title: What is the difference between SNMP GETBULK and GET operations
body: <p><strong>Background</strong></p>
  
  <p>I am trying to create a project of an SNMP web site to get information on network devices. I have used the SNMP Library created by LeXtudio - sharpsnmp.</p>
  
  <p><strong>The problem</strong></p>
  
  <p>I have created two methods one using the Getbulk and one with Get. Both take in a list of OID's. Both work as attended with out problems. The only problem I am having is on network devices very far way. It takes exactly the same time for each of them. right at 2 minutes. I feel like this is a very long wait time. Although on devices that are close it is very fast and under 5 seconds. </p>
  
  <p><strong>The question</strong></p>
  
  <p>I am wondering does the Getbulk not ask for all the information at once and then comes back with all the information. Or does it ask for each of the OID's in the list one at a time. The same as the Get?</p>
  
  <p>Is there a way to make one call to get all the information I need with one call to the device or is only that I can make repeated calls to the device?</p>
  
  <p>Do I have other options? </p>