Internet Traffic Analysis With Mikrotik Torch

Internet is very slow when you feel used? The first question might be how does the speed of internet connection that I get to feel slow. The next step taken is to measure the speed of internet connection in our place with some of the tools available on the internet. Do not rush to blame the ISP if this incident happened, the first step is a self check on our network. It may seem a simple enough, but it is very important for analyzing the events that exist in our internet network.

How to do it? If we use the network gateway mikrotik then there are tools that have been provided to analyze traffic passing the Torch. Torch is a Real Time Traffic Monitor is used to analyze the flow of passing traffic on an interface (ethernet, wireless, vlan, etc.). On a linux system may be likened to tcpdump. By Using Torch, Menu Tools -> Torch can be analyzed any traffic that passed and how much.

Having identified and analyzed the causes of the problem for subsequent follow-up. Step-by-step analysis as follows:
1. Login Menu Tools -> Torch.
2. Select Interface, in this instance a WLAN (Hotspot Assumption).
3. Select Interface, In this example an ethernet (Network with Cable Assumption.