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Public/External IP Addresses as Clients in Bandwidth Usage

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I'm concerned I set up something wrongly...  If I go to Logging & Reporting > Network Usage > Bandwidth Usage, I can of course see my local IP addresses (DHCP), but oddly also some external/public IP addresses in the "Top Clients" view. They barely cause traffic, but how are they CLIENTS in my system? [:S]

Nowhere did I set anything other than "Internal (Network)" as allowed network. I'm also unable to find the IP addresses in any logs (Firewall, Web protection...)

Firmware version: 9.314-13

Thank you for your help!


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    Now I think I understand your question.  These aren't clients inside your network, they are clients outside your network.  Any device that initiates a conversation is said to be a "client" of the "server" that it addresses.  Does that clear this up?

    Cheers - Bob
     
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    Now I think I understand your question.  These aren't clients inside your network, they are clients outside your network.  Any device that initiates a conversation is said to be a "client" of the "server" that it addresses.  Does that clear this up?

    Cheers - Bob
     
    Sophos UTM Community Moderator
    Sophos Certified Architect - UTM
    Sophos Certified Engineer - XG
    Gold Solution Partner since 2005
    MediaSoft, Inc. USA
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