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Date:      Sat, 09 Jun 2012 14:01:46 +0400
From:      "Alexander V. Chernikov" <melifaro@FreeBSD.org>
To:        "Kolasinski, Brent D." <bkolasinski@anl.gov>
Cc:        "freebsd-net@freebsd.org" <freebsd-net@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Netgraph and Netflow-v9
Message-ID:  <4FD31F0A.5090306@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <CBF7C504.5C4C%bkolasinski@anl.gov>
References:  <CBF7C504.5C4C%bkolasinski@anl.gov>

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On 09.06.2012 00:04, Kolasinski, Brent D. wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I have been doing some tests with the FreeBSD ng_netflow module for
> netflow generation.  I am trying to export v9 netflow records to another
> server running SiLK (which can receive v9 Netlfow from our Cisco routers
> just fine).
>
> When exporting v9 records from our FreeBSD-9-RELEASE server, we are
> getting this error on our SiLK server (this repeats many times):
> "rwflowpack[23113]: fBufNext: No Templates Present for Domain 0x000a"

>
> Now I modified the settemplates variable in ngctl to send a template every
> 20 seconds, but we are still getting this.
It should disappear after 5-10 minutes. We're using several FreeBSD v9 
sensors with flowd and it seems to run fine (except first 5 minutes 
while waiting for template). I'm aware about the problem with templates 
timeout working incorrectly and I plan to fix this soon.

>
> As a sanity check, I tried exporting v5 netflow data from this FreeBSD box
> to the Silk box, and it happily receives it and processes it.  The Silk
> server is receiving the v9 netflow datagrams, as I can see it with a PCAP.
>
> Any ideas as to what I am doing wrong?  Am I using the export9 hook
> correctly in the commands listed below?  There is not much documentation
> covering export9 out there (besides the tiny blurb in the FreeBSD9 Release
> notes).
>
> Here is a detail of my setup:
> 2 ethernet cards:
> 1) bce0 ->  in promiscuous mode listening to traffic off of a tap
> 2) bce1 ->  nic to be exporting netflow / connected to our network
>
> Commands I am using to export v9 netflow records in ngctl:
>
> mkpeer bce0: netflow lower iface0
> name bce0:lower netflow
> connect bce0: netflow: upper out0
> mkpeer netflow: ksocket export9 inet/dgram/udp
> msg netflow:export9 connect inet/<IP ADDRESS>:<PORT>
>
>
> Thanks!!
>
> ----------
> Brent Kolasinski
> Cyber Security Program Office
> Argonne National Laboratory
> Phone: 630-252-2546
>
>
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-- 
WBR, Alexander



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