Hi,

On 05/29/2015 11:39 AM, Nikolaos Milas wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> We are using nfsen 1.3.6p1 with nfdump 1.6.6 (on CentOS 5) with great 
> success (thank you).
> 
> We have just upgraded two Cisco 3825 routers from IOS version 12.4(9)T2 
> to 12.4(24)T8 (Advanced Enterprise).
> 
> Until now (with v12.4(9)T2), netflow was working fine in nfsen.
> 
> With the new version we were seeing very strange behavior. Stats were 
> not correct.
> 
> I followed directions I found on the Internet and changed from standard 
> (old-fashioned) netflow export to "Flexible Netflow" and now stats seem 
> to be correct, EXCEPT Packet Stats.
> 
> Packet Stats seem to be magnified by a very large factor, est. at 
> 100,000 (100K). That is, when the real packet traffic is at 100 
> packets/sec, the stats show it as 10M/s (approximate estimation)!
> 
> Can you please help me in identifying the cause of this behavior and 
> suggest a solution?
> 
> I've tried my best until now, but I'm at a loss.
> 
> I will send to Peter directly a zip file with a full (5 min) capture 
> from our two routers, hoping it will help in tracing the problem.
> 
> For reference here is the current config:
> 
>         flow exporter IPv6
>           destination 195.251.xxx.xxx
>           source Loopback0
>           transport udp 9995
>         !
>         flow exporter IPv4
>           destination 195.251.xxx.xxx
>           source Loopback0
>         !
>         flow monitor IPv6
>           record netflow ipv6 original-output
>           exporter IPv6
>           transport udp 9995
>         !
>         flow monitor IPv4
>           record netflow ipv4 original-output
>           exporter IPv4
>         !
> 
>     And on each interface:
> 
>         ip flow monitor IPv4 input
>         ipv6 flow monitor IPv6 input
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> Nick


For me it looks like a "sampling rate" problem.
See nfcapd(1) for the details

Take a look at "optarg -s" like in our case:

nfsen.conf:

%sources = (
    'xxxnameyy'     => { 'port' => '2000', 'IP' => '192.168.1.1', 'col'
=> '#00fff0', 'type' => 'netflow', 'optarg' => '-s 128' },
...


some more info in:

http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/switches/lan/catalyst6500/ios/12-2SX/configuration/guide/book/nde.html#wp1164287

kind regards,

Gunther

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