Thanks, should I generate the pcap file with the --dump-pkts parameter? I 
suspect with -i none that there will be nothing dumped, but I'll check.

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> On 17 Aug 2016, at 6:54 PM, Luca Deri <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Peter
> please file an issue on https://github.com/ntop/nProbe/issues and attach a 
> pcap file. I need to see what nprobe is receiving before commenting. Please 
> make sure you also add “-i none”
> 
> Thanks Luca
> 
>> On 17 Aug 2016, at 04:17, Peter Shute <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>> I still haven't made any progress with this. I've now installed Wireshark, 
>> and followed these instructions to prove to myself that the NetFlow data is 
>> arriving at my PC:
>> https://communities.ca.com/docs/DOC-231149629
>> 
>> So why does this command collect no data?
>> nprobe /c -i none -n none --collector-port 9996 -V9 -P c:\temp\nprobe
>> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: [email protected] [mailto:ntop-misc-
>>> [email protected]] On Behalf Of Peter Shute
>>> Sent: Monday, 15 August 2016 4:00 PM
>>> To: '[email protected]' <[email protected]>
>>> Subject: [Ntop-misc] Collecting NetFlow data with nprobe
>>> 
>>> Our ISP has configured several internet routers to send NetFlow data on port
>>> 9996 to a particular machine. I have successfully configured PRTG to get the
>>> data to see lists of top recipients, etc, so I know this machine is 
>>> receiving the
>>> NetFlow data ok, but it doesn't store the flows for later analysis, so I've
>>> disabled it. How do I configure nprobe to get the flow into a file I can
>>> analyse?
>>> 
>>> I'm confused about which mode nprobe needs to be used in to collect the
>>> data. I've tried this:
>>> nprobe /c --collector 192.168.0.203:9996  -V9 -P c:\temp\nprobe but it seems
>>> to be collecting local traffic. In among it, I can see that there are flows 
>>> from
>>> the router to this machine on port 9996. What I need is the flow information
>>> inside those packets.
>>> 
>>> I tried this:
>>> nprobe /c -i none -n none --collector-port 9996 -V9 -P c:\temp\nprobe but it
>>> collects nothing.
>>> 
>>> Where am I going wrong? I'm not sure if I usderstand the differences
>>> between probe mode, collector mode and proxy mode. I need collector
>>> mode, don't I?
>>> 
>>> Peter Shute
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