Re: SNMP brainlessness

Carl Rigney ((no email))
Thu, 24 Oct 1996 18:36:59 -0700 (PDT)

> 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....

Because terminal connections aren't interfaces. They don't show up on
ifconfig either.

> And: how about usernames associated with interfaces

Sounds like what you really want is the stuff you get in "show sessions"
available via an SNMP read, then?

That's the #1 item on the SNMP RFE list.

(#2 concerns returning interface speeds instead of 0; the SNMP list dwindles
very fast after that.)

> SNMP: my biggest disappointment with Livingston in the last 4 years...

At last! Someone not beating us up over OSPF!

--
Carl Rigney
cdr@livingston.com