>>>>> On Mon, 21 Feb 2011 11:02:26 +0000, Dave Shield 
>>>>> <[email protected]> said:

>> The commands
>> "snmget -v2c -c public localhost system.sysUpTime" and "snmpwalk -v2c -c
>> public  localhost" both return "Timeout: No Response from localhost" even
>> though there is a  snmpd.conf file,  with "rwcommunity public",

DS> I *STRONGLY* suggest that you amend this to read  "rocommunity public"
DS> rather than using "rwcommunity".

Oh, yeah...  Well *I* STRONGLY suggest he uses something completely
different than the community "public".

[there are huge numbers of hacker tools out there that try and use the
"public" keyword when probing devices]
-- 
Wes Hardaker
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