I'm interested in per IP address, not per interface.

From: Joe Loiacono [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Monday, January 31, 2011 9:47 AM
To: Craig Weinhold
Cc: Drew Weaver; [email protected]; 
[email protected]
Subject: Re: [Flow-tools] Converting bytes/octets to bits per second (rough 
estimate


[email protected] wrote on 01/29/2011 03:46:05 PM:

> Math seems sound.
>
> 300 seconds is a function of exporter interval and collector file
> rotation. Most flows are shorter. Some will be longer if the
> exporter interval (active flow timeout) isn't configured properly.
>
> It's safe to use 300 if you only care about aggregate flow data and
> the exporter config is good.
>
> But, I think it's better to use start/end time to determine each
> flow's length. More detail at http://wvnetflow.sourceforge.net/#key-time
>
> -Craig

I agree with Craig on using individual flow time lengths.

I would also note that this is a total of all flows collected. Depending on how 
many interface you are collecting from, the "per-interface" rates are a subset 
of this number.

Joe
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