Re: How to register v5.4.1 agent on IPv6 addresses?

>>>>> On Thu, 10 Jun 2010 17:38:25 -0400, "Ron Rader" <[email protected]> said:

RR> C:\Temp>ping6 fe80::209:edff:fe00:16c9%5

RR> Pinging fe80::209:edff:fe00:16c9
RR> from fe80::214:22ff:fe33:8177%5 with 32 bytes of data:

RR> Reply from fe80::209:edff:fe00:16c9%5: bytes=32 time=1ms
RR> Reply from fe80::209:edff:fe00:16c9%5: bytes=32 time<1ms
RR> Reply from fe80::209:edff:fe00:16c9%5: bytes=32 time<1ms
RR> Reply from fe80::209:edff:fe00:16c9%5: bytes=32 time<1ms

RR> Ping statistics for fe80::209:edff:fe00:16c9:
RR> Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
RR> Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
RR> Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 1ms, Average = 0ms

RR> When I try to add "agentaddress udp6:161" to snmpd.conf I get the
RR> following errors:

RR> snmpd[26454]: getaddrinfo: udp6 Temporary failure in name resolution
RR> snmpd[26454]: Error opening specified endpoint "udp6:161"
RR> snmpd[26454]: Server Exiting with code 1

RR> How can I convince snmpd to listen to the v4 AND v6 interfaces?  I
RR> thought that "udp6:161" was appropriate considering the LISTENING
RR> ADDRESSES section of the snmpd man page.  Note that "agentaddress
RR> udp:161" works fine on the v4 interface only.

Can you try something like 'udp6:[fe80::209:edff:fe00:16c9]:161' and see
if that works?

To open both v4 and v6, you need to use two specifies on the command
line.  EG "snmpd udp4:161 udp6:161"
-- 
Wes Hardaker
Cobham Analytic Solutions

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