public accessible snmp devices?

Sun Mar 6 15:18:55 UTC 2005

Jim Popovitch wrote:

>
>I think this could be relevant.  a LOT of devices drop snmp requests
>when they get busy or when too many incoming requests occur.  Are you
>sure that you were the only one polling that device?  Perhaps someone
>else put it into a "busy" state.  Too often with SNMP devices and tools
>a '0' can mean things other than zero.
>  
>
So you are saying that it's ok for a Cisco or Juniper router to return 
zero for a counter when they feel "busy" ?

My RFC collection tells a different story.

Pete