On Wed, 31 May 2000, Warren Shubin wrote:
> For the command:
>
> snmp-server engineID local xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> Is the xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx something particular to the router in use, or can
> one be "made up" like 000000123 etc.
>
> I have always configured SNMP as part of the intial setup. Does the setup
> just generate a random ID? Or, is it a number based on something particular
> to the router?
It's only used with SNMPv3, and has to be unique within an administrative
domain.
As far as I can tell if you don't specify one, it's assigned by the
router. Perhaps a hash of a MAC address or other number that is intended
to be unique.
Gory details in RFC 2261 section 3.1 and following. If you're not using
SNMPv3 it's a non-issue.
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