# Network Traffic Per Interface - Metricbeat & Kibana

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/network-traffic-per-interface-metricbeat-kibana/180612>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** metricbeat\
**Created:** [May 10, 2019, 6:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/network-traffic-per-interface-metricbeat-kibana/180612 "2019-05-10T18:28:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![Todd\_Sayers](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/todd_sayers/32/45838_2.png) [@Todd\_Sayers](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Todd_Sayers)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2019, 6:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/network-traffic-per-interface-metricbeat-kibana/180612/1 "2019-05-10T18:28:42Z")

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We'd like to see per-interface graphs [in Kibana] of the network stats sent by Metricbeat. The response to a previous/similar query was not especially helpful: [Network Traffic per interface](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/network-traffic-per-interface/168994)

I'm struggling to see [in the stock/etc visualization for interface traffic] where/how one is able to specify an interface name. Help is appreciated.

BTW: that article helped me figure out, at least, how to configure system.yml to listen to more than one interface. The documentation is lacking in this regard.

Cheers.

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**Author:** ![Alex\_Kristiansen](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/alex_kristiansen/32/46086_2.png) [@Alex\_Kristiansen](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Alex_Kristiansen)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2019, 1:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/network-traffic-per-interface-metricbeat-kibana/180612/2 "2019-05-16T13:45:28Z")

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Todd,

In a Kibana visualization you should be able to specify a given interface using the query bar. Assuming data is coming from the system/network metricset, the query would look something like `system.network.name: en0 [or whatever]`

Can you clarify what you mean by lacking documentation? How to select various interfaces monitored by the system/network module should be documented here: [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/metricbeat/current/metricbeat-metricset-system-network.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/metricbeat/current/metricbeat-metricset-system-network.html)

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2019, 1:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/network-traffic-per-interface-metricbeat-kibana/180612/3 "2019-06-13T13:45:30Z")

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