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<DIV><SPAN class=841582303-28062005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=4>Hi
Jerry,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=841582303-28062005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=4></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=841582303-28062005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=4>The
IETF SMIv2 and the IETF's best practices recommend that MIB string objects
longer</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=841582303-28062005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=4>than
255 octets be avoided for interoperability reasons. There are some
instances in</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=841582303-28062005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=4>some
modern IETF MIBs of strings with max lengths of 1023 octets (and
conformance</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=841582303-28062005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=4>statements allowing a short length such as 255
octets).</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=841582303-28062005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=4></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=841582303-28062005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=4>We
could certainly make the IEEE Device ID string longer. Should we do
so?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=841582303-28062005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=4></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=841582303-28062005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=4>Cheers,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=841582303-28062005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=4>-
Ira</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<P><FONT size=2>Ira McDonald (Musician / Software Architect)<BR>Blue Roof Music
/ High North Inc<BR>PO Box 221 Grand Marais, MI 49839<BR>phone:
+1-906-494-2434<BR>email: imcdonald@sharplabs.com</FONT> </P>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> pmp-owner@pwg.org
[mailto:pmp-owner@pwg.org]<B>On Behalf Of
</B>thrasher@lexmark.com<BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, June 27, 2005 9:05
PM<BR><B>To:</B> pmp@pwg.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> PMP> PortMon Mib
question<BR><BR></FONT></DIV><BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>Question/Issue
from one of our dev's</FONT> <BR><BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>For the
variable <I>ppmPortIEEE1284DeviceID</I>, the MIB states:</FONT> <BR><BR><FONT
face=sans-serif size=2> The value of this object
MUST exactly match the IEEE 1284-2000</FONT> <BR><FONT face=sans-serif
size=2> Device ID string, except that the length
field MUST NOT be</FONT> <BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>
specified. The value MUST be assigned by the Printer
vendor</FONT> <BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2> and
MUST NOT be localized by the Print Service.</FONT> <BR><BR><FONT
face=sans-serif size=2>The definitition indicates that the size is 0-255.
However, the actual 1284 device ID can be much longer.</FONT> <BR><FONT
face=sans-serif size=2><BR>I think the length field of the 1284 string is two
bytes (and the length includes the two bytes of length field).???</FONT>
<BR><BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>Jerry
Thrasher</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>