On 14/06/07, Need Help <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I thought a MIB text file was not "required" at all (other than to generate > code),
Correct. > however, if you wanted an agent to display the results of a SNMP request The agent doesn't display results. The *client* displays results (and so needs the MIB file). The agent provides the information is the standard SNMP format (i.e. numeric OIDs, etc). It does not need the MIB file. > Knowing that my MIB is going to be controlled by a subagent, I wanted to be > sure that performing SNMP requests would result in better looking displays. Irrelevant. As far as the client is concerned, it's effectively talking to a single agent. Whether this is actually a collection of AgentX subagents, dynamically loaded modules, proxied agents, or a mixture of the lot - none of that matters. Things look the same regardless. If the client has the relevant MIB file(s) loaded, it can display MIB object names. If it doesn't, then it has to show numeric OIDs. That's true wherever the information comes from - subagent or not. Dave ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Net-snmp-coders mailing list Net-snmp-coders@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/net-snmp-coders
