Hi there everyone! I hope you’ve had productive week and I wish you all a fantastic weekend.

This week, we’ve had two successful webinars that highlighted some of the fun new features for Scrutinizer v7.5 and I’d like to make the replay available to everyone who wasn’t able to be in attendance.

So if you’d like to get the inside scoop on some of the new goodies like NBAR reporting, the new Matrix connections report and the Flow Expert toolset ; take a seat, grab some popcorn and enjoy the movie.

Oh, to take advantage of these new features, be sure to upgrade your copy of Scrutinizer to v7.5.

Here’s the link to the latest download: Scrutinizer v7.5 update

If there are any questions that come up during the webinar, please feel free to contact us and we’ll be happy to help.

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Most of my blogs are related to NetFlow or sFlow.  This weekend I’m taking a break from network traffic monitoring.  My father in law, some friends and I took off snowmobiling up in Sherman, Maine.

I have so many trade show shirts that I end up wearing them on events like this from time to time. I couldn’t resist this picture below.  Funny thing is, I’ve had people approach me in restaurants when they see my t-shirts for Cisco, Nortel, etc. Read more »

Michael Patterson
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Have you heard about exporting egress NetFlow? Do you want to know why it is different from ingress NetFlow or more importantly, when to implement it for network traffic monitoring? I’ll cover this topic in today’s blog. Read more »

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Hello everybody! My name is Paul Dube and I have recently graduated from the University of Maine in Orono with a degree in Computer Science and joined the support team here at Plixer International. Over the course of the past few weeks I’ve been trying to learn everything there is to know about Scrutinizer, NetFlow, sFlow and network traffic analysis. During this process I’ve come across a lot of great resources that I would like to consolidate into one place to help you get started.
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Most people collecting NetFlow use it in a very traditional fashion (i.e. NetFlow v5 with ingress flows). Ingress flow means that only inbound (i.e. received) traffic is collected and exported in NetFlow datagrams. This may sound like you won’t know what is going ‘out’ an interface, but have no fear. There is any easy way to calculate outbound traffic using ingress NetFlow.

Above, out bound utilization on interface 1 is determined by looking at the flows from interfaces 2,3 & 4 that are destined for interface 1. Since an ingress flow contains the source and destination interface (i.e. port of the router). Out bound traffic is determined by using ingress flows from the other interfaces. For this reason, it is important to enable NetFlow on all interfaces of the switch or router. This trick is common practice in all NetFlow reporting tools. But, what about NetFlow v9 and its support for ‘Egress’ NetFlow (i.e. traffic going out an interface)?

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When was the last time you used a Network General Sniffer™?  Do you remember the Matrix view? Read more »

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A few months ago Nathan invited us to take a deeper look at NSEL. NSEL is the NetFlow exported from an ASA Firewall. He showed us how to enable and configure ASA for NetFlow.

Traditional NetFlow records upstream and downstream traffic between two end points as two different flows. In the case of an ASA device, most bidirectional flows are already assembled internally and are considered a single flow. So the flow records reported by NetFlow on an ASA Firewall will describe both directions of the flow.

Today I am going to do brief overview of what each of the templates is telling us.

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Thinking outside of the box can produce some innovative ideas.

While the network maps in Scrutinizer can make the traffic flow on your network easier to visualize and congested links quicker to spot, adding more visual definition to your maps will make them more user friendly and understandable by more members of your organization.

So how do you spice up your NetFlow data and breathe some life into your network utilization maps? Try combining a tool created for home design with a network monitoring tool to create incredible network maps.

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NetFlow analyzers vs. packet analyzers - are really complementary technologies. For years NetFlow has been a valuable tool used to suppliment the use of packet analysis; and to a certain extent that is still the case. With the adoption of Flexible NetFlow and the new release of Scrutinizer 7.5, the value that NetFlow analysis brings to packet analysis becomes even more significant.

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Jon Mills
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Monday is off to a good start as we released Scrutinizer v7.5.  The biggest new feature is the Matrix. Try grabbing the inside of it and spinning it with your mouse.  Click on an IP address and notice the links change color.  It’s very cool and Scrutinizer is currently the only NetFlow Analyzer that can display data like this. Read more »

Michael Patterson
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