On Tue, 24 Aug 2004 12:08:55 -0600 Carlos wrote: CC> What's the convention being used out there when a management CC> app wants to make sure no traps are lost?
Don't use traps. Use informs, which are confirmed. CC> Traps are also CC> UPD packets like regular Gets/Responses, right? Therefore CC> there is always the possiblity that a packet might be lost. Yep. And even informs, which are confirmed, only retry so many times. CC> Is there such a thing as an SNMP Trap over TCP? Yes, you can use a TCP transport for SNMP. The question is, does your management station support TCP? CC> Or is there CC> some kind of ACK/NAK communication built into the protocol CC> such that the trap sender might know that the mgmt app never CC> received the trap and try to resend. That's exactly what informs are for. -- Robert Story; NET-SNMP Junkie <http://www.net-snmp.org/> <irc://irc.freenode.net/#net-snmp> Archive: <http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum=net-snmp-users> You are lost in a twisty maze of little standards, all different. ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by Shop4tech.com-Lowest price on Blank Media 100pk Sonic DVD-R 4x for only $29 -100pk Sonic DVD+R for only $33 Save 50% off Retail on Ink & Toner - Free Shipping and Free Gift. http://www.shop4tech.com/z/Inkjet_Cartridges/9_108_r285 _______________________________________________ Net-snmp-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please see the following page to unsubscribe or change other options: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/net-snmp-users
