Re: Data types

2009-01-12 Thread Larry Brown
On Mon, 2009-01-12 at 11:05 -0500, Larry Brown wrote: > In the description of some of the enhancements from v1 to v2 it lists > the ability to include "bit strings". Does this mean that a value held > under a particular OID could be a binary blob so that an actual file >

Data types

2009-01-12 Thread Larry Brown
In the description of some of the enhancements from v1 to v2 it lists the ability to include "bit strings". Does this mean that a value held under a particular OID could be a binary blob so that an actual file could be transferred using SNMP? Not that I necessarily want to do this, but is that wh

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

2009-01-08 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

Newbie lacks general mechanics

2009-01-08 Thread Larry Brown
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 be greatly appreciated. As I understand it the part of the OID that is returned depends on its existence in the MIB.