Peter,
for dumping packets please use tcodump -s 0 -w my.pcap … or wireshark. 

Luca
> On 17 Aug 2016, at 11:28, Peter Shute <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> 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.
> 
> Sent from my iPad
> 
>> 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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