From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Glen Turner Subject: Re: Packet per Second Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2007 10:56:20 +1030 Message-ID: <1197937580.6111.31.camel@andromache> References: <1197671513.5973.10.camel@andromache> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org To: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Fl=E1vio?= Pires Return-path: Received: from eth6445.sa.adsl.internode.on.net ([150.101.30.44]:59048 "EHLO aix.gdt.id.au" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1759578AbXLRA1Z (ORCPT ); Mon, 17 Dec 2007 19:27:25 -0500 In-Reply-To: Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: [Apologies for off-topic] On Mon, 2007-12-17 at 11:18 +0000, Fl=C3=A1vio Pires wrote: > I alread though about something like this. But, isn`t NetFlow just fo= r > Cisco IOS ? NetFlow is a trade mark of Cisco Systems Inc (USA). Packets in the identical format used by NetFlow are produced by a wide range of networking equipment, including a number of Linux tools. I've seen the Linux tools used in customer networks but I've never evaluated them myself, which is why I'm didn't make a recommendation of a particular tool for the sampler. Because of the trade mark you'll often find NetFlow traffic samplers under names other than NetFlow (eg, Juniper uses "cflowd" as a synonym for NetFlow). There is one exception: sFlow is *not* identical to the NetFlow format. If you want more information on ISP accounting tools, the NANOG list is a more suitable forum. The Cisco-NSP and Juniper-NSP lists often host useful discussions too. The archives of all these lists are online. Best wishes, Glen --=20 Glen Turner Tel: 0416 295 857 or +61 416 295 857