PMP> Questions on RFC1759

PMP> Questions on RFC1759

Matt King emking at lexmark.com
Tue Mar 18 12:51:56 EST 1997


Bill, Harish,


I should have made the point in my reply that SNMPv2 and SMIv2 are
unreleated.  I just assumed that what Harish ment was SMIv2.  I believe
that Bill is absolutely correct (Not that I am a guru).


--Matt


Bill Wagner wrote:
> 
>      Perhaps some SNMP guru will correct me, but my understanding is that
>      RFC1759 presented a MIB in compliance with SMI v2 not SNMPv2. I
>      believe that a VI agent does just fine with the  MIB. Indeed the trap
>      is defined in both SNMPv1 and v2 form. A management application
>      unfamiliar with SMI V2 does have problems compiling the MIB. The
>      Printer Working Group  did disseminate an unguaranteed VI version of
>      the MIB about 1-1/2 years ago and this should be in the PWG archives.
> 
>      Bill Wagner
> 
> ______________________________ Reply Separator _________________________________
> Subject: Re: PMP> Questions on RFC1759
> Author:  emking at lexmark.com at Internet
> Date:    3/17/97 8:44 AM
> 
> Harish nachnani wrote:
> >
> > 1. RFC1759 follows snmpv2 format conventions. What if the
> > agent only supported snmpv1. Is there a v1 version of 1759.mib ?
> 
> I don't think there has been one published, however, I believe that
> there are a few tools out there that will convert MIBs to v1 format.
> The Pro version of SMICng is supposed to (www.snmpinfo.com) and I
> believe that there used to be some agents on the internet to which you
> could send a MIB to have it converted.  Also, a few well written emacs
> macros will do the trick (that is how I converted the MIB to v1 format
> some time back).
> 
> Can anyone else help on this?
> 
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