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Simple Network Management Protocol (snmp) is standard protocol for managing devices on networks.

SNMP, or Simple Network Management Protocol, helps manage and collect data on machines like switches, routers, servers, desktops, etc. "It is used mostly in network management systems to monitor network-attached devices for conditions that warrant administrative attention." (Wikipedia) A service like cacti or nagios take snmp information and provide better ways on monitoring your systems.

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Installation and configuration of an SNMP client

I want to install a SNMP client (NOT AGENT) on my computer so I can connect to a Cisco Router on which an SNMP agent is already installed. The problem that all the documentation I found for Ubuntu were for installing an agent not a client.
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How to get or configure IP-MIB in Ubuntu 12.04?

I am using snmp and trying to get with snmpwalk -v 2c -c public x.x.x.x ipadd where x.x.x.x is the ip of the pc with ubuntu 12.04 i get this answer : IP-MIB::ipAddrTable = No Such Object available on this agent at this OID so how can I get the ip…
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What is the differece between snmp, snmpd and snmptrapd?

I am new to the SNMP protocol. I try to configure SNMP-traps for Zabbix but I am confused what daemons I have to use. I need to install snmptrapd, but somehow snmpd is required for that: sudo apt install snmptrapd Reading package lists...…
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How to find SNMP community string?

I'm running Ubuntu 12.10 and I'm trying to find my SNMP community string. I followed the instructions here, but my /etc/snmp/snmpd.conf file has different contents than what they're talking about. Their snmpd.conf file: rocommunity [community…
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Failed to start snmpd.service

I just installed net-snmp on Ubuntu 16.04 from sources using this tutorial (downloaded 5.7 patch), and when calling $ snmpget --version NET-SNMP version 5.7.3 $ whereis snmpd snmpd: /usr/local/sbin/snmpd so it has been installed. However, when I…
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How to install snmp on Ubuntu 14.04 to allow remote access from Network monitoring system

This is how my snmpd.conf file looks like, do i have to make any changes on any other file. I was able to get it working for CentOS much easier just having more problems getting it to work on…
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Why does Ubuntu query SNMP devices on system startup

Yes -- this question has been asked before, but not answered. I have no "reputation" so I can't add to that thread. I can add that this is not limited to UPSes. I ran wireshark to see what was happening and Ubuntu does a snmp-get for three OIDs to…
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Configure SNMP Trap reciever

I am doing some work related to my thesis , and I'm using Ubuntu 12.04. I need to receive SNMP traps on this machine , however I'm finding problems in configuring the snmpd deamon. Can someone guide me how I can do this please ? I'm quite a newbie…
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Unable to get snmp to work consistently on Ubuntu 20.04

I have been struggling to get snmp to work consistently on Ubuntu 20.04. I started on one server and finally got an snmpd.conf configuration that worked on it. I then installed snmp on a number of other Ubuntu 20.04 servers and put the working…
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How to open a MIB file in tkmib?

I've tried to open several MIB files in tkmib without success. For example: $ sudo apt-get install tkmib $ wget http://www.mibsearch.com/vendors/Compaq/download/CPQHLTH-MIB $ tkmib CPQHLTH-MIB Click "walk", then you should get an error message like…
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Snmptrapd: Unknown token: logOption

I want to log messages from my Snmptrapd to a logfile, but my deamon don't understands the logOption token? I try to use this line in my configuration (/etc/snmp/snmptrapd.conf): logOption -f "/var/log/snmptrapd.log" But I get this…
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Install SNMP not as easy as I thought

Looks around for how to install SNMP. Finds multiple examples: Just run "apt-get install snmpd"..... But when I do that I get errors. I do what it says: first run ap-get install snmpd, but it fails and tells me to try "apt-get -f install", but that…
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How to install SNMP

I installed Ubuntu on my black BEAGLEBONE and now need to install SNMP, but use apt-get install snmp snmpd and gives error. How to install SNMP?
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SNMP service filed

Good day My snmpd service sometimes crashed. To recover, I restarted the snmpd service. But not completely solve this problem. A couple of days later my service went down Help please, how to solve this problem? Operating System: Ubuntu 20.04.5 LTS …
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How come my UDP6 port was not listened in my net-snmp?

My Net-Snmp version was v5.9.3. It works fine basically except it doesn't serve IPv6. I used 'netstat --uln' and found only 'udp :::161', but no 'udp6 :::161'. It's obviously that it listens only at udp:161, not at udp6:161. My…
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