Cisco drops SNMP requests but not return '0', I saw it (dropped requests because of _busy_) many times. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Petri Helenius" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Jim Popovitch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Alexei Roudnev" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <nanog@merit.edu> Sent: Sunday, March 06, 2005 7:18 AM Subject: Re: public accessible snmp devices?
> > Jim Popovitch wrote: > > > > >I think this could be relevant. a LOT of devices drop snmp requests > >when they get busy or when too many incoming requests occur. Are you > >sure that you were the only one polling that device? Perhaps someone > >else put it into a "busy" state. Too often with SNMP devices and tools > >a '0' can mean things other than zero. > > > > > So you are saying that it's ok for a Cisco or Juniper router to return > zero for a counter when they feel "busy" ? > > My RFC collection tells a different story. > > Pete >
