Interpreting status / traffic graph

[tschmit_ccl]

Hello,

Facing an "internet slow down" feeling I'm trying to understand Traffic Graph output.

My difficulty is here: I have a WAN interface having an IP_WAN address.

In the graph for interface WAN, I have :

Host          |    Bw In    | ….

IP_WAN    |        6Mbps | ....
ip1            |      x Kbps  |...
ip2            |      y Kbps  |...
...

How do I interpret IP_WAN sending data to himself ? Or why do I have, on WAN interface, 6Mbps from IP_WAN, that is himself.

Thank you in advance.

thierry

[KOM]

Your WAN interface can send data out to the Internet or receive data in from the Internet.  IP_WAN is your WAN interface.  In your example, your WAN is receiving data from the Internet at the rate of 6 Mbps.