I've now got NetFlow data being logged in MySQL via nprobe and ntopng. I'm 
mostly interested in analysing the inbound traffic from the internet to help me 
find out why we're going over our ISP's download quota. For example, I'd like 
to find out which device here downloaded the most from the internet yesterday.

I assumed I must use the Historical Data Explorer, but I can't see any way to 
filter out all the other flows - ie internal and outgoing. I think I need to 
look at just the flows where the src ip address is not 192.168.x.y and the dst 
ip address is 192.168.x.y. 

I've defined a Traffic Profile called "Incoming only" as "dst net 192.168 and 
not src net 192.168", but the only place I can see to use this is to click on 
Interfaces, then select my interface, then click on the funny little symbol 
that I think is a doctor with a stethoscope, and then on the chart symbol 
beside the "Incoming only" profile name.   (Can I suggest tool tips for all the 
symbols so one doesn't have to click on them to find out what they are?)

But then what? I'd like to be able to select a data range that covers, say, 
yesterday from midnight to midnight, and see which address downloaded the most 
data. I can choose a one day range, but it will end at the current time. And I 
can't see how to get a list of top downloaders for that whole day. If I hover 
over the chart, it shows a list which I think is for that minute only. And it 
lists senders and receivers - how can there be both if my filter only matches 
external sources and internal destinations?

If I choose a week for the chart length, it still ends at the current time, and 
I think it still shows the top senders and receivers for one minute periods. I 
can't tell for sure which day I've chosen because it only displays times, not 
dates. (Could I suggest that dates are also shown, or at least a clear vertical 
line for each midnight?)

Am I looking in the wrong place for the data I want? Or do I need to query the 
MySQL database myself?

Peter Shute
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