ingress traffic
(in´gres traf´ik) (n.) Ingress traffic is network traffic that originates from outside of the network's routers and proceeds toward a destination inside of the network. For example, an email message that is considered ingress traffic will originate somewhere outside of a enterprise's LAN, pass over the Internet and enter the company's LAN before it is delivered to the recipient.
- Compare with egress traffic.
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