Managing the Retransmission Policy

[This is preliminary documentation and subject to change.]

The WinSNMP manager application can request that the Microsoft WinSNMP implementation execute the application's retransmission policy. When the implementation manages retransmission, it uses the time-out period and the retry count values in its database.

The implementation identifies the default retransmission mode in a return value from the SnmpStartup function during initialization. The mode can be one of the following values:

A WinSNMP manager application can retrieve the current retransmission mode in effect for the implementation with a call to the SnmpGetRetransmitMode function at any time. The WinSNMP Manager API provides other database functions that simplify management of the retransmission policy.

At any time during program execution, the WinSNMP manager application can adjust execution of the policy by performing one of the following steps:

• Request that the implementation start or stop executing the retransmission policy by calling the SnmpSetRetransmitMode function. For additional information, see Turning Retransmission On and Off.
• Modify the time-out period and retry count values in the implementation's database. For additional information, see Changing the Retransmission Policy.

The manager application can execute its own retransmission policy. In this case, execution may or may not be based on the values in the database.