SNMPv3 through satellite and dialup on return

[HIRO Watanabe]

Hi Ram,

>We want to be able to monitor and manage 1000 or more sites. The
>connectivity from the SNMP Manager to the SNMP agent at each site is going
>over satellite (one-way. There is no return path through the satellite). The
>return channel is through a dialup. At each site, the SNMP agent node
>(windows nt) is going to have 5 interfaces. 
>
>- Do you forsee any problems in terms of routing SNMP messages in the above
>environment? 

One concern is a delay of SNMP messages. This issue is to be discussed 
whenever implementing any packet transport protocol over satellite 
links.

Especially, if you need to use SNMPv3 with a message authentication, 
this issue becomes inevitable because SNMPv3 requires timeliness of a 
message.

I have not ever used SNMP++ V3, so I have no idea about how to tune up 
the time window reasonably for your environment. Sorry for the general 
answer, but wish this reply was useful for you.

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HIRO Watanabe mailto:hiroaki at netbox.com