRESS for connecting.
Greets,
Sebastian
Hi!
Thats strange… I am connecting to the IP of the CRS.
I just checked my Firewall-connection-list…
If I just connect to the CRS, it consumes only a few kbps (14,4)
If I only open the interface-list, it goes up to 260 kbps
→ The problem seems to be the Interface List.
Can you confirm this?
As I already posted, for 10 interfaces I have ~80kbps, so 260kbps for your almost 30 interfaces totally makes sense.
Hi!
It would be great to be able to configure the refresh rate to lower that bandwidth consumption…
You can give it a try here: http://forum.mikrotik.com/t/feature-requests/41609/1