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There are three possible reasons for this:
 
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* The majority of MIB objects are defined as "read-only" and inherently cannot be changed via SET requests.
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* Many MIB objects are defined as "read-only" and inherently cannot be changed via SET requests.  Attempts to do so will typically be dropped by the <CODE>'snmpset'</CODE> command without ever being sent to the agent.
   Exception encountered, of type "Error"