Hi Andreas, On Tuesday, November 03, 2015 11:39 PM, Andreas Haralambopoulos wrote: > Is it possible to change the network interfaces names ( or to create > ‘aliases’) ? > > for example > > snmpwalk -v2c -c password 127.0.0.1 > > > replacing these names > > IF-MIB::ifDescr.6 = STRING: vlan10 > IF-MIB::ifDescr.7 = STRING: vlan172 > IF-MIB::ifDescr.8 = STRING: vlan11 > IF-MIB::ifDescr.9 = STRING: vlan12 > > to > > IF-MIB::ifDescr.6 = STRING: Internet > IF-MIB::ifDescr.7 = STRING: dmz > IF-MIB::ifDescr.8 = STRING: guest_lan > IF-MIB::ifDescr.9 = STRING: wifi
Not exactly what you're suggesting above but I use the agent's "override" configuration capability to override the entry's ifAlias value. See this thread for details/caveats: https://sourceforge.net/p/net-snmp/mailman/net-snmp-users/?viewmonth=201504&viewday=14. The equivalent in your situation would be something like: override IF-MIB::ifAlias.6 octet_str "Internet" override IF-MIB::ifAlias.7 octet_str "dmz" override IF-MIB::ifAlias.8 octet_str "guest_lan" override IF-MIB::ifAlias.9 octet_str "wifi" I find this a nice alternative because it leaves the read-only values as-is (ifDescr and ifName) while also allowing you specify a user-defined alias for the interface. See also this post for a good summary of the inter-relationship between ifDescr, ifName, and ifAlias: http://www.irobert.info/display/IRINFO/Understanding+ifDescr,+ifName+and+ifAlias. Regards, -David ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ 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
