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1 perry 1 SNMPTEST
2 !!!SNMPTEST
3 NAME
4 SYNOPSIS
5 DESCRIPTION
6 SEE ALSO
7 ----
8 !!NAME
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11 snmptest - communicates with a network entity using SNMP Requests
12 !!SYNOPSIS
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15 snmptest -v 1 hostname community
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18 snmptest [[-v 2] hostname noAuth
19 !!DESCRIPTION
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22 Snmptest is a flexible SNMP application that can monitor and
23 manage information on a network entity.
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26 The ''hostname'' specification may be either a host name
27 or an internet address specified in
28 ''
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31 The version 1 and version 2c ''community'' specifies the
32 community name for the transaction with the remote
33 system.
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36 After invoking the program, a command line interpreter
37 proceeds to accept commands. It will prompt
38 with:
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41 ''Please enter the variable name:''
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44 At this point you can enter one or more variable names, one
45 per line. A blank line is a command to send a request for
46 each of the variables (in a single packet) to the remote
47 entity. Each variable name is given in the format specified
48 in variables(5). For example
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51 ''snmptest zeus zeusMS zeusAgent
52 Variable: system.sysdescr.0
53 Variable:''
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56 Will return some information about the request and reply
57 packets, as well as the information:
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60 ''system.sysDescr.0 =''
61 ''
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64 Upon startup, the program defaults to sending a GET Request
65 packet. This can be changed to a GET NEXT Request or a SET
66 Request by typing the commands
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69 The command
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72 The command
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75 When in the
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78 ''Please enter variable type
79 [[i|s|x|d|n|o|t|a]:''
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82 requests the type of the variable be entered. Type
83 At this point a value will be prompted for:
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86 ''Please enter new value:''
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89 If this is an integer value, just type the integer (in
90 decimal). If it is a string, type in white-space separated
91 decimal numbers, one per byte of the string. Again type a
92 blank line at the prompt for the variable name to send the
93 packet.
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96 At the variable name line, typing
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99 Adding a
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102 Adding a
103 !!SEE ALSO
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106 variables(5), RFC 1155, RFC1156, RFC1157, SNMP Security
107 Internet Drafts
108 ----
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