ID: 37819
Updated by: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reported By: sdw06 at health dot state dot ny dot us
-Status: Open
+Status: Bogus
Bug Type: SNMP related
Operating System: Windows 2003
PHP Version: 5.1.4
New Comment:
SNMP functions in PHP are just wrappers for SNMP library. which
actually implements SNMP protocol.
That's why we can't do anything if this library fails, hangs etc.
Previous Comments:
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[2006-06-21 16:38:11] sdw06 at health dot state dot ny dot us
I guess I was under the impression that the SNMP functions were part of
the php package? When I do a search for 'SNMP' on php.net under the
functions list I get results for snmpwalk and snmpget and such. Maybe I
am misunderstanding what you mean by snmp client functions. Are you
saying that the agent on the devive I am polling is not doing what it
is supposed to?
If this is the case should PHP not exit gracefully with an error
message after the timeout period I specify in snmpget? The script will
just hang there, requiring the user to close down their browser and
long back in.
Thank you for your response.
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[2006-06-20 14:10:34] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Why do you think it's a problem of PHP?
PHP calls SNMP client functions and if SNMP client fails to perform its
job, I doubt that PHP can help you with that.
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[2006-06-15 16:45:41] sdw06 at health dot state dot ny dot us
Description:
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I am developing an application that does certain scripted functions for
our helpdesk and networking groups and delivers the results via web
interface. An example of some of the functionality is port status of a
switch, router error tracking, performance monitoring,
utilization...that kind of stuff. I'm using snmp to do pretty much
everything and it works great and all is good *except* when 2 users try
and do something invoking snmp calls at the exact same time. I did a
line sniff to see what the deal was and this is what happens as an
example:
User (A) requests port speed/duplex settings for a switch on the
network, php starts sending out the snmpget calls needed...
User (B) initiates a check for router errors a split second after User
(A), while User (A)'s script is still doing its thing. The instant
User(B)
does this User(A) stops making the needed snmp calls and just stops.
They then need to close out of their web browser and log back in.
User (B)'s request completes without a problem.
I am guessing this is caused by contention for the snmp port and php
gets confused. Am I trying to do something that snmp is not capable
of?
What makes me think it is possibly a PHP issue is I tried to see if
another network application that uses SNMP would duplicate the same
problem. To my surprise, it didn't. For example we have the Solar winds
network management application running on the same machine as my web
server. Solar Winds has a circuit utilization gauge that works by
making SNMP calls to the router. I pretty much made an exact copy of
this functionality, i.e. gathering utilization of the router by making
SNMP calls to it. I was able to run both my utilization gauge and the
solarwinds utilization gauge at the exact same time and both worked
with no problem.
So it seems to happen only when PHP tries to make simultaneous SNMP
calls.
Reproduce code:
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Here is a small sample of some of the snmp calls I am making.
function snmppullsyslocation($target) {
include "C:\WicWeb\bin\wicwebnetwork.php";
return snmpget($target, $RWCOMSTRING, '.1.3.6.1.2.1.1.6.0', '1000000',
'5');
}
function snmppullsyscontact($target) {
include "C:\WicWeb\bin\wicwebnetwork.php";
return snmpget($target, $RWCOMSTRING, '.1.3.6.1.2.1.1.4.0', '1000000',
'5');
}
function snmppullsysobjectid($target) {
include "C:\WicWeb\bin\wicwebnetwork.php";
return snmpget($target, $RWCOMSTRING, '.1.3.6.1.2.1.1.2.0', '1000000',
'5');
}
function snmppullduplexstate($target) {
snmp_set_valueretrieval(SNMP_VALUE_PLAIN);
include "C:\WicWeb\bin\wicwebnetwork.php";
return snmpwalk($target, $RWCOMSTRING,
'.1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.87.1.4.1.1.31.0', '1000000', '5');
}
function snmppullduplexstatus($target) {
include "C:\WicWeb\bin\wicwebnetwork.php";
return snmpwalk($target, $RWCOMSTRING,
'.1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.87.1.4.1.1.32.0', '1000000', '5');
}
Expected result:
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I expect to be able to have different php scrips make these snmp calls
at the same time.
Actual result:
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One script's snmp call goes through, the other one never completes.
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