NetFlow - path from Routers to Collector

Jared Mauch jared at puck.nether.net
Tue Sep 1 22:38:58 UTC 2015


> On Sep 1, 2015, at 6:36 PM, Roland Dobbins <rdobbins at arbor.net> wrote:
> 
> 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.

Roland,

Please stop digging, Sounds like you haven’t used Cisco recently.  I’m happy to elaborate privately.

- Jared


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