This is how long the HMTS will wait before timing out a SNMP request. The HMTS shall not retry SNMP requests. This is the role of the external management system. Although it is required in the MAC layer document that each transponder responds in less than 5000ms, most transponders can respond faster. Please consult the documentation of the installed transponders. Warning: if the SNMP timeout is set too low, all SNMP communication with transponders will fail. This object is non-volatile.