diff -up net-snmp-5.4.2/agent/mibgroup/ip-mib/data_access/ipaddress_ioctl.c.shared-ip net-snmp-5.4.2/agent/mibgroup/ip-mib/data_access/ipaddress_ioctl.c
--- net-snmp-5.4.2/agent/mibgroup/ip-mib/data_access/ipaddress_ioctl.c.shared-ip	2008-01-17 01:09:33.000000000 +0100
+++ net-snmp-5.4.2/agent/mibgroup/ip-mib/data_access/ipaddress_ioctl.c	2008-09-17 16:43:18.000000000 +0200
@@ -279,11 +279,15 @@ _netsnmp_ioctl_ipaddress_container_load_
         /*
          * add entry to container
          */
-        if (CONTAINER_INSERT(container, entry) < 0)
-        {
-            DEBUGMSGTL(("access:ipaddress:container","error with ipaddress_entry: insert into container failed.\n"));
+        rc = CONTAINER_TRY_INSERT(container, entry);
+        if (rc < 0) {
+            static int logged = 0;
+            if (!logged) {
+                snmp_log(LOG_NOTICE, "Duplicate IP address detected, some interfaces may not be visible in IP-MIB\n");
+                logged = 1;
+            }
+            rc = 0;
             netsnmp_access_ipaddress_entry_free(entry);
-            continue;
         }
     }
 
diff -up net-snmp-5.4.2/agent/mibgroup/ip-mib/data_access/ipaddress_linux.c.shared-ip net-snmp-5.4.2/agent/mibgroup/ip-mib/data_access/ipaddress_linux.c
--- net-snmp-5.4.2/agent/mibgroup/ip-mib/data_access/ipaddress_linux.c.shared-ip	2008-08-13 15:02:12.000000000 +0200
+++ net-snmp-5.4.2/agent/mibgroup/ip-mib/data_access/ipaddress_linux.c	2008-09-17 16:43:18.000000000 +0200
@@ -325,7 +325,16 @@ _load_v6(netsnmp_container *container, i
         /*
          * add entry to container
          */
-        CONTAINER_INSERT(container, entry);
+        rc = CONTAINER_TRY_INSERT(container, entry);
+        if (rc < 0) {
+            static int logged = 0;
+            if (!logged) {
+                snmp_log(LOG_NOTICE, "Duplicate IP address detected, some interfaces may not be visible in IP-MIB\n");
+                logged = 1;
+            }
+            netsnmp_access_ipaddress_entry_free(entry);
+        }
+                                    
     }
 
     fclose(in);
diff -up net-snmp-5.4.2/include/net-snmp/library/container.h.shared-ip net-snmp-5.4.2/include/net-snmp/library/container.h
--- net-snmp-5.4.2/include/net-snmp/library/container.h.shared-ip	2008-02-14 00:37:48.000000000 +0100
+++ net-snmp-5.4.2/include/net-snmp/library/container.h	2008-09-17 16:43:18.000000000 +0200
@@ -406,8 +406,32 @@ extern "C" {
             
         }
         return rc;
+    }    
+
+     NETSNMP_STATIC_INLINE
+    int CONTAINER_TRY_INSERT(netsnmp_container *x, const void *k)
+    {
+        const void *res = NULL;
+
+        netsnmp_container *start;
+        /** start at first container */
+        while(x->prev)
+            x = x->prev;
+
+       start = x;
+
+       for(; x; x = x->next) {
+            if ((NULL != x->insert_filter) &&
+               (x->insert_filter(x,k) == 1))
+                continue;
+            res = x->find(x,k);
+	    if (res) {
+               return -1;
+            }
+        }
+        return CONTAINER_INSERT(start, k);
     }
-    
+
     /*------------------------------------------------------------------
      * These functions should EXACTLY match the function version in
      * container.c. If you change one, change them both.
diff -up net-snmp-5.4.2/snmplib/container.c.shared-ip net-snmp-5.4.2/snmplib/container.c
--- net-snmp-5.4.2/snmplib/container.c.shared-ip	2008-02-14 00:37:48.000000000 +0100
+++ net-snmp-5.4.2/snmplib/container.c	2008-09-17 16:43:18.000000000 +0200
@@ -323,6 +323,29 @@ int CONTAINER_REMOVE(netsnmp_container *
     return rc;
 }
 
+int CONTAINER_TRY_INSERT(netsnmp_container *x, const void *k)
+{
+    const void *res = NULL;
+
+    netsnmp_container *start;
+    /** start at first container */
+    while(x->prev)
+        x = x->prev;
+
+    start = x;
+
+    for(; x; x = x->next) {
+        if ((NULL != x->insert_filter) &&
+            (x->insert_filter(x,k) == 1))
+            continue;
+        res = x->find(x,k);
+        if (res) {
+            return -1;
+        }
+    }
+    return CONTAINER_INSERT(start, k);
+}
+
 /*------------------------------------------------------------------
  * These functions should EXACTLY match the inline version in
  * container.h. If you change one, change them both.