>>>>> On Wed, 24 Nov 2004 16:56:15 +0800, "Francis Tay" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
>>>>> said:

Francis> 1) Is there a API call to get the target and source IP
Francis>    addresses from an
Francis> incoming SNMP packet?

No, and there is a reason too...  (technically, actually, it can be
done but I'm going to argue against doing it).  You want to support
things independently of the transport it came in over if at all
possible.  That lets you use the same results over a non-IP based
system in the future.

Francis> 2) Is there an alternative to achieving what I wish to do?

Yes.

1) SNMPv3 actually has "contexts" which let you do things the way you
   want.  You register each mib implementation under a different
   context, and you let the context distinguish which thing you're
   talking to.  If you're using SNMPv1, Net-SNMP 5.2 (due out today)
   will have the support to map SNMPv1 communities into SNMPv3
   contexts so you can have a different community name per serial
   device.  Or if you're using SNMPv3 (which I'd recommend) you simply
   have a different context name per device.

2) Put the device "name" or other identifier into every table index
   set that you implement.  That way when you implement a table, it'll
   show you the information about all your devices not just one (each
   row in the table would be assigned to a particular device).

-- 
Wes Hardaker
Sparta


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