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Can netflow seriously help me with peering engineering?

April 26, 2017Engineering help netflow peering

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Can netflow seriously help me with peering engineering?

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uh, you could say that. ISPs are utilizing NetFlow’s source and destination autonomous system (AS#) number recording capabilities both for network planning purposes (who to peer with and bandwidth requirements) as well as accounting purposes. In particular, the AS# can be used to determine if packets are bound for a local, domestic, regional or distant international destination and both distance and volume based usage charged accordingly to offset scarce network resource utilization.