On 26 August 2011 21:50, Ravi Kumar <[email protected]> wrote: > Can any one tell in which scenario these hex dump can be useful for debugging > ?
I presume by 'hex dump' you mean the dump of the raw packets (-d) send/received by the agent or application. There are two main uses for this output: By watching the traffic patterns of requests being sent/received, this can sometimes indicate the cause of a problem. For example, in normal operation, incoming and outgoing requests are usually balanced. if an agent receives a series of requests, but never sends anything out - this can often indicate a problem with access control setting, i.e. an invalid or unrecognised community string. For more subtle problems, it can sometimes be useful to unpick the actual data within the PDU. Though this is also covered by the debug option -Ddump, which handles the unpicking for you. Personally, I find this output a bit verbose, which is why I often prefer to work with the raw packet dumps. Dave ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Special Offer -- Download ArcSight Logger for FREE! Finally, a world-class log management solution at an even better price-free! And you'll get a free "Love Thy Logs" t-shirt when you download Logger. Secure your free ArcSight Logger TODAY! http://p.sf.net/sfu/arcsisghtdev2dev _______________________________________________ Net-snmp-coders mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/net-snmp-coders
