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- From: Bob Crosson <crosson@cam.nist.gov>
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans
- Subject: Free SNMP software for a PC
- Keywords: SNMP PC
- Date: 12 Dec 90 21:28:40 GMT
- Distribution: usa
- Organization: National Institute of Standards & Technology, Gaithersburg, MD
- Apparently-To: nelson
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- I have written for my own use a program which runs on PCs,
- communicates with an Ethernet via a packet driver, and monitors the
- values of SNMP variables (as listed in a database file) of specified
- network devices supporting SNMP. This is free, unsupported,
- available-to-all software. See below for retrieval instructions.
-
- The executable program is also an example of how to use the included
- libraries to write custom applications in C suited to individual
- network managers' needs. Initial development and testing was done
- on a PS/2 model 60 with a 3Com 3c523 Ethernet adapter, with
- operational testing and final implementation on a Compaq Portable
- III with a Western Digital WD8003E Ethernet card. So it works with
- two different packet drivers. The SNMP devices it was developed
- with were Proteon p4200 routers, so no testing with other devices
- has been done so far. Manufacturer specific databases (non-MIB I)
- in the SNMP network devices are not supported.
-
- I will try to answer e-mail questions (should anybody be interested)
- as time permits. My Internet address is crosson@cam.nist.gov.
-
- In the anonymous FTP directory on host enh.nist.gov (129.6.16.1) are
- two files in compressed tar format. This is a VAX running VMS so
- the file names may look a little strange. The file snmplib.tar_z
- contains the libraries, executables, and minimal documentation. The
- file snmpsrc.tar_z contains all sources (both the main program and
- the libraries) and all available documentation. Note that a packet
- driver for your Ethernet interface is also necessary to run any of
- this.
-
- I will be expanding on this as my requirements change. Others are
- free to enhance and expand on the code as they wish. Have fun.
-
- Bob Crosson
- National Institute of Standards and Technology
- crosson@cam.nist.gov
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