On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 5:37 PM, lydiah ndirangu <lyndirangu22@gmail.com> wrote:

i am using a rather old router(2600). i dont think NBAR will be
supported by this router but thanks for the insight.

actually the problem i was having was with my mails. they were taking
too long download. i was wondering what was passing in my router.

i changed my clients mail protocal from POP to IMAP and the problem was solved.

anyboby with an explanation why IMAP is better than POP or what was
going on exactly????

On 10/1/09, techi <myskunkworks@gmail.com> wrote:
> You are right, NBAR is IOS dependent. To configure NBAR, use one command
> 'auto qos discovery' on the interface, so its pretty simple. Class mapping
> is a bit complex but is easily be done to monitor one class of traffic.
> Well, I think NBAR is the cheapest option to monitor one router since all is
> required is the console (no server required).
>
> On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 4:58 PM, Steve Muchai <smuchai@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 4:54 PM, techi <myskunkworks@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Hi Lydiah,
>> >
>> > If u just want to monitor one Cisco router, u can use QoS on the
>> interface.
>> > Just configure NBAR to recognize all applications coming in the
>> interface,
>> > classify the traffic using protocols then use the sho command to see the
>> no.
>> > of packects mapped to a particular class. You can even map URLs and
>> monitor
>> > them using the 'match protocol http url '*123.com*" command'.
>> >
>>
>> Hi techi,
>>
>> 1. Isn't NBAR, or the lack of it, IOS/platform dependent?
>> 2. Wouldn't NBAR be unnecessarily complex to configure and use, and
>> its output rather cryptic if she'll have to use CLI?
>>
>> BR,
>> S
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