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Understanding Traffic Direction

Monitored statistics reference the direction of the flow and the side of the appliance where the data is collected. It is assumed that the appliance is somewhat close to the edge of your network. Therefore, when installed inline, the appliance is cabled to the LAN and the WAN. The LAN-side of the appliance is considered internal to your network and the WAN-side of the appliance is considered external to your network. When the traffic is flowing from the WAN-side to the LAN-side, the traffic is considered inbound. When the traffic is flowing from the LAN-side to the WAN-side, the traffic is considered outbound.