[c-nsp] SNMP: IP => vlan + mac

[Liviu Pislaru]

i realize (later) that my reply wasn't fair play. i,m sorry Virgil and thanks 
for the advice.
On Saturday 28 August 2004 02:56, Andrew Fort wrote:
> Liviu Pislaru wrote:
> > I don't want to use "grep" because i have more than 1000 arp entry per
> > vlan.
>
> Liviu, the following phrase comes to mind:
> 	"If I throw a dog a bone I don't want to know how it tastes!"
>
> Virgil did say it is a "dodgy shell script" (being a bit rough on
> himself :-), and encouraged you to use the logic inside to write
> yourself something better.
>
> If the MIBs don't have the useful information in the key (i.e., the OID)
> such that you can do a single query+transaction to get the info you
> require, you need to store the getbulk/getnext-walk in a (fast,
> reliable, device friendly) manner in a hashtable and then your lookups
> will be of linear time when you query that information.
>
> 	Anyhow, Virgil uses this script and I'm led to believe he has some
> large VLANs, too (though maybe only 512 hosts max).
>
> -andrew