Re: Retrieving Bit-Field/Hex-String with Perl

Sorry for budding in...

Actually, according to the link that Mike posted, you should altogether 
uninstall Net::SNMP, as it will clash with the snmp/net-snmp perl module. 
Please read on the link on how to get the right perl module...

BR,
Nikos
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Peter Daum" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2009 10:04 AM
Subject: Re: Retrieving Bit-Field/Hex-String with Perl


> Hi,
>
> Mike Ayers wrote:
>>> From: Peter Daum [mailto:[email protected]]
>>> Sent: Saturday, January 03, 2009 3:22 AM
>>
>>> I am trying to retrieve a bit field containing the error
>>> status of a printer.
>>>
>>> With the command line snmpget program, this works:
>>>
>>> # snmpget -v1 -cpublic printer .1.3.6.1.2.1.25.3.5.1.2.1
>>> HOST-RESOURCES-MIB::hrPrinterDetectedErrorState.1 = Hex-STRING: 00
>>>
>>> With the Net::SNMP module, I can also retrieve the value;
>>>
>>> When I do the same with Net-SNMP, I always get an empty string,
>>> regardless of the actual value:
>>>
>>> my $session = new SNMP::Session(
>>>      DestHost => $host, Version => 1, Community => 'public');
>>> my $result = $session->get($oid));
>>>
>>> Other attributes with "normal" string values are no problem.
>>> Is there anything special I have to do to retrieve binary values?
>>
>> You could try using the net-snmp perl module...
>>
>> http://www.net-snmp.org/wiki/index.php/Which_Perl_module_should_I_use
>
> Did you mean "Net::SNMP"?
>
> I did (see above). I have the impression, that Net-SNMP could have
> some advantages (if it worked ;) but since I can't solve this issue
> (and it seems like nobody else knows what's going on and is willing to
> share the knowledge), at the momement that's just what I do ...
>
> Regards,
>                        Peter
>
>
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