Dave, > SNMP is basically a point-to-point protocol.
At least in IPv4 SNMP broadcasts were a quite common way to discover devices in the network and then manage them using point-to-point SNMP GETs and SETs. Even snmpd implements this functionality for IPv4 (listening on udp:161). So can I assume snmpd doesn't implement the IPv6 side of this? (when listening to upd6:161). Thanks, Fabricio ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Shield" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Fabricio Tofoli" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <net-snmp-users@lists.sourceforge.net> Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2007 11:00 AM Subject: Re: SNMP "broadcast" discovery over IPv6 > On 23/01/07, Fabricio Tofoli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> The problem is that snmpd is not responding. Is snmpd >> listening to multicasts to ff02::1? > > I doubt it. > SNMP is basically a point-to-point protocol. > It's not really designed for multicast operation. > Unless you've explicitly hacked the agent to > add such functionality, I wouldn't expect this > to work. > > Dave > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share > your > opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ 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
