Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2005 19:43:57 +0100 From: "Andy Hall" <andyh@hall.gl> To: "'Andy Hall'" <andyh@hall.gl>, <kuriyama@FreeBSD.org> Cc: ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: RE: FreeBSD Port: net-snmp-5.2.1_1 Message-ID: <!~!UENERkVCMDkAAQACAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABgAAAAAAAAA3FMsgUf4%2BEezLr1qoBot28KAAAAQAAAAzoJ2w4XxkEKqC3RgkS%2BGTgEAAAAA@hall.gl>
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Hello Kuriyama-san Did you receive this? thanks /andy >-----Original Message----- >From: Andy Hall [mailto:andyh@hall.gl] >Sent: 28 March 2005 12:11 >To: 'kuriyama@FreeBSD.org' >Cc: 'ports@FreeBSD.org' >Subject: FreeBSD Port: net-snmp-5.2.1_1 > >Greetings > >I have installed the net-snmp 5.21 port on FreeBSD 5.3 and am >finding that a query to the machine does not produce all of >the expected variables. > >For example: > >snmpwalk -v 1 -c public localhost interface > >does not return the expected > >interfaces.ifTable.ifEntry.ifPhysAddress.x > > >Others are - for example: > >IF-MIB::ifDescr.1 = STRING: dc0 > > >I"ve tried compiling with an option of --with-dummy-values >which would appear to force snmpd to insert dummy values for >missing parameters, but it >makes no difference. I also tried the older ucd 4.x port, >but no luck >there either. >I should add that if I run snmpwalk on this machine and use >other machines" >agents I do get the missing information, and equally, when >targetting the FreeBSD 5.3 machine from other machines I still >get missing variables as above > >I have tried other combinations: > >- snmpwalk on FreeBSD5.3 machine accessing net-snmp 5.21 agent >on Linux 2.6.8 kernel (Mandrake 10.1) - works OK. > >- Opposite way round to above. Doesn't work. > >- SNMP client on other platforms pointing to agent on FreeBSD >5.3. Doesn't work > >- Net-snmp 5.09 built on FreeBSD 4.11 and 5.3. Doesn't work. > >So it seems to be reasonably independent of FreeBSD and >net-snmp builds as far as I can tell. > >I'm not an expert on how net-snmp is glued into the kernel, >but had wondered if mac addresses are not available when >certain calls are made. However, the strange thing is that the >machine's mac addresses do seem to be present in other >variables obtained from it - e.g. in some of the IP tables. > >I searched in the obvious net-snmp and FreeBSD places for >information but haven't found anything. It seems surprising, >because I would have thought that this would have noticed >before in applications using SNMP. > >thanks for any assistance. > > >.andy >
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