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- .TH SNMPTEST 1 "17 September 1989"
- .UC 4
- .SH NAME
- snmptest - communicates with a network entity using SNMP GET Requests.
- .SH SYNOPSIS
- snmptest host community
- .SH DESCRIPTION
- Snmptest is a flexible SNMP application that can monitor and manage
- information on a network entity.
- .PP
- The
- .I host
- specification may be either a host name or an internet address
- specified in "dot notation"
- .PP
- The
- .I community
- specifies the community name for the transaction with the remote system.
- .PP
- After invoking the program, a command line
- interpreter proceeds to accept commands. It will prompt with:
- .PP
- .I Please enter the variable name:
- .PP
- At this point you can enter one or more variable names, one per line.
- A blank line is a command to send a request for each of the variables (in a single
- packet) to the remote entity. Each variable name is given in the format specified in
- .IR variables (5).
- For example
- .PP
- .I snmpget netdev-kbox.cc.cmu.edu public
- .br
- .I Please enter the variable name: system.sysdescr.0
- .br
- .I Please enter the variable name:
- .PP
- Will return some information about the request and reply packets, as well as the
- information:
- .PP
- .I Name: system.sysDescr.0
- .br
- .I OCTET STRING- (ascii): Kinetics FastPath2
- .PP
- Upon startup, the program defaults to sending a GET Request packet. This can be changed
- to a GET NEXT Request or a SET Request by typing the commands "$N" or "$S" repectively. Typing
- "$G" will go back to the GET Request mode.
- .PP
- The command "$D" will toggle the dumping of each sent and received packet.
- .PP
- When in the "SET Request" mode, more information is requested by the prompt for each variable. The prompt:
- .PP
- .I Please enter variable type [i|s|n]:
- .PP
- requests the type of the variable be entered. Type "i" for an integer, "s" for an octet string,
- and "n" for a null value.
- .br
- At this point a value will be prompted for:
- .PP
- .I Please enter new value:
- .PP
- If this is an integer value, just type the integer (in decimal). If it is a string, type in
- white-space seperated decimal numbers, one per byte of the string. Again type a blank line at
- the prompt for the variable name to send the packet.
- .PP
- At the variable name line, typing "$Q" will quit the program.
- .PP
- Adding a "-d" to the argument list will cause the application to dump input and output packets.
- .PP
- .SH "SEE ALSO"
- variables(5), RFC 1065, RFC 1066, RFC 1067
-