NetFlow - path from Routers to Collector

Tue Sep 1 22:36:15 UTC 2015

On 2 Sep 2015, at 3:24, Niels Bakker wrote:

> Because variety of flow telemetry delivery options isn't the #1 ranked 
> purchasing decider.

Actually, it is more often than you think.  No use routing packets if 
you can't see what they do.

> Otherwise no Cisco would ever have been sold.

Which is utter nonsense, of course, since Cisco a) invented flow 
telemetry and b) has been the consistent leader in innovating flow 
telemetry (FNF, IPFIX, anyone?).  The EARL6/EARL7 problems are the only 
stumbles Cisco has made in this regard.

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Roland Dobbins <rdobbins at arbor.net>