Re: does net-snmp cache snmp counters

2005-10-11 Thread Dave Shield
On Mon, 2005-10-10 at 18:24 +0200, Ali Al-Shabibi wrote: > I am polling the if-mib variables by groups of two. The cisco is > running IOS C3560 Software (C3560-I9-M), Version 12.2(20)SE4. So the agent that you are polling is running on a Cisco box? In which case, it doesn't matter what changes

RE: does net-snmp cache snmp counters

2005-10-10 Thread Ali Al-Shabibi
/2005 10:03 PM To: Ali Al-Shabibi Cc: net-snmp-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: does net-snmp cache snmp counters Ali, do you eventually care to answer Dave's question: >>We'd need to know the exact MIB object(s) you're polling, ? +Thomas -- Thomas Anders (thomas.anders at blue-cable.de)

Re: does net-snmp cache snmp counters

2005-10-10 Thread Thomas Anders
Ali, do you eventually care to answer Dave's question: We'd need to know the exact MIB object(s) you're polling, ? +Thomas -- Thomas Anders (thomas.anders at blue-cable.de) --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: Power Architecture Resour

Re: does net-snmp cache snmp counters

2005-10-10 Thread Ali Al-Shabibi
Hello again, I have updated my version of Net-SNMP to 5.1.3.1 and still i observe the same behaviour. Cheers, On Mon, 2005-10-10 at 17:59, Dave Shield wrote: > On Mon, 2005-10-10 at 17:36 +0200, Ali Al-Shabibi wrote: > > Hence my question, does net-snmp cache counter values? > > It depends

Re: does net-snmp cache snmp counters

2005-10-10 Thread Ali Al-Shabibi
Hi again, I am running this on linux. Sorry i forgot to include that in my previous mail. Cheers, On Mon, 2005-10-10 at 17:59, Dave Shield wrote: > On Mon, 2005-10-10 at 17:36 +0200, Ali Al-Shabibi wrote: > > Hence my question, does net-snmp cache counter values? > > It depends on the cou

Re: does net-snmp cache snmp counters

2005-10-10 Thread Ali Al-Shabibi
Hello again, Thanks for the quick answer! I am polling the if-mib variables by groups of two. The cisco is running IOS C3560 Software (C3560-I9-M), Version 12.2(20)SE4. and the HP is running firmware M.08.75. I am running net-snmp 5.0.9. Thanks for help, On Mon, 2005-10-10 at 1

Re: does net-snmp cache snmp counters

2005-10-10 Thread Dave Shield
On Mon, 2005-10-10 at 17:36 +0200, Ali Al-Shabibi wrote: > Hence my question, does net-snmp cache counter values? It depends on the counter (and often on the O/S as well) Some object values are cached by the agent, which will therefore report slightly "old" results. Other objects are retriev

does net-snmp cache snmp counters

2005-10-10 Thread Ali Al-Shabibi
Hello, I am having some trouble with a hosh speed monitoring tool that I have build. This tool polls the switch counter about 100 times per second. The problem is that when I run iperf tests and monitor with my tool, The SNMP counters change every half second, on all the ports exce