I am pleased to note that InterMapper Flows 1.2 is now available. This release has a couple interesting features that give some new facilities. Although they're simple, they add some real value to the product...

Country flags - InterMapper Flows now shows flags to represent the country of origin for the various talkers/listeners it has identified.

Whois lookups - With a simple right-click, you can issue a "whois" query for the host computer in question. This information generally tells the host's Service Provider, its netblock and sometimes the AS number, and technical and administrative contact information.

Between these two features, InterMapper Flows now gives a better insight into who's using bandwidth, and where the traffic is coming from. In addition, it supports:

NetFlow version 7 - Older Cisco Catalyst switches support NetFlow version 7 (not v5 or v9), so we added this to make the Cisco's NetFlow configuration simpler.

Juniper jFlow and cFlow support - These two protocols are substantially similar to NetFlow version 5. We have now tested equipment that supports these protocols with InterMapper Flows and are pleased to report that they work as expected.

InterMapper Flows works with the InterMapper network monitoring software to provide a convenient, highly graphical view onto your network. We offer no-cost evaluation licenses as well as a free, non-expiring licenses for limited installations. You can download the software at http://intermapper.com/files.