Hi everyone, I found that
snmpget -c communityName ipaddress:port does not work. I raised the issue in another email also. Regards, On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 7:36 AM, Dave Shield <[email protected]>wrote: > [ First - *please* don't mail me privately, without copying > any responses to the mailing list. I don't have the time > or inclination to offer private, unpaid, SNMP consultancy. > Keep discussions to the list, where others can both learn > and offer advice. Thanks. ] > > > > 2009/5/18 <[email protected]>: > >> 2009/5/18 <[email protected]>: > >> > When I try snmpget communityName ipaddress I get a snmpget: Unknown > host. > >> > >> Please read the "snmpget" and "snmpcmd" man pages. > >> That is not the correct syntax for this command. > > > > thank for the reply, I have already read the manual, but I do not > understand > > how should I wrote the command, > > $ man snmpcmd > > SYNOPSIS > snmpcmd [OPTIONS] AGENT [PARAMETERS] > > OPTIONS > -c community > > > So the first error you make was to forget the '-c' flag > before the community name. The command ought to have been: > > snmpget -c communityName ipaddress > > That's why you got the error message "Unknown host" > (It was treating "communityName" as the host) > > It's also sensible to specify the version of SNMP you want to use: > > snmpget -v1 -c communityName ipaddress > > > > The final thing you've forgotten is what information you are trying to get. > You need to specify what you are interested in/ > > So the full command is actually of the form: > > snmpget -v 1 -c communityName ipaddress OID > > > > > especially referring to OIDs (how I determine them?) > > Well, what are you interested in? > If you want to know the operating system information, you > could run > > snmpget -v 1 -c public 127.0.0.1 sysDescr.0 > > > It might be easier to start with "snmpwalk" rather than "snmpget". > That works in basically the same way, but is a little more forgiving > in what it returns. > > Dave > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Register Now for Creativity and Technology (CaT), June 3rd, NYC. CaT > is a gathering of tech-side developers & brand creativity professionals. > Meet > the minds behind Google Creative Lab, Visual Complexity, Processing, & > iPhoneDevCamp asthey present alongside digital heavyweights like Barbarian > Group, R/GA, & Big Spaceship. http://www.creativitycat.com > _______________________________________________ > Net-snmp-users mailing list > [email protected] > Please see the following page to unsubscribe or change other options: > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/net-snmp-users >
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