[nycbug-talk] SNMP for knowledgable newcomers

[Jesse Callaway]

On Jun 28, 2004, at 6:19 PM, G.Rosamond wrote:

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> On Jun 28, 2004, at 6:05 PM, Isaac Levy wrote:
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>> Hey All,
>>
>> I was wondering if anyone had the skinny on some good starter 
>> resources for using SNMP.  I've got some hardware I want to monitor, 
>> (starting with my DSL router and a switch), and want to dive into 
>> SNMP carefully and securely.
>>
>> I hate to bug the list with something which may be so trivial, but 
>> there's just SOOOO much SNMP resources out there, and I'm a bit 
>> overloaded/confused by it all...
>>
>> Can anyone toss me some URL bones?
>>
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> /net/net-snmp
> make install
>
> good start. . .
>
> that booked we both picked up at lesmuug is very useful . .
>
> g
>
>

grab 'snmpwalk' and use 'public' as the community string on almost 
anyone's router (your NAT box?) and you'll have something to work with