My guess is one machine has the MIB with a display hint & the other doesn't.
$ oid2name .1.3.6.1.2.1.17.4.3.1.1 BRIDGE-MIB::dot1dTpFdbAddress on my machine the bridge mib has this: dot1dTpFdbAddress OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX MacAddress MacAddress is pulled in from SNMPv2-TC with a display hint: MacAddress ::= TEXTUAL-CONVENTION DISPLAY-HINT "1x:" Regards, Lee On 3/31/16, Pisani Giovanni <giovanni.pis...@alfamationglobal.com> wrote: > Hi All, > > I am using an "old" net-snmp version (net-snmp-5.5.0-1.x86.exe) to get > information from stacked switches via the snmpwalk command, but can't figure > out why snmpwalk behaves slightly different in 2 different systems. > > I try to explain : I need to get Mac Addresses of devices connected to 3 > stacked switches and the std output should be as usual something like this > : > snmpwalk -c public -v1 10.14.1.253 .1.3.6.1.2.1.17.4.3.1.1 > ... > > This command works fine at a company site : > snmpwalk -c public -v1 10.14.1.253 .1.3.6.1.2.1.17.4.3.1.1 > > but...here at my company site I need to add the "-Ox" parameter to get the > MAC address in Hex format like this : > snmpwalk -Ox -c public -v1 10.14.1.253 .1.3.6.1.2.1.17.4.3.1.1 > > > I suppose the Switches brand does not affect this behavior and the > co-workers ensure they use the same net-snmp version. Do you think is it > worth I investigate on net-snmp version difference? > > Thanks a lot for your help > > Giovanni > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Transform Data into Opportunity. Accelerate data analysis in your applications with Intel Data Analytics Acceleration Library. Click to learn more. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=278785471&iu=/4140 _______________________________________________ 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