i looked at the changelog for the current net-snmp package. isn't this the relevant fix? -- * Thu Apr 08 2004 Phil Knirsch <pknirsch@xxxxxxxxxx> 5.1.1-2 - Added Kaj J. Niemi that fixes ipAdEntIfIndex problem (#119106) - Added Kaj J. Niemi to shut up memshared message for 2.6 kernel (#119203) * Tue Mar 23 2004 Phil Knirsch <pknirsch@xxxxxxxxxx> 5.1.1-1 - Update to latest upstream version 5.1.1 - Included updated patches from Kaj J. Niemi (#118580). john