[c-nsp] analyze BGP traffic with SNMP

Alexandre Snoeck alex at alsn.be
Thu May 15 07:43:26 EDT 2008


Thanks for the advice

> If you're determined to use SNMP and snapshots, you may wish to take a
> look at the NetFlow MIB, which lets you get a snapshot of the NetFlow
> table.

Any idea if there is an equivalent in SFlow? I have been looking around the 
Sflow Mib but didn't find any usefull information.

Alex

> On Thursday 15 May 2008 10:53:06 Roland Dobbins wrote:
> > On May 15, 2008, at 3:41 PM, Alexandre Snoeck wrote:
> > > not a system that has to run most of the time to have decent
> > > information.
> >
> > This type of system is far more desirable from an operational
> > standpoint, as it provides insight into behavior over time.  Snapshots
> > of this type of information aren't very useful at all, IMHO; what's
> > useful is to understand trends, rates of change, et. al.
> >
> > If you're determined to use SNMP and snapshots, you may wish to take a
> > look at the NetFlow MIB, which lets you get a snapshot of the NetFlow
> > table.  But I very strongly recommend you re-evaluate the utility of a
> > NetFlow-based system for this type of application, perhaps starting
> > with a freeware tool such as Stager.
> >
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