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   Net-SNMP contains a reasonably full implementation of the AgentX agent
 extensibility protocol (RFC 2741) in as much as it supports all
 the protocol operations described in this document.  The core
 functionality has received a reasonable amount of exposure, and
 is believed to be more or less stable in normal use.   It will
 also handle the non-graceful termination of subagents - returning
 a 'genErr' error for three successive requests before unregistering
 the unresponsive subagent.

   A subagent will attempts to re-establish contact with a dead and
 resurrected master based on the agentxPingInterval setting. The default
 for this configuration variable is 15 seconds. It can be changed by
 putting the following line in your APPLICATION.conf file:

                 agentxPingInterval 60

 will make the subagent try to ping the master every 60 seconds, and if
 the connection is deemed broken it'll try and reconnect to the master
 agent after that point (once every 60 seconds).

   Similarly, a subagent will not be able to re-register in place of a
 defunct colleague until the master agent has received three requests
 for the dead connection (and hence unregistered it).

   Some of the less frequently used features (index allocation,
 range registration, etc), have received less thorough testing,
 and may well not be fully functional.   Some of the omissions
 of the earlier release (use of GetBulk, the AgentX MIB)
 are still missing from this version.

   AgentX support is now included in the agent by default, but needs
 to be explicitly enabled before use.  Activate it using by putting a line

 		master	agentx

 in the snmpd.conf file.  This support is also enabled automatically
 when the '-x' flag is given (to specify a different master AgentX socket),
 or when the agent is invoked as an AgentX subagent (i.e. via the name
 'agentxd' or with the '-X' flag).

   See the main project web page for an examples of a simple stand-alone
 subagent.  (http://www.net-snmp.org/tutorial/tutorial-5/toolkit/)


   Please report any problems experienced to the net-snmp-coders list.

 Dave
	Net-SNMP contains a reasonably full implementation of the AgentX agent
	extensibility protocol (RFC 2741) in as much as it supports all
	the protocol operations described in this document. The core
	functionality has received a reasonable amount of exposure, and
	is believed to be more or less stable in normal use. It will
	also handle the non-graceful termination of subagents - returning
	a 'genErr' error for three successive requests before unregistering
	the unresponsive subagent.

	A subagent will attempts to re-establish contact with a dead and
	resurrected master based on the agentxPingInterval setting. The default
	for this configuration variable is 15 seconds. It can be changed by
	putting the following line in your APPLICATION.conf file:

	agentxPingInterval 60

	will make the subagent try to ping the master every 60 seconds, and if
	the connection is deemed broken it'll try and reconnect to the master
	agent after that point (once every 60 seconds).

	Similarly, a subagent will not be able to re-register in place of a
	defunct colleague until the master agent has received three requests
	for the dead connection (and hence unregistered it).

	Some of the less frequently used features (index allocation,
	range registration, etc), have received less thorough testing,
	and may well not be fully functional. Some of the omissions
	of the earlier release (use of GetBulk, the AgentX MIB)
	are still missing from this version.

	AgentX support is now included in the agent by default, but needs
	to be explicitly enabled before use. Activate it using by putting a line

	master agentx

	in the snmpd.conf file. This support is also enabled automatically
	when the '-x' flag is given (to specify a different master AgentX socket),
	or when the agent is invoked as an AgentX subagent (i.e. via the name
	'agentxd' or with the '-X' flag).

	See the main project web page for an examples of a simple stand-alone
	subagent. (http://www.net-snmp.org/tutorial/tutorial-5/toolkit/)


	Please report any problems experienced to the net-snmp-coders list.

	Dave