[ale] SNMP on Linux (Debian)

[rstory-l at revelstone.com (Robert Story)]

On Tue, 11 Mar 2003 22:10:42 -0500 David Corbin <dcorbin at machturtle.com> wrote:
DC> I'm trying to get MRTG (and maybe some other SNMP stuff) set up.  I'm 
DC> having trouble figuring out the MIB for remote interfaces.
DC> 
DC> I can do "snmpwalk host public", and spits out lots of  things that 
DC> start with "system.", but I can't actually get any detailed information 
DC> using snmpget. 

Try 'snmpwalk host public mib-2'.  You should get a lot more output. If you
still only get the system stuff, it's an access control problem
(configuration). See:

http://www.net-snmp.org/FAQ.html#I_can_see_the_system_group__but_nothing_else___Why_


DC> interfaces.ifTable.ifEntry.ifDescr has been suggested as the correct one,
DC> but when I try that I get a failure.

You need to specify and instance (index). Try ifDescr.1, ifDescr.2, etc.
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