

NetFlow was created by Cisco and is the most commonly used flow technology. It also helps you weed out performance and security issues within the network by analyzing network device traffic (i.e., traffic through routers, switches, firewalls, and servers).īenefits of using network traffic monitoring: Monitoring network traffic provides improved visibility and invaluable insights that are highly beneficial to understanding your network's behavior. Network traffic monitoring is the process of analyzing the traffic that flows across a network by keeping track of its source its destination and the applications, ports, and protocols involved in the conversation.


Network traffic is the total data moving through a network from a source to a destination at a given point in time. Overview of network traffic monitoring What is network traffic?
