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On Tue, May 08, 2007 at 08:10:56PM -0700, matthew zeier wrote: > >>and > >>more to the point how the whole shebang (I'm using net-snmpd) is > >>typically used. > > > >Agent on device provides values, management app(s) collect data by polling > >(and possibly via traps), sysadmin gets to go home on time for once. > > I have yet to see this work in practice however. Yeah, I misread 'typically' as 'theoretically'. Practical experience is more like: Agent on device lies about it's values, management apps collect lies (and ignore/lose traps), and the sysadmin has yet more software to swear at. <grin> - Matt -- I'm seriously considering getting one of those bright-orange prison overalls and stencilling PASSENGER on the back. Along with the paper slippers, I ought to be able to walk right through security. Not. -- Brian Kantor, in the Monastery
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