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    Jeremy11one
    last edited by Mar 8, 2015, 2:46 PM

    
    snmpd[56997]: could not encode error response
    snmpd[25568]: could not encode error response
    
    

    I have Spiceworks on my network and I think that's causing this error in pfSense's System General Log when it does SNMP queries on it.  I did a search on this forum and didn't find anything mentioning "snmpd".  Should I install a package on the pfSense box manually?

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      piperfect
      last edited by Apr 11, 2015, 1:24 AM

      I am getting the error every 4 minutes after an upgrade to 2.2.1.  The upgrade seems stuck at.

      "Packages are currently being reinstalled in the background.

      Do not make changes in the GUI until this is complete."

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        sandern
        last edited by Sep 2, 2015, 9:18 AM

        I have the same error but the upgrade isn't stuck with me.

        I just get that error every x seconds in the system log.

        Did you find a solution for this?

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          iorx
          last edited by Sep 28, 2015, 7:16 PM

          Me to! On pf 2.2.4.

          Log fills up like this:

          Sep 28 21:09:28 	snmpd[63972]: could not encode error response
          Sep 28 21:09:28 	snmpd[63972]: could not encode error response
          Sep 28 21:09:28 	snmpd[63972]: could not encode error response
          Sep 28 21:09:29 	snmpd[63972]: could not encode error response
          Sep 28 21:09:29 	snmpd[63972]: could not encode error response
          Sep 28 21:09:29 	snmpd[63972]: could not encode error response
          Sep 28 21:09:29 	snmpd[63972]: could not encode error response
          Sep 28 21:09:31 	snmpd[63972]: could not encode error response
          Sep 28 21:09:31 	snmpd[63972]: could not encode error response
          Sep 28 21:09:31 	snmpd[63972]: could not encode error response
          Sep 28 21:10:12 	snmpd[63972]: could not encode error response
          

          I'm monitoring with Observium.

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            jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
            last edited by Sep 28, 2015, 8:51 PM

            If you search the forum for that error, you'll find a similar thread from a week or two ago – someone tracked it down to a problem in the FreeBSD bsnmpd daemon and how it handles interface IP address queries from the SNMP client (in your case, Spiceworks or whatever NMS you have).

            It's a problem in the FreeBSD bsnmpd daemon so it needs to be fixed upstream. We might have one of our devs look at it, if they have some time. See https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/4298

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