On 11 March 2011 09:03, geetha ramani <geetha...@gmail.com> wrote: > what is the difference between snmp agent and mibs.
The way I usually describe this is by comparing the MIB to a design document. The agent is then the application written to fulfil that design specification. That's not strictly accurate (or even the whole picture), but it gives a feel for the essence of the two. The MIB file is a description of what information is being represented. What the various object names are, the types of each value (syntax and ranges), and what that object represents (number of people on a system, temperature in a nuclear reactor, length of time before the end of the world, etc). The agent is an application that retrieves this information (from somewhere), and reports it back in response to requests from client applications. Does that make sense? Dave ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Colocation vs. Managed Hosting A question and answer guide to determining the best fit for your organization - today and in the future. http://p.sf.net/sfu/internap-sfd2d _______________________________________________ Net-snmp-users mailing list Net-snmp-users@lists.sourceforge.net Please see the following page to unsubscribe or change other options: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/net-snmp-users
