Sipient Systems

Distributed SIPFlow 2.0

User Manual

Distributed SIPFlow, as its name implies, is a distributed application which captures and displays SIP (Session Initiation Protocol) traffic in an intuitive graphical format.   Traffic is captured by SIPSniffers and then displayed by Distributed SIPFlow Consoles which are connected to one or more SIPSniffers. The distributed SIPFlow console allows users to not only view the SIP traffic captured by the SIPSniffers, but also to be notified when certain error responses are detected.

Before running Distributed SIPFlow please ensure the following software dependencies are met.  If they are not met, SIPFlow will not operate correctly.

Software Dependencies:
  • Windows - Winpcap 3.1
  • Linux - libpcap (installed by default on most Linux distributions)
Please refer to the sections below for more information on operating both the SIPSniffer and Console components of Distributed SIPFlow.

Launching SIPFlow
Connecting to SIPSniffers
Controlling SIPSniffers
Capturing Diameter
General Settings
Notifications
Filtering
Storing and retrieving data
Host Mappings


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