Subject: Question about rfc2670

From: Jim Kuhfeld <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2000 19:00:19 -0700

Is there a reason for the inconsistent syntax? The only way to legally
implement this appears to be to restrict the syntax of docsIfCmtsCmStatusIndex
to 1.65535. That is a serious restriction given the requirement, "For an 
individual Cable Modem, this index value should not change during CMTS uptime."

 docsIfCmtsServiceCmStatusIndex OBJECT-TYPE
         SYNTAX      Integer32 (0..65535)
         MAX-ACCESS  read-only
         STATUS      current
         DESCRIPTION
             "Pointer to an entry in docsIfCmtsCmStatusTable identifying
              the Cable Modem using this Service Queue. If multiple
              Cable Modems are using this Service Queue, the value of
              this object is zero."
         ::= { docsIfCmtsServiceEntry 2 }

 docsIfCmtsCmStatusIndex OBJECT-TYPE
         SYNTAX      Integer32 (1..2147483647)
         MAX-ACCESS  not-accessible
         STATUS      current
         DESCRIPTION
             "Index value to uniquely identify an entry in this table.
              For an individual Cable Modem, this index value should
              not change during CMTS uptime."
         ::= { docsIfCmtsCmStatusEntry 1 }