Re: testing snmp agent's activity: is there a standard accepted simple procedure ?
"Dave Shield" <[email protected]>
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On 23/11/06, Joao Miguel Ferreira <[email protected]> wrote: > I wonder if there is a simple procedure for testing snmp agents without > having client applications installed... ?? No. > For example, if I want to test a mail server I simply do: > telnet mail.server.address 25 > the same goes for http servers, right ? Right. But both of those protocols are TCP-based, and use ASCII text their request and control commands. SNMP is primarily UDP-based (which means that telnet is no use) and uses a binary request format. Not exactly something you can easily type manually. Even for hard-boiled SNMP-geeks like me! There's no real alternative to having some form of client tool. Even if it's just something that sends a hardcoded message, which corresponds to a (hand-crafted) SNMP request. Sorry, but that's the way it is. Dave ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Net-snmp-users mailing list [email protected] Please see the following page to unsubscribe or change other options: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/net-snmp-users