>Oh, yes it will. It still takes CPU cycles to process the information and >generate the necessary SNMP packets. If you're hammering the CPU once every >millisecond to do this, it isn't going to have much time for anything else.
Sorry but packet forwarding is done in hardware , basically during normal operation a switch cpu utilisation is virtually zero. The CPU is only used during the startup phase of the switch (during STP), andother particular moments. -- Ali Al-Shabibi Contrary to popular belief, Unix is userfriendly.... it's just picky as to whom its picky with. ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle Practices Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * Testing & QA Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf _______________________________________________ Net-snmp-users mailing list Net-snmp-users@lists.sourceforge.net Please see the following page to unsubscribe or change other options: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/net-snmp-users
