Forwarded traffic

Saturday, February 11, 2023 2:50:23 PM

Since version 5.2.0 NetLimiter is able to monitor and control Forwarded traffic. It is the traffic that passes through - it has neither source nor destination on the machine where NetLimiter is installed.

It is usualy appears when user is sharing his main internet connection with others - using ICS (Internet Connection Sharing) and/or Mobile Hotspot, or other routing software.

Forwarded traffic is displayed in the Activity view under node Forwarded traffic.

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Due to the nature of forwarded traffic, each connection is in NetLimiter diplayed as 2 separate connections with outgoing traffic only.

For example: If a machine with ip address 192.168.1.12 connects through user's PC to ip address 213.345.456.567 then it will be registered in NetLimiter (under Forwarded traffic) as 2 connections - 1. from 192.168.1.12 to 213.345.456.567 and 2. from 213.345.456.567 to 192.168.1.12.

Creating rules

If you want to limit traffic to (for example) ip 192.168.1.12, then you have to create a custom Filter with filter function Remote address in range and as a vaule use 192.168.1.12. Then for this filter create a limit rule for outgoing traffic.

If you want to limit traffic from (for example) ip 192.168.1.12, then you have to create a custom Filter with filter function Local address in range and as a vaule use 192.168.1.12. Then for this filter create a limit rule for outgoing traffic.

Use Is Forwarded traffic filter function to filter out only forwarded traffic.