Sending Notifications to 255.255.255.255 ???

[Frank Fock]

christel.sohnemann____philips.com wrote:

> Hi,
> we try to send notifications with class Snmp and its trap method to the broadcast address 255.255.255.255
> Unfortunately we do not get any notifications on the SNMP manager side.
> Is it generally not possible to send notifications to this address? Do the sockets for the Snmp connection have to be configured differently then it is currently done?

It is possible of course and it works with AGENT++'s NotificationOriginator too.
But should always consider that most routers/switches do not route/forward
broadcast IP packets.

Regards,
Frank