I'll give -g a shot and see how much that affects our data. I like seeing the flows to external hosts, will those still be tracked since either the source or destination will be a local ?
Thank you both Luca and Burton. You're better than a lot of the 'paid for' support contracts we have. -R -----Original Message----- From: Luca Deri [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, October 02, 2002 10:32 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Ntop] Large hash Rob Trout wrote: >I am running it on a border gateway, it's a mirrored external port.... > >I used the flag to not trust MACs, is there anything else I can do to >limit the hash size? > > What about -g (and -z if you want to decrease load) ? Cheers, Luca >Robert Trout >T-Speed >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >(office) 214.237.3388 >www.t-speed.com > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Luca Deri [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Wednesday, October 02, 2002 7:02 AM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: [Ntop] Large hash > > >Rob, >a large hash is normal for a large nw. If this is not your case there's >something wrong. > >Where are you running ntop? On a border gw? Make sure you use the >proper > >options. > >Regards, Luca > >Rob Trout wrote: > > > >>After running for a few days, I get: >> >>Sep 30 22:45:43 stats ntop[1682]: Extending hash size >>[newSize=65536][deviceId=0] >> >>Which seems like a pretty large hash compared to others I have seen on >>the list. We're running ntop 2.1.51 on Mandrake 8.2. It's a p3-900 w/ >>256mb ram. This host is only used for ntop. I'm starting with the >>command line of: >> >>/usr/local/bin/ntop -P /server/ntop-current/ntop/database -p >>/server/ntop-current/ntop/utils/protocol.list -d -u ntop -o -m >>x.x.x.x/x >> >>Is there a way to limit the hash-size, and if so what would be the >>trade-off of doing so? This is monitoring an internet connection that >>averages about 4 mb, but can peak at 9-10mb >> >> >>Thanks in advance. >> >> >>_______________________________________________ >>Ntop mailing list >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>http://lists.ntop.org/mailman/listinfo/ntop >> >> >> >> > > > > -- Luca Deri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://luca.ntop.org/ Hacker: someone who loves to program and enjoys being clever about it - Richard Stallman _______________________________________________ Ntop mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.ntop.org/mailman/listinfo/ntop _______________________________________________ Ntop mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.ntop.org/mailman/listinfo/ntop
