Re: Sending Information through snmpget

Thanks dave.

I had implemented it this way, and it works.

On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 8:24 AM, Dave Shield <[email protected]>wrote:

>  [Sorry for the delay in getting back to you on this]
>
> 2009/2/4 Rodolfo Leffa <[email protected]>:
> > Could you(or other) tell me if there's a way to extend the agent by
> > implementing a single module to extend the whole MIB, instead of one for
> > which entry in the MIB??
>
> That's a common way of working, yes.
> The agent doesn't really care whether you implement a module
> that handles one single object, a table, or a whole subtree.
> How you structure the code is totally up to you.
>
> In practise, we've found that the most effective approach is
> to handle each table or group of scalars individually,
> and have separate files for different tables or groups.
>
> But if you've got two tables that are closely linked together
> (such as the hrSWRunTable/hrSWRunPerfTable), then
> it makes perfect sense to implement them in the one module.
>   Similarly for a table plus related scalar (such as a count
> of the number of rows, a last-changed timestamp, or a lock object).
>
> Basically, it's totally up to you how you write the code.
>
>
>
>
> > I want to do something like that: snmpget sends my agent a request like
> this
> > - snmpget ... MYMIB::MIBDATA.1.0.22.1 .  When it gets to the agent, it
> would
> > repass it to my extending module(MIBDATA). Inside the handler then I can
> get
> > the rest of the requisition( 1.0.22.1) and choose wich data is being
> > requested.  Is it possible??
>
> That's certainly possible.
> Just use the generic "netsnmp_register_handler()" call, instead of
> one of the more specific helper registrations.
>
> The advantage of the table-based helpers is that they take care of
> extracting and interpreting the table index for you automatically.
> But if that isn't something you need, then you can always deal
> with this yourself.
>
> Dave
>



-- 
Rodolfo Leffa de Oliveira

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