Wireless NetFlow Archives

How to Set Up Enhanced Wireless Network Visibility

11.22.17 - Scott

It has been several years since Cisco introduced wireless NetFlow support on their Wireless LAN Controller (WLC) platforms. Using the Application Visibility and Control functions, this export provided some unique visibility into the wireless network traffic, but left some gaps in what was available from reporting because the traditional elements were not included.

Many customers that I have worked with over the years have wanted to see things like source/destination pairs, as well as the advantages offered in the unique wireless NetFlow exports.

Now they can!

Wireless NetFlow

Wireless Network Visibility Using NetFlow

11.01.17 - James Dougherty

This month I was working with a customer who was having a hard time understanding what AP MAC was being reported by Scrutinizer when using a Cisco Wireless LAN Controller. Honestly, I didn’t know everything that I needed to know about the subject so I decided to dig deeper and learn how our customers were using Cisco’s WLCs on their networks.
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Wireless NetFlow

Wireless Network Visibility using NetFlow

06.01.16 - Scott

These days wireless network visibility using NetFlow is helping network administrators manage network application performance by giving them insight into wireless policies that prioritize and control the BYOD applications traversing their wireless networks.

There are many challenges IT managers face on a daily basis. As the proliferation of user devices and the growth in business, personal and collaborative applications continue to grow, almost exponentially, these challenges only make the job of an IT manager harder.

Today’s networks support a mixed use of guests, employees and vendors. Without classifying and prioritizing applications on the network, employees risk losing productivity and response time to critical applications that they use.

Wireless NetFlow

HP MSM Wireless sFlow Configuration

04.08.15 - Scott

Did you know that HP MSM Wireless Controllers and Access Points support sFlow? These flow exports provide network administrators an additional network visibility point and greater insight into the wireless traffic taking place on the network.

Efficient traffic management requires usable and relevant information from all points on the network. Collecting sFlow from your HP MSM wireless controllers and access points provide additional network observation points, and an efficient means to identify inappropriate behavior, problems, and discrepancies. In addition, the ability to drill down to particular traffic specifics make security forensics and incident response using flows an invaluable tool for charting the health of your network.

Think about how this additional network visibility would help.

Network Operations

Cisco AVC Support: Wireless Policy

05.22.13 - Scott

Using Cisco Application Visibility and Control (AVC), network administrators can manage network application performance and BYOD traffic by setting up a wireless policy to prioritize, control, and bring visibility to the BYOD applications traversing their network.

There are many challenges IT managers face on a daily basis. As the number of user devices and the business, personal and collaborative applications continue to grow, these challenges only make the job of an IT manager harder.

Imagine what goes through the mind of an IT administrator who is responsible for getting a handle on device and application growth and usage on their network:

Is a guest downloading movies using Bit-Torrent – in other words, stealing valuable airtime away from my mission-critical applications?
What are my top users and applications?
Can I prioritize business-class applications and de-prioritize the applications such as Netflix?
Do I need more Access Points?

So how is Cisco AVC going to help on your wireless network access points?
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