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  • I too am trying to wrap my head around SNMP. What version are you using: 1, 2, 3? It sounds quite a bit like you are SNMPv2 when using snmpwalk but SNMPv1 when using Perl. Version 1 doesn't know about Counter64's and it does in fact return noSuchName when it is asked for one. See RFC2089, Mapping SNMPv2 onto SNMPv1 within a bi-lingual SNMP agent. Specifically bullet point 2 under both Section 3.1 Processing an SNMPv1 GET request [rfc.net] and Section 3.2 Processing an SNMPv1 GETNEXT request [rfc.net].

    • Hmmm, I was pretty sure it was version 2 (or version 2c???) for both, but you raise a good point that I should check that. Thank you.

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      J. David works really hard, has a passion for writing good software, and knows many of the world's best Perl programmers

    • THANK YOU!!!!!! That was my problem!!!

      Net::SNMP defaults to version 1. I'm using version 2 with snmpwalk. (Actually apparently the formal name is 2c, but Net::SNMP names it "2".)

      I had only thought to be explicit about the version with snmpwalk, which wanted to use 3 by default and failed to work at all, with noisy error messages. Using 1 only silently failed for the Counter64's.

      I owe you a drink sometime, but since I don't buy alcohol, maybe we'll make it a soda and a burger. :) Thank you so much

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      J. David works really hard, has a passion for writing good software, and knows many of the world's best Perl programmers
      • Glad I could help. I work in Irving near 161 and 114, perhaps we can do lunch sometime.

        • Wow; yeah. Didn't realize you were in the area. I definitely owe you lunch, so we'll have to arrange that at some point.

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          J. David works really hard, has a passion for writing good software, and knows many of the world's best Perl programmers
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