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Re: opstat model questions

Gerald Winters <gerald@citi.umich.edu> Mon, 01 May 1995 20:08 UTC

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From: Gerald Winters <gerald@citi.umich.edu>
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Subject: Re: opstat model questions
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>
>>As I was saying in an earlier message, if variable-name is actually an
>>instance, one could pretty much get rid of the linkname.
>
>Probably a bad idea, since the interface number used by SNMP could change
>in the event of router reconfiguration, even if the actual link remains the 
>same.  We should keep the link name field as a constant and descriptive
>identifier.
>
>elliot
>
>

In such a reconfiguration, would the network address also change?

--Jerry Winters

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