Re: SNMP Trap - Heart Beat

"Dave Shield" <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.network.net-snmp.user
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On 31/07/06, Chino Aureus <[email protected]> wrote:
>  I'm new to SNMP.  Is it proper if I use traps on my agent as a heartbeat?

It's probably not a common use of traps, but it should be feasible.
The main thing to beware of is that traps are "unreliable" - it's
quite possible for traps to be lost by the network, and the agent
won't know to resend them.  So failing to receive an expected trap
doesn't necessarily mean that the agent is in trouble.

But if such an approach meets your needs, then go right ahead.

Dave

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