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Custom Netflow Sensor - Why do my Channel definitions fail to register

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I have a custom netflow sensor using 10 channels. The details are as follows:

#1:VOIP-IN
DestinationIP[10.7.48.0/24]

#2:VOIP-OUT
SourceIP[10.7.48.0/24]

#3:SANDBOX-IN
DestinationIP[10.7.49.0/24]

#4:SANDBOX-OUT
SourceIP[10.7.49.0/24]

#5:ADMIN-IN
DestinationIP[10.7.42.0/23]

#6:ADMIN-OUT
SourceIP[10.7.42.0/23]

#7:PREPRESS-IN
DestinationIP[10.7.46.0/23]

#8:PREPRESS-OUT
SourceIP[10.7.46.0/23]

#9:SERVERS-IN
DestinationIP[10.7.40.0/23]

#10:SERVERS-OUT
SourceIP[10.7.40.0/23]

When I use this channel definition configuration, only Channels 5-10 show up in the channels and overview tabs. Channels 1-4 are all /24 subnets but from what I gather, this should work. PRTG shows no error when adding this configuration. I have also tried using SourceIP[10.7.48.*] with no luck either.

What do I need to change such that all of the above config will show up in the Channels tab, and subsequently on graphs?

channel configuration custom-sensor netflow prtg

Created on Jul 8, 2010 7:20:39 AM

Last change on Jul 9, 2010 12:26:51 PM by  Daniel Zobel [Product Manager]



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Dear Jonas,

the channels do not appear, unless PRTG has detected traffic that matched the pattern. So, if you would wait a longer time (and then sometime traffic would flow that matches a definition) the other channels should also appear.
Please also bear in mind, that once a traffic was "put" into a certain channel it cannot be accounted for another channel as well.

Best Regards.

Created on Jul 8, 2010 2:30:21 PM by  Torsten Lindner [Paessler Support]



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Thanks for the heads up.

Created on Jul 8, 2010 10:24:09 PM




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