[AGENT++] Net-SNMP master agent <-> AgentX++ sub agent compatibility

[john.edmonds at bt.com]

Hello,

I've had a little trouble getting a Net-SNMP master agent (5.4.1) talking to an AgentX++ sub agent using the AgentX protocol.  To get things working I added the line to the open_session() method below to force a change to the default byte order.  With this change everything appears to work fine, without it nothing works....  

int SubAgentXMib::open_session() 
{
   if (session) {
   // disconnect
   delete session;
   }
session = create_session();
// JAE - fix byte ordering for Net-SNMP master agent compatibility
session->set_byte_order(true);
// JAE - fix byte ordering for Net-SNMP master agent compatibility
status = AGENTX_STATUS_CONNECT;
return agentx->open_session(*session);
}
 

In your experience should this change be necessary?  If not, why might it be necessary in my case? I am running on a 8248 PPC platform.

Best regards,
John Edmonds