HI, MAX message size IS NOT LIMITLESS for streaming protocols.
There are many reasons for this. Likewise, max packet size IS NOT always the limit for "packet based protocols". On Tue, 27 Sep 2005, Magnus Fromreide wrote: > On Mon, Sep 26, 2005 at 12:02:54PM -0700, Fong Tsui wrote: > > Here is what I found, > > > > msgMaxSize is set different between udp and tcp. Is it supposed to be > > the same? > > No. It's not supposed to be the same. > > udp really means ip, using the udp packet protocol while tcp, in the same > sense, means ip, using the tcp reliable streaming protocol. > > msgMaxSize is the maximum message size that can be transmitted on a given > transport. For streaming protocols this is limitless which is what 0x7fffffff > indicates, while for packet based protocols the packet size sets a definite > upper limit. > > That the streaming/packet oriented aspect has been mixed up with the transport > protocol aspect is probably just an accident. > > /MF Regards, /david t. perkins ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: Power Architecture Resource Center: Free content, downloads, discussions, and more. http://solutions.newsforge.com/ibmarch.tmpl _______________________________________________ Net-snmp-coders mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/net-snmp-coders
