[SNMP4J] Question of order

[Frank Fock]

Hi,

The OID order is not defined. Thus, the answer is (b).
You can even put the same OID twice in a PDU.

Best regards,
Frank

On 18.01.2011 10:09, Tal Gendler wrote:
> I know that, when forming a request the order which you put the OIDs in the Request will be the order in the Response.
> Example :
>      Request PDU : (OID1, OID2,OID3)
>      Response PDU : (OID1=value, OID2=value, OID3=value) it can't be (OID3=value, OID1=value, OID2=value).
>
> My question:
>      Is  the order of the OIDs in the request must be the same order as defined in the MIB ?
> Example :
>      We have this MIB :
>     dot1dStpBridgeHelloTime OBJECT-TYPE
>         SYNTAX  Timeout (100..1000)
>         ACCESS  read-write
>         STATUS  mandatory
>         DESCRIPTION
>                 "The value that all bridges use for HelloTime when
>                 this bridge is acting as the root.  The
>                 granularity of this timer is specified by
>                 802.1d/D9 to be 1 second.  An agent may return a
>                 badValue error if a set is attempted to a value
>                 which is not a whole number of seconds."
>         REFERENCE
>                 "P802.1d/D9, July 14, 1989: Section 4.5.3.9"
>         ::= { dot1dStp 13 }
>
> Do I have to create the request in this order ? :
>      a)    Request PDU: (OIDofSYNTAX, OIDofACCESS, OIDofSTATUS)
> Or it can be in any order I choose and let the agent work a little harder ?:
>      b)    Request PDU: (OIDofSTATUS, OIDofSYNTAX, OIDofACCESS)
>
> Is it a or b ?
> If the order is important can you please send me a link to RFC defining this ?
>
> Thanks,
> Tal
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