diff --git a/cmd/globals.go b/cmd/globals.go
index 040326b9c..c10bcffe8 100644
--- a/cmd/globals.go
+++ b/cmd/globals.go
@@ -393,6 +393,10 @@ var (
 	// Is _MINIO_DISABLE_API_FREEZE_ON_BOOT set?
 	globalDisableFreezeOnBoot bool
 
+	// Contains NIC interface name used for internode communication
+	globalInternodeInterface     string
+	globalInternodeInterfaceOnce sync.Once
+
 	// Add new variable global values here.
 )
 
diff --git a/cmd/metrics-realtime.go b/cmd/metrics-realtime.go
index c751f4306..2b413cd7a 100644
--- a/cmd/metrics-realtime.go
+++ b/cmd/metrics-realtime.go
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/minio/madmin-go/v3"
 	"github.com/minio/minio/internal/disk"
+	"github.com/minio/minio/internal/net"
 )
 
 type collectMetricsOpts struct {
@@ -69,6 +70,18 @@ func collectLocalMetrics(types madmin.MetricType, opts collectMetricsOpts) (m ma
 	if types.Contains(madmin.MetricsSiteResync) {
 		m.Aggregated.SiteResync = globalSiteResyncMetrics.report(opts.depID)
 	}
+	if types.Contains(madmin.MetricNet) {
+		m.Aggregated.Net = &madmin.NetMetrics{
+			CollectedAt:   UTCNow(),
+			InterfaceName: globalInternodeInterface,
+		}
+		netStats, err := net.GetInterfaceNetStats(globalInternodeInterface)
+		if err != nil {
+			m.Errors = append(m.Errors, err.Error())
+		} else {
+			m.Aggregated.Net.NetStats = netStats
+		}
+	}
 	// Add types...
 
 	// ByHost is a shallow reference, so careful about sharing.
diff --git a/cmd/server-main.go b/cmd/server-main.go
index b1920fc0c..09b61a1de 100644
--- a/cmd/server-main.go
+++ b/cmd/server-main.go
@@ -248,6 +248,9 @@ func serverHandleCmdArgs(ctx *cli.Context) {
 	logger.FatalIf(err, "Invalid command line arguments")
 	globalNodes = globalEndpoints.GetNodes()
 
+	// Initialize, see which NIC the service is running on, and save it as global
+	_ = getGlobalInternodeInterface(ctx.String("interface"))
+
 	globalLocalNodeName = GetLocalPeer(globalEndpoints, globalMinioHost, globalMinioPort)
 	nodeNameSum := sha256.Sum256([]byte(globalLocalNodeName))
 	globalLocalNodeNameHex = hex.EncodeToString(nodeNameSum[:])
@@ -461,6 +464,33 @@ func initConfigSubsystem(ctx context.Context, newObject ObjectLayer) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+func getGlobalInternodeInterface(interfs ...string) string {
+	globalInternodeInterfaceOnce.Do(func() {
+		if len(interfs) != 0 && strings.TrimSpace(interfs[0]) != "" {
+			globalInternodeInterface = interfs[0]
+			return
+		}
+		ip := "127.0.0.1"
+		host, _ := mustSplitHostPort(globalMinioAddr)
+		if host != "" {
+			ip = host
+		}
+		globalInternodeInterface = ip
+		ifs, _ := net.Interfaces()
+		for _, interf := range ifs {
+			addrs, err := interf.Addrs()
+			if err == nil {
+				for _, addr := range addrs {
+					if strings.SplitN(addr.String(), "/", 2)[0] == ip {
+						globalInternodeInterface = interf.Name
+					}
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	})
+	return globalInternodeInterface
+}
+
 // Return the list of address that MinIO server needs to listen on:
 //   - Returning 127.0.0.1 is necessary so Console will be able to send
 //     requests to the local S3 API.
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index b05ff7c7c..640133928 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/minio/dperf v0.5.0
 	github.com/minio/highwayhash v1.0.2
 	github.com/minio/kes-go v0.1.0
-	github.com/minio/madmin-go/v3 v3.0.6
+	github.com/minio/madmin-go/v3 v3.0.7
 	github.com/minio/minio-go/v7 v7.0.59
 	github.com/minio/mux v1.9.0
 	github.com/minio/pkg v1.7.5
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 083e9ea11..45c0a9fd1 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -483,8 +483,8 @@ github.com/minio/highwayhash v1.0.2 h1:Aak5U0nElisjDCfPSG79Tgzkn2gl66NxOMspRrKnA
 github.com/minio/highwayhash v1.0.2/go.mod h1:BQskDq+xkJ12lmlUUi7U0M5Swg3EWR+dLTk+kldvVxY=
 github.com/minio/kes-go v0.1.0 h1:h201DyOYP5sTqajkxFGxmXz/kPbT8HQNX1uh3Yx2PFc=
 github.com/minio/kes-go v0.1.0/go.mod h1:VorHLaIYis9/MxAHAtXN4d8PUMNKhIxTIlvFt0hBOEo=
-github.com/minio/madmin-go/v3 v3.0.6 h1:rlU0UCwRhi/bI5R9Pg5df88ddqFNFA5mpmxScAanQCA=
-github.com/minio/madmin-go/v3 v3.0.6/go.mod h1:lPrMoc1aeiIWmmrxBthkDqzMPQwC/Lu9ByuyM2wenJk=
+github.com/minio/madmin-go/v3 v3.0.7 h1:nuRwrqarFrkzbUiA36H/HKAcuNr8J9TjKlWRlua7lNo=
+github.com/minio/madmin-go/v3 v3.0.7/go.mod h1:lPrMoc1aeiIWmmrxBthkDqzMPQwC/Lu9ByuyM2wenJk=
 github.com/minio/mc v0.0.0-20230706154612-72958227ad65 h1:27INveRWSp7yAEy4szNp15DOA2dyOwnxTGt/p0JuTh4=
 github.com/minio/mc v0.0.0-20230706154612-72958227ad65/go.mod h1:41ndsUBIAA/dRjOQ/0KY4d8vI70gDiKeMo1zusOQRWk=
 github.com/minio/md5-simd v1.1.2 h1:Gdi1DZK69+ZVMoNHRXJyNcxrMA4dSxoYHZSQbirFg34=
diff --git a/internal/net/net.go b/internal/net/net.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9443156d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/net/net.go
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2015-2023 MinIO, Inc.
+//
+// This file is part of MinIO Object Storage stack
+//
+// This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+// GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+// along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+package net
+
+import (
+	"github.com/prometheus/procfs"
+)
+
+// GetInterfaceNetStats - get procfs.NetDevLine by interfaceName
+func GetInterfaceNetStats(interf string) (procfs.NetDevLine, error) {
+	proc, err := procfs.Self()
+	if err != nil {
+		return procfs.NetDevLine{}, err
+	}
+	netDev, err := proc.NetDev()
+	if err != nil {
+		return procfs.NetDevLine{}, err
+	}
+	return netDev[interf], nil
+}