[mrtg] Re: MIB's

[Tim Sheets]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Pavel Ruzicka [mailto:pavouk at pavouk.org]
> Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2004 3:50 AM
> To: mrtg at list.ee.ethz.ch
> Cc: Robin
> Subject: [mrtg] Re: MIB's
> 
> 
> Hello,
> 
> > When u poll an OID which is within a MIB. Where is this MIB stored?
> > and why would u ever need to add other MIBs and how is it done?
> 
> I don't understand it too. But when you specify OID by number
> and not by name, you don't need load another MIB.

Think of it along the same lines as DNS.  If you don't specify a name
server (or the one you have specified is down/unreadhable), you can
still surf the Internet if you use only IP addresses.  If you do have a
DNS server specified and available, you can still use the IP address,
but you have the (much easier) option of using the name that is
contained in DNS.

Tim

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