RE: Length issue for OID value in Netsnmp-5.4.2.1 version

"Mike Ayers" <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.network.net-snmp.user
Message-ID <83E753BE7B6A324ABB336245BAF1DAAC0CD483EA@mailserver.metatv-ds.metatv.com>
> From: ambikacp [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Monday, August 10, 2009 1:05 AM


> I have upgraded netsnmp-5.3.x to netsnmp-5.4.2.1 version in linux
> environment.snmp daemon is up and running for netsnmp-5.4.2.1. I am using
> MIB Browser to execute snmp queries, when I do snmpwalk from top of the
> MIB tree its failing at one particular OID 1.3.6.1.4.1.11.2.4.3.20.4.0 with "Generic
> Error". This is a scalar OID which is of type OCTET STRING, the value returned
> by this OID is of length 2048 bytes. It seems that there is a length issue, because
> if I return the value with reduced length to 1024 bytes then the snmpwalk gets
> through well. so, when the length is around 1400 bytes snmpwalk starts giving
> the error message as "Generic Error". snmpwalk failure for this OID is
> consistent if the length is retained to 2048bytes.
> 
> importantly please note that the same OID with 2048bytes of length value was
> working perfectly fine in the earlier version of netsnmp-5.3.x version. I have
> taken all the patches from my earlier version also.

	This may not be a net-snmp issue.  SNMP over UDP is limited to the MSS of the connection between the machines.  Ethernet has a maximum packet size of a little over 1400 bytes - longer packets may not get through your network.  This is a known issue, and was a tradeoff design decision in SNMP.

	If you server supports it, try this query over TCP.


	HTH,

Mike

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