Re: SNMP brainlessness

Alex (alex@livingston.com)
Thu, 24 Oct 1996 12:24:54 -0700

Thanks for the feedback. Duly noted. In the future, don't hesitate to put
an "RFE: xxxxxxxx" in the subject header, and this will get logged as an
RFE. I agree with you--we are assessing the SNMP deal currently.

At 12:25 PM 10/24/96 -0400, you wrote:
>Why oh why has Livingston elected to make interfaces.ifNumber.0 (SNMP object)
>only contain the number of active SLIP/PPP/ethernet interfaces , but NOT
>active terminal connections (telnet/rlogin) ? This is SO braindead....
>
>And: how about usernames associated with interfaces and CONSTANT interface
>traffic numbers, instead of objects for traffic just being available when
>an interface (SLIP/PPP) is used, and disappearing otherwise ?
>
>SNMP: my biggest disappointment with Livingston in the last 4 years...
>
>bye,Kai
>ps: convince me that my snmpwalk utility is buggy, and I will repent...
>
>
Alex Henthorn Livingston Enterprises
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Product Marketing Engineer Pleasanton, CA 94566
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