snmpdx: bind() failed on udp on 161 [errno: address already in use] 125 snmpdx dmid: unable to connect to snmpdx

Cause

The user is running the Solaris 2.6 release with a Cisco FDDI card and is receiving the above error.

Action

In the Solaris 2.6 software a startup script is included in /etc/rc3.d that starts snmpdx (which uses port 161). You receive the error message because the FDDI SNMP agent is running, and it has already claimed port 161. Two solutions are:

1. Move the snmpdx start-up script

   mv /etc/rc3.d/S76snmpdx /etc/rc3.d/s76snmpdx

   so that snmpdx does not start.

2. Check if the FDDI can use a different port, other than 161.