Re: Implementing SNMP/sFlow/IPFIX into BIRD

2014-12-24 Thread Wes Hardaker
Peter Nørlund writes: > So many options, yet so little time :-) Tis the world of digital bits we seem to thrive in. -- Wes Hardaker My Pictures: http://capturedonearth.com/ My Thoughts: http://pontifications.hardakers.net/

Re: Implementing SNMP/sFlow/IPFIX into BIRD

2014-12-23 Thread Peter Nørlund
On Mon, 22 Dec 2014 07:14:30 -0800 Wes Hardaker wrote: > Err, um, rant-off I guess :-) Hehe, just to be clear, NET-SNMP is by far the best SNMP implementation I've seen so far. I think the the problem lies in the design (and usage) of the SMI, which probably can't be made truly pleasant (unless

Re: Implementing SNMP/sFlow/IPFIX into BIRD

2014-12-22 Thread Wes Hardaker
Peter Nørlund writes: > It seems that the better the API become, the more complex the > underlying implementation becomes. Yep, when you make APIs simpler that usually means you're doing a lot more work under the hood. Unless you're getting reuse through that work (which I'd argue you may be a

Re: Implementing SNMP/sFlow/IPFIX into BIRD

2014-12-12 Thread Peter Nørlund
On Thu, 11 Dec 2014 10:47:40 -0800 Wes Hardaker wrote: > > [catching up on past mail in mailing lists leaves me very behind in > this discussion... Sorry about the delay.] > > > [...] I didn't feel comfortable > > integrating Net-SNMP into the daemon, so I started o

Re: Implementing SNMP/sFlow/IPFIX into BIRD

2014-12-11 Thread Wes Hardaker
[catching up on past mail in mailing lists leaves me very behind in this discussion... Sorry about the delay.] > [...] I didn't feel comfortable integrating > Net-SNMP into the daemon, so I started out with a pure BIRD-based > solution with an internal library used by

Re: Implementing SNMP/sFlow/IPFIX into BIRD

2014-11-06 Thread Peter Nørlund
On Wed, 5 Nov 2014 19:18:32 +0100 Peter Nørlund wrote: > On Wed, 5 Nov 2014 12:10:04 +0100 > Ondrej Zajicek wrote: > > > On Sun, Nov 02, 2014 at 04:58:13PM +0100, Peter Nørlund wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > I have been working on adding SNMP support to BIRD through AgentX > > > for a while, but

Re: Implementing SNMP/sFlow/IPFIX into BIRD

2014-11-05 Thread Peter Nørlund
On Wed, 5 Nov 2014 12:10:04 +0100 Ondrej Zajicek wrote: > On Sun, Nov 02, 2014 at 04:58:13PM +0100, Peter Nørlund wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I have been working on adding SNMP support to BIRD through AgentX > > for a while, but unfortunately I haven't had the necessary spare > > time the last many m

Re: Implementing SNMP/sFlow/IPFIX into BIRD

2014-11-05 Thread Ondrej Zajicek
On Sun, Nov 02, 2014 at 04:58:13PM +0100, Peter Nørlund wrote: > Hi, > > I have been working on adding SNMP support to BIRD through AgentX for a > while, but unfortunately I haven't had the necessary spare time the > last many month, so it is far from done. > > Lately we've experiencing scalabili

Re: Implementing SNMP/sFlow/IPFIX into BIRD

2014-11-03 Thread Peter Christensen
On Mon, 03 Nov 2014 09:44:14 +0800 k simon wrote: > > Netflow or Ipfix implemention in userspace is not scaleable, it will > be good for implementing a wrapper in Bird for invoke ipt_netflow on > Linux and ng_netflow on FreeBSD. But ng_netflow is limited for V9. > > Simon Agree. Implementing

Re: Implementing SNMP/sFlow/IPFIX into BIRD

2014-11-02 Thread k simon
Netflow or Ipfix implemention in userspace is not scaleable, it will be good for implementing a wrapper in Bird for invoke ipt_netflow on Linux and ng_netflow on FreeBSD. But ng_netflow is limited for V9. Simon

Re: Implementing SNMP/sFlow/IPFIX into BIRD

2014-11-02 Thread Peter Nørlund
On Sun, 2 Nov 2014 16:58:13 +0100 Peter Nørlund wrote: > Hi, > > I have been working on adding SNMP support to BIRD through AgentX for > a while, but unfortunately I haven't had the necessary spare time the > last many month, so it is far from done. > > Lately we've experiencing scalability iss

Implementing SNMP/sFlow/IPFIX into BIRD

2014-11-02 Thread Peter Nørlund
Hi, I have been working on adding SNMP support to BIRD through AgentX for a while, but unfortunately I haven't had the necessary spare time the last many month, so it is far from done. Lately we've experiencing scalability issues with out SNMP collector at work, and I stumbled upon sFlow, which s