# Traffic Monitor The section **Monitoring -> Traffic Monitor** displays data about traffic (inbound/outbound, speed, number of sessions) passing through SafeUTM in real-time. ---

In order to enable traffic monitoring, you need to launch the [**Application Control**](https://docs.safedns.com/books/44-setup-traffic-rules/page/application-control) module.

**By nodes of the local network** tab allows to track network users’ activity and identify those who load the channel with traffic. An example of a tab window with traffic monitoring by nodes of the local network can be seen in the screenshot below: [![1. Traffic Monitor.png](https://docs.safedns.com/uploads/images/gallery/2022-08/scaled-1680-/Hvr5Foo6RJuJxmvI-1-traffic-monitor.png)](https://docs.safedns.com/uploads/images/gallery/2022-08/Hvr5Foo6RJuJxmvI-1-traffic-monitor.png)For example, if a user does not load the channel with traffic, but the table displays a big number of data packets, then it is possible to identify an application with suspicious activity in the **By applications** tab. An example of a window with traffic monitoring by applications can be seen in the screenshot below: [![2. Traffic Monitor.png](https://docs.safedns.com/uploads/images/gallery/2022-08/scaled-1680-/YofFDZrQeOsu8jw8-2-traffic-monitor.png)](https://docs.safedns.com/uploads/images/gallery/2022-08/YofFDZrQeOsu8jw8-2-traffic-monitor.png)