tcpdump (comparing the snmpbulkwalk and snmp_exporter traffic) may give some clues, as may snmp.debug-packets
For snmpbulkwalk, default retries is 5 but timeout is 1. For snmp_exporter, retries is 3 and default timeout is 5; this means that each lost packet could add 5 seconds rather than 1 second to the total time. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Prometheus Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/prometheus-users/1539d3be-5b1b-464a-8b8e-6852f535864en%40googlegroups.com.

