Re: difference between snmpwalk and snmpbulk

2010-08-04 Thread Dave Shield
On 4 August 2010 17:33, Brendan Tauras wrote: > is SNMP_MSG_GET or SNMP_MSG_GETBULK > (with non-repeaters set) preferred when requesting a couple OIDs > scattered throughout the MIB tree? It depends on whether you are retrieving object with known indexes, or require fuzzy matching (and whether y

Re: difference between snmpwalk and snmpbulk

2010-08-04 Thread Brendan Tauras
Related to the previous question, is SNMP_MSG_GET or SNMP_MSG_GETBULK (with non-repeaters set) preferred when requesting a couple OIDs scattered throughout the MIB tree? What is the difference between 1. SNMP_MSG_GET # snmpget -d sysDescr sysContact and 2. SNMP_MSG_GETBULK # snmpbulkget -C n2 -

Re: difference between snmpwalk and snmpbulk

2010-08-02 Thread Dave Shield
On 30 July 2010 15:21, shardul kumar wrote: >But the same thing [returning multiple values] can be achieved by filling > oids in var_bind  list  of GETNEXT PDU. I can provide all the > oids of a table in var_bind and get the entire data in one shot. Listing all the column OIDs within a GETNEX

Re: difference between snmpwalk and snmpbulk

2010-07-30 Thread Henk Langeveld
On 2010-07-30 16:00, shardul kumar: > Hi All, > > Could any one please let me know why do we need snmpbulk while > snmpwalk(using GETNEXT) > is already available for bulk data transfer. I mean to say if I am able to > retrieve all the rows of a > table using GETNEXT then what is so special in GETBU

Re: difference between snmpwalk and snmpbulk

2010-07-30 Thread Lee
On 7/30/10, shardul kumar wrote: > Hi Steve, > > Thanks for your reply. But the same thing can be achieved by filling > oids in var_bind list of GETNEXT PDU. I can provide all the > oids of a table in var_bind and get the entire data in one shot. > Please explain. If you can get everything in o

Re: difference between snmpwalk and snmpbulk

2010-07-30 Thread Steve Friedl
On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 07:30:54PM +0530, shardul kumar wrote: > Hi All, > > Could any one please let me know why do we need snmpbulk while > snmpwalk(using GETNEXT) > is already available for bulk data transfer. I mean to say if I am able to > retrieve all the rows of a > table using GETNEXT then

Re: difference between snmpwalk and snmpbulk

2010-07-30 Thread shardul kumar
Hi Steve, Thanks for your reply. But the same thing can be achieved by filling oids in var_bind list of GETNEXT PDU. I can provide all the oids of a table in var_bind and get the entire data in one shot. Please explain. Thanks, Ravi On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 7:40 PM, Steve Friedl wrote: > On

difference between snmpwalk and snmpbulk

2010-07-30 Thread shardul kumar
Hi All, Could any one please let me know why do we need snmpbulk while snmpwalk(using GETNEXT) is already available for bulk data transfer. I mean to say if I am able to retrieve all the rows of a table using GETNEXT then what is so special in GETBULK ? Thanks, Ravi --