Hi Russ,
Yeh it would be good to start with getting your basic coldstart trap to work
and then go from there.
Cheers,
Garyc
----- Original Message -----
From: "Russ Woodman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Gary Clark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2004 10:50 AM
Subject: Re: Cannot Process SNMP Traps
> Gary,
>
> Forgive me if anything I say after this sentence is naive or misinformed.
>
> Gary Clark wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Ok three months....Good one.
>
> That's probably an understatement. So much for trying to figure it out
> on my own.
>
> > 1) When running your agent have you configured your snmpd.conf to send
> > traps?
>
> As stated below, I'm trying to receive traps from external devices
> (Cisco routers, etc.) so I'm not sure why this is relevant.
>
> > 2) When running the snmptrapd it also has an associated configuration
file
> > this
> > should contain an oid value and a perl script which is called when
the
> > trap is received.
>
> My snmptrapd.conf is shown below in the original message. It contains a
> traphandle line with a default entry for processing any trap (I would
> think).
>
> > 3) Examine the FAQ. This has more information.
>
> I've read the man pages and FAQs a hundred times if I've read them once.
>
> > 4) The most obvious trap to look for is the coldStart trap which is
sent
> > when your agent
> > has completed initialisation.
>
> I'll attempt to get my local agent to send a trap to the local host.
> This is something I hadn't tried previously because I'm not interested
> in Linux server snmp traps on the local host.
>
> > 5) If you get stuck I will help you more so dont panic ok.
>
> I appreciate that.
>
> > Cheers,
> > Garyc
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Russ Woodman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2004 9:48 AM
> > Subject: Cannot Process SNMP Traps
> >
> >
> >
> >>Hi,
> >>
> >>I am attempting to receive traps from various devices on my network
> >>(Copper Mountain DSLAMs, Cisco routers, etc.) so that I can then funnel
> >>the traps into Nagios for network monitoring. However, nothing I have
> >>tried for the last three or more months has allowed me to receive/handle
> >>any traps sent by any devices. Below are some relevant files and
> >>configuration.
> >>
> >>10782 ? S 0:00 /usr/sbin/snmpd -Lsd -Lf /dev/null -p
> >>/var/run/snmpd.pid
> >>10784 ? Ss 0:00 /usr/sbin/snmptrapd -Lsd -p
> >>/var/run/snmptrapd.pid
> >>
> >>snmptrapd.conf:
> >>traphandle default /usr/local/bin/traphandle.sh default
> >>
> >>traphandle.sh:
> >>#!/bin/bash
> >>
> >>LOGFILE="/tmp/snmptrapd.log"
> >>
> >>case ${1} in
> >> default)
> >> echo -e "Found default trap:" >> ${LOGFILE}
> >> echo -e "${*}\n" >> ${LOGFILE}
> >> ;;
> >> *)
> >> echo -e "Found unhandled trap:" >> ${LOGFILE}
> >> echo -e "${*}\n" >> ${LOGFILE}
> >> ;;
> >>esac
> >>
> >>exit 0
> >>
> >>snmp.conf
> >>mibs ALL
> >>
> >>I have the Copper Mountain MIB located in /usr/share/snmp/mibs, where
> >>all of the other default MIBs are located. When run in debug mode, the
> >>snmptrapd output shows the Copper Mountain MIB is processed. When I
> >>bring up and drop an interfaces on a Copper Mountain DSLAM, tcpdump on
> >>the receiving host running snmptrapd shows:
> >>
> >>09:36:35.926828 IP 172.20.7.2.1966 >
> >>ldhl-sentry.natcotech.com.snmp-trap: C=Natco Trap(36) E:1996
> >>172.20.7.2 enterpriseSpecific s=12 132246500 .iso.org=[|snmp]
> >>09:37:14.772609 IP 172.20.7.2.1967 >
> >>ldhl-sentry.natcotech.com.snmp-trap: C=Natco Trap(36) E:1996
> >>172.20.7.2 enterpriseSpecific s=12 132246890 .iso.org=[|snmp]
> >>
> >>So I know the trap packet is being received. But the file
> >>/tmp/snmptrapd.log referenced in the traphandle.sh script never has
> >>anything in it.
> >>
> >>Can someone please help me figure out why I have never been able to
> >>receive or process SNMP traps using net-snmp--before I go stark raving
> >>mad? If someone is able to work with me via phone or IM in an
> >>interactive way, that would be greatly appreciated.
> >>
> >>Regards,
> >>Russ
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