Hi, see below On Thu, Jul 21, 2016 at 1:42 AM, <questi...@ctsg.com.au> wrote:
> Hi Simone, > > Thank you for your time. > > Thank you. We would like the best possible data from the capture so we > should at least check the outcome using nProbe. > > We are using version 2.4.270616 > > I had a look through the interface to see if any configuration needed to > be pointed to local network. Can you advise what config you were referring > to please? > see option -m > > If we would like to try nProbe using a Windows PC could you please provide > the install commands to get both services talking on the same required port > etc. here is a good example http://www.ntop.org/ntopng/creating-a-hierarchical-cluster-of-ntopng-instances/ there are just few small differences in the way you execute the command on windows. This is documented in the manual. > Will only mainly be used off mirror ports on a single subnet with both > probe and ntopng on the same host. Rarely will we be looking at anything > more than a single switch and network when using ntopng. > > Thank you again > > CTSG > > > > > > Quoting Simone Mainardi <maina...@ntop.org>: > > Hi, please see below >> >> On Wed, Jul 20, 2016 at 7:05 AM, <questi...@ctsg.com.au> wrote: >> >> Hi All, >>> >>> We would like to use ntopng installed on a windows laptop connected to a >>> mirror port on a network switch to monitor and report on network traffic >>> to >>> determine issues across the network. >>> >>> Using ntopng connected to a switch port with mirror configured; is nProbe >>> required? >>> >>> >> it is not strictly necessary in your case. Provided that you don't need >> deep packet dissection features (e.g., to dissect DNSm BGP, VoIP, etc), >> then ntopng may suffice. >> >> >> We appear to still get some flows shown in ntopng with nprobe removed but >>> i'm not positive the flow data is complete. Also I notice the interface >>> total bandwidth graph at the bottom of the pages is not displaying any >>> data. >>> >>> >> - update ntopng to version >= 2.4 >> - make sure to define local networks in the configuration >> >> >> >>> Could someone please let us know the basic setup for a >Smart >>> Switch>?nprobe?>ntopng>Windows laptop. >>> >>> >> if you are mirroring a switch port, then nprobe is not strictly necessary >> provided that you don't need information extracted by nprobe plugins >> http://www.ntop.org/products/netflow/nprobe/ >> >> >> >>> Is nProbe only required when trying to source data from a netflow or >>> sflow >>> compatible router device? >>> >>> >> this is just one case. nprobe is required also for deep traffic dissection >> features. It is also useful to decouple monitoring from visualization. For >> example, you can deploy multiple nprobes on the vantage points of your >> network and collect their results on a remote ntopng. >> >> >> >>> Knowing the above intended use what would be the best install command for >>> either service please? >>> >> >> >> >>> Thank you >>> >>> CTSG >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Ntop mailing list >>> Ntop@listgateway.unipi.it >>> http://listgateway.unipi.it/mailman/listinfo/ntop >>> >>> > > > _______________________________________________ > Ntop mailing list > Ntop@listgateway.unipi.it > http://listgateway.unipi.it/mailman/listinfo/ntop >
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