Re: if mapping

Jason Perreault <jason@coral.com> Fri, 19 February 1993 14:40 UTC

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From: Jason Perreault <jason@coral.com>
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To: fddi-mib@cs.utk.edu
Subject: Re: if mapping

rem says:

> >I don't see a problem adding a new variable, but I'd prefer not to
> >change the existing MACindex.  Also, I think it's definition should
> >include the value 0, to indicate that there is no MIB-II ifIndex
> >available....

to which jdc responds:
 
> the index must be unique
> 
> how can it be unique if 0 means i don't have one in the ifTable, and i have
> more than one that is not in the ifTable?
> 
> am i missing something here?

rem's second sentence refers to the proposed MACifIndex object, not
to MACindex.