Re: How to Analyse MikroTik Traffic Using nprobe -> ntopng on Windows

Hi,

Please try to replace /i with /c so that you can see the commands output.

Regards,

Emanuele

On 12/24/18 12:17 AM, [email protected] wrote:
> Update to the below, as per what Ive posted to the mailing list:
>
> We have Multiple nProbe sites with Mikrotik routers, and want to send 
> flows to one remote ntopng instance running on a Windows machine.
>
> Starting with the local site all behind the same Firewall / on same LAN:
>
> Mikrotik is setup to send NetFlow to the IP of the host running nprobe 
> & ntopng: 192.168.88.2
>
> ntopng started as service with the below CMD:
>
> ntopng /i -i tcp://*:5556c
>
> And nprobe with:
>
> nprobe /i my_nprobe --zmq "tcp://<192.168.88.2>:5556" --zmq-probe-mode 
> -i none -n none --collector-port 2055 -T "@NTOPNG@"
>
> As per the steps outlined here:
>
> https://www.ntop.org/nprobe/best-practices-for-the-collection-of-flows-with-ntopng-and-nprobe/ 
>
>
> However ntopng when loaded shows only:
>
> No packet has been received yet on interface tcp://*:5556c. Please 
> wait 6 seconds until this page reloads.
>
> Have also tried the steps outlined below to no avail:
>
> https://www.ntop.org/ntopng/how-to-analyse-mikrotik-traffic-using-ntopng/
>
> Any help greatly appreciated,
>
> Johan.
>
>
>
>
>
> On 2018-12-23 13:12, [email protected] wrote:
>> Hi there,
>>
>> We have one simple requirement:
>>
>> To accurately record how much bandwidth each user is using, across our
>> several sites, over a day / week / month / year. Realtime data nice to
>> have but not necessary.
>>
>> I say 'simple requirement' however having tried many ways to achieve
>> this over years its been anything but simple. (For us anyhow.)
>>
>> With ntopng now being able to record historical data we're feeling
>> encouraged to try ntop again.
>>
>> As such we've acquired the needed licenses, instructed our Mikrotik to
>> send NetFlow to the Windows PC running nProbe & ntopng, and created
>> the needed license file.
>>
>> However I cannot figure out how to start nprobe service to capture the
>> Mikrotik flows and send them to ntopng.
>>
>> What are the correct Windows cmd's to start nprobe & ntopng, to
>> capture NetFlow from Mikrotik please?
>>
>> Lots of tutorials like the one below for starting on Linux but no so
>> much on Windows:
>>
>> https://www.ntop.org/ntopng/how-to-analyse-mikrotik-traffic-using-ntopng/ 
>>
>>
>> We seem to need the Windows equivalent of the below however:
>>
>> nprobe -i none -n none -3 2055 --zmq tcp://127.0.0.1:1234
>> ntopng -i tcp://127.0.0.1:1234
>>
>> Help greatly appreciated,
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Johan.
>>
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