Re: Newbie lacks general mechanics

2009-01-09 Thread Larry Brown
On Fri, 2009-01-09 at 08:37 +, Dave Shield wrote: > > > >> > What I expected was some way of describing to the snmpd agent where to > >> > get the value to return. > > That tends to be hard-coded into the agent (or subagent) binary. This is what I deduced but couldn't find a description th

Re: Newbie lacks general mechanics

2009-01-09 Thread Dave Shield
2009/1/8 Larry Brown : >> > As I understand it the part of the OID that is returned depends on its >> > existence in the MIB. >> >> There is no "part of the OID". OIDs (object identifiers) are atomic. I'm not sure I agree. The OID that is returned from a query naturally falls into two parts

RE: Newbie lacks general mechanics

2009-01-08 Thread Larry Brown
On Thu, 2009-01-08 at 12:31 -0800, Mike Ayers wrote: > > From: Larry Brown [mailto:larry.br...@dimensionnetworks.com] > > Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2009 11:26 AM > > > Hello all, I've read a number of articles around on snmp and have a > > fundamental theory going as to how this works at a ma

RE: Newbie lacks general mechanics

2009-01-08 Thread Mike Ayers
> From: Larry Brown [mailto:larry.br...@dimensionnetworks.com] > Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2009 11:26 AM > Hello all, I've read a number of articles around on snmp and have a > fundamental theory going as to how this works at a macro > level but need > some confirmation. Any assistance will b