The hostname specification may be either a host name or an internet address specified in "dot notation"
The srcParty and dstParty specify the party names for the transaction with the remote system, in the same format as /etc/party.conf.
A variable may also be given on the command line. This variable specifies which portion of the object identifier space will be searched using GET NEXT Requests. All variables in the subtree below the given variable are queried and their values presented to the user. Each variable name is given in the format specified in variables(5).
If the "variable-name" argument is not present, snmpwalk will search MIB-2.
For example
snmpwalk zeus.andrew.cmu.edu zeusMS zeusAgent zeusContext1 system
will retrieve the variables sysDescr.0 and sysObjectID.0 and sysUpTime.0:
Name: system.sysDescr.0
OCTET STRING- (ascii): Unix 4.3BSD
Name: system.sysObjectID.0
OBJECT IDENTIFIER: .iso.org.dod.internet.private.enterprises.CMU.sysID.CMU-Unix
Name: system.sysUpTime.0
Timeticks: (2291082) 6:21:50
If the network entity has an error processing the request packet, an error
packet will be returned and a message will be shown, helping to pinpoint why
the request was malformed.
If the tree search causes attempts to search beyond the end of the MIB, a message will be displayed:
End of MIB.
Adding a "-d" to the argument list will cause the application to dump input and output packets.