Re: Autotopology

Ed Alcoff - Prod Mtg <oldera@twg.com> Fri, 02 April 1993 18:53 UTC

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Date: Fri, 2 Apr 1993 10:51:02 -0800
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From: Ed Alcoff - Prod Mtg <oldera@twg.com>
Subject: Re: Autotopology
To: snmp@psi.com, snmp2@thumper.bellcore.com

>From: Marshall Midden <m4@unet.umn.edu>
>Message-Id: <199304021705.AA14660@m.unet.umn.edu>
>Subject: Re: Autotopology
>
>I would encourage that all vendors ship their packages/devices
>that do auto-discovery, with the feature OFF.
>
>Large networks may experience problems with such products and
>prohibit their installation.
>
>Thanks for listening.

I can not think of any snmp station vendor that
doesn't ship their product with the auto-discovery/
topology function as a user-called option.

Ed