On Thu, 2005-10-20 at 08:22 -0700, Wes Hardaker wrote:

> Dave>                                        I'd actually be rather
> Dave> surprised (and somewhat disappointed) if SNMP tools were still
> Dave> being made that *only* understood SMIv1.
> 
> Unfortunately this is actually the case Dave.

This is Not A Good Thing, and Not To Be Encouraged.

(Though I know you don't need me to tell you that!)

>                                              There are a large
> number that still only support SMIv1 and since conversion is easy all
> they have to do is document how to convert it and put the burden on
> the users.

It's probably been a while since I've said this:
  There is limit to how far I am prepared
  to pander to Wilful Stupidity!


Referring to the developers and vendors of such tools, I hasten to
add.  I'm not trying to get at the poor overworked administrators
who have to put up with such shoddy, selfish, shortsighted, slapdash,
and other-adjectives-beginning-with-S behaviour.

Dave


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