Re: snmpd listening on a random UDP port

Dave Shield <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.network.net-snmp.user
Message-ID <CAKoMtGZOAocuCoz4UJP6UuEom2dZnv=995JBCeDqUebiU-NBiA@mail.gmail.com>
On 3 May 2012 06:34, Stéphane Charette <[email protected]> wrote:
> Any idea why snmpd would listen on a different UDP port every time it is
> restarted?

Have you got any trap destinations set up in the snmpd.conf file?
I have a feeling that these will each open a socket for communicating
with the remote trap receiver.   It's possible that this is what you are seeing.

Dave

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