How do Cisco SNMP agents respond to a broadcast request?

[RanilG]

Hi,

Can Cisco switches/routers be discovered by any SNMP NMS on their broadcast IP addresses?

Came across an external link saying that they drop SNMP requests on subnet broadcast addresses.

Q:2.60.12

http://www.snmp.com/FAQs/snmp-faq-part2.txt

What is the typical behavior?

Thanks.

[RanilG]

I wonder why  RECV and FWD need to be treated separately however you explanation makes sense when it comes to IOS implementation.