Uncover Network Blind Spots with Plixer One
In Part 2, we examined how network blind spots arise in today’s increasingly complex IT environments. Now, in this final part, we’ll discuss how...
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Uncovering Network Blind Spots: How to Achieve Total Network Visibility with Plixer
In today’s digital-first world, enterprise networks are more distributed and complex than ever. As companies rely increasingly on cloud-based services, remote work, and interconnected...
Adding Endpoint Analytics to Flow Data
When we think about the world of Network Flow data, we usually think within Layers 3, 4, and 5. Typically IP addresses are as...
The changing needs of network performance monitoring
Recently, I was asked by one of our long-time customers whether Plixer had abandoned its traditional Network Performance Monitoring & Diagnostics (NPMD) and Network...
Client and server reports in Plixer Scrutinizer
In our new release of Scrutinizer version 19.1.0, we have included a handful of new reports that help to provide more information on the...
Searching NetFlow for a private host behind a NAT router
Inbound traffic that is captured and exported as NetFlow by your NAT router only shows that the destination of the inbound internet traffic is...
What is network traffic intelligence?
With the onslaught of malware and cloud applications increasing, network traffic intelligence has become increasingly important. When an infection is unearthed and the incident...
Configuring sFlow on Arista devices
Today I want to show you how to configure sFlow on your Arista device and demonstrate its featured output through Plixer Scrutinizer. Our goal...
Configuring a network map
The process of setting up a new network map has changed a bit in the newest Plixer Scrutinizer v19.1.0 release. Today, I’d like to...
Cisco ISR4300 IPFIX configuration
I recently helped a customer configure NetFlow on their ISR4300. I found that ISR43XX/44XX routers run IOS-XE, which only supports Flexible NetFlow (FNF). NetFlow...