I wonder if we should change those defaults to match net-snmp. Also, the snmp_exporter has built-in SNMP packet debug logging. This makes it less necessary to use tcpdump. Also means you can packet log v3 encrypted traffic.
On Tue, Oct 14, 2025, 11:24 'Brian Candler' via Prometheus Users < [email protected]> wrote: > 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 > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/prometheus-users/1539d3be-5b1b-464a-8b8e-6852f535864en%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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/CABbyFmrqcE2pBuXEjfkA%2Bsc69cUph-En-MVSLWQSaTyq7an59A%40mail.gmail.com.
