On 10 December 2010 17:34, W Z <[email protected]> wrote:
> "Counter64" is what displayed.
>  My question is, is "Counter64" an acceptable display unit for users?
>  Or user expects to see "CounterBasedGauge64" instead?

The design of the Net-SNMP command-line tools has been the same
for many many years - they have *always* displayed the name of the
underlying type, rather than Textual Conventions, for all MIB objects.

For example, if you walk the 'system' group, then values such as
sysName.0 or sysContact.0 will be tagged as STRINGs (the basic
type) rather than "DisplayString"s (the TC given as the syntax).

I don't think it's realistic to change this behaviour now.

Not to mention the problem that you'd see a different type
displayed depending on whether the MIB files were loaded or not.
Remember that the underlying protocol doesn't know anything
about MIB files or Textual Conventions.  It *only* knows about
the built-in SNMP types.  And the simple command-level tools
that we provide reflect that.

If you are wanting a more informative report, you should probably
be looking at writing a dedicated client application, specific to your
needs.

Dave

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