SNMP of FreeBSD

Steve Bertrand steve at ibctech.ca
Wed Jan 27 01:23:23 UTC 2010


Steven Friedrich wrote:
> I'm running 8-Stable, and ports are current.
> 
> I'm installing snmp support, mostly just to investigate it.
> 
> I have three ports installed:
> bsnmptools-0.0.20060818_2 Snmp client tools
> mbrowse-0.3.1_8     An SNMP MIB Browser for X
> net-snmp-5.4.2.1_6  An extendable SNMP implementation
> 
> I got a few errors after initial install.
> 
> I don't know what pieces of snmp I want.
> I used the sample snmp.config from the /usr/src tree.
> I changed the name of the public community name.
> I uncommented the netgraph and pf lines and maybe even others 8o)
> 
> I got rid of the errors on the console, except for this Warning:
> WARNING: attempt to domain_add(netgraph) after domainfinalize()
> 
> Perhaps this is a bug in the example snmp.config I'm using?
> What client(s) tools should I look at?

What is it exactly that you need/want SNMP for?

If for client only, what do you need to poll?

Steve


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