RE: How to get host's ip address?
"Mike Ayers" <[email protected]>
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> From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of xiao ren > Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2008 10:09 AM > But why must I use ip address as the index of the OID to > query it's own ip address? You don't - you can use get-next from the top of the table and discover the indexes. > I think it's ironic, since if I've > already known the ip address, I don't have to query it by snmp, right? SNMP can run over many different transports. Also, there are purely IP elements, such as NAT, that may cause you to communicate with a host using an IP address which is not on that host. HTH, Mike ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Net-snmp-users mailing list [email protected] Please see the following page to unsubscribe or change other options: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/net-snmp-users