There are situations when you need to get NetFlow statistics, but having a device that does not export Netflow can be a bummer. There is always a solution...

When a network device is not supporting NetFlow protocol, you can use a server with a NetFlow probe to analyze traffic from the network device and to generate a NetFlow statistics.

We will call this server the NetFlow

This post gives a short explanation of NetFlow duplication problem, why it is important and how to overcome it. Network admins think about their data and if it is actually correct and deduplicated. And rightfully so! This should not be on their list of concerns - NetFlow analyzer should include out-of-the-box solution to this problem. Unfortunately, this is often not the case

As you probably noticed, interest toward NetFlow has sharply risen in the previous years. This is due to the fact that its dataset provides much more detail and effective traffic analysis than simple SNMP monitoring. It also lightweight and it does not require to store big data and intrude on people's privacy as in the case of Deep-Packet Inspection. For this reason,