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Re: Traffic Analizer

  • From: Chris Adams
  • Date: Tue Jan 09 21:35:27 2001

Once upon a time, Josh Richards <[email protected]> said:
> * Jeremy Furr <[email protected]> [20010105 12:42]:
> > 	Was wondering if anyone here could recommend a Traffic ananlizer,
> > one that can show us where our traffic is destined for and how much that,
> > peer, or site is getting?
> 
> NetFlow and related tools.  Cisco's own NetFlow and CAIDA's cflowd tools are
> the two I'm familiar with.
> 
>   <URL:http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/732/Tech/netflow/>
>   <URL:http://www.caida.org/tools/>

What kind of additional load (CPU, RAM) does NetFlow put on a router
(say a 7505 or 7513)?  How does it work with CEF (along side it or in
place of it)?
-- 
Chris Adams <[email protected]>
Systems and Network Administrator - HiWAAY Internet Services
I don't speak for anybody but myself - that's enough trouble.