Re: Timeout while DNS lookups fail

Try specifying infosink or trapess by IPaddress. It shouldn't query DNS if 
address is already in dotted format.

Cheers,
Nikos
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Pete Kelly" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 1:37 AM
Subject: Timeout while DNS lookups fail


> Greetings:
>
> We are using the tools to collect traps from telephone network
> equipment, think cabinet along the highway, where there are lots (could
> be hundreds or thousands) of devices, none of which have a reverse DNS
> lookup entry.
>
> There appears to be a mechanism where, with no named running (not
> installed) and with an empty resolv.conf file, the traps get delayed
> while a reverse DNS query times out.  There appears to be little or no
> delay when there are few traps but with numerous devices and many traps
> the delay can get quite lengthy.
>
> Is there a setting to disable this behavior in net-snmp?
> or
> Is this even a behavior of net-snmp but rather is it related to the
> operating system?
>
> Thanks,
> Pete
> -- 
> Pete Kelly
> Cordell Inc.
> 909-971-9100
>
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