I'm using net-snmp 5.2.1.2 on Debian Sarge, to get traffic statistics into
the current version of Cacti.

The Linux box handles my ppp connection (pppoe, ADSL). My ISP reconnects me
every 24 h and rppppoe reconnects immediately, but Cacti stops recording
data.

After some searching I found that every reconnect creates an additional
entry for ppp0 in the snmp table:

# snmpwalk -v 2c -c public localhost 1.3.6.1.2.1.31.1.1.1.1
IF-MIB::ifName.1 = STRING: lo
IF-MIB::ifName.2 = STRING: eth0
IF-MIB::ifName.3 = STRING: eth1
IF-MIB::ifName.4 = STRING: sit0
IF-MIB::ifName.8 = STRING: ppp0
IF-MIB::ifName.11 = STRING: ppp0

The interfaces are correctly marked up and down:

# snmpwalk -v 2c -c public localhost 1.3.6.1.2.1.2.2.1.8.8
IF-MIB::ifOperStatus.8 = INTEGER: down(2)
# snmpwalk -v 2c -c public localhost 1.3.6.1.2.1.2.2.1.8.11
IF-MIB::ifOperStatus.11 = INTEGER: up(1)

As I have to reconnect every day, the table fills up. As a workaround I
restart snmpd after the reconnect. This cleans the table and cacti finds the
correct ppp0 device to record data from.

I wonder, is this bug or a feature? 

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