[mrtg] Re: mrtg and snmp in linux

[Justin Shore]

Check out the UCD-SNMP Tutorial (work in progress).

http://ucd-snmp.ucdavis.edu/

It might help answer some of these questions.

HTH
Justin

At 1:30 PM +0530 2/19/00, Unix-Contractor, Wipro (CORP) wrote:
>Hi Christopher
>
>	I am working on SNMP on RH 6.1 Linux it is cool you donot have to do
>any thing extra to install it , while installation select Custom & select
>Network Management Software package. or there is a rpm version is available
>on RH6.1 cd you can install it later also.
>
>
>mohan
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Congdon, Christopher [mailto:CCongdon at WorkNET.net]
>Sent: Saturday, February 19, 2000 12:09 AM
>To: MRTG Mailing List (E-mail)
>Subject: [mrtg] Re: mrtg and snmp in linux
>
>
>I think installing SNMP is a pain on Linux. At least I think it is, since
>I've never done it before, and can not find anyone, anywhere who has been
>willing to lend me a hand getting it to run correctly. Most people who have
>sent me advice continually assume that I'm some kind of Linux guru [I'm
>not]....which is why I still don't have SNMP installed on the dozen RedHat
>and dozen LRP boxes I need SNMP on....
>
>Christopher
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Jair Valmor Basso Junior
>[mailto:jair at digital.internetional.com.br]
>Sent: Friday, February 18, 2000 9:21 AM
>To: mrtg at list.ee.ethz.ch
>Subject: [mrtg] mrtg and snmp in linux
>
>
>I installed the ucd-snmp package in a redhat6.1 linux. But my mrtg isnt
>working with it.
>If I try:
>
>./cfgmaker public at ip_of_my_server
>
>I got this erro:
>
># Add a WorkDir: /some/path line to this file
>
>SNMP Error:
>Received SNMP response with error code
>   error status: noSuchName
>   index 1 (OID: 1.3.6.1.2.1.1.1.0)
>SNMPv1_Session (remote host: "200.241.232.51" [200.241.232.51].161
>                   community: "public"
>                  request ID: 145559233
>                 PDU bufsize: 8000 bytes
>                     timeout: 2s
>                     retries: 5
>                     backoff: 1)
>SNMPGET Problem for sysDescr sysContact sysName sysLocation ifNumber
>sysObjectID on public at 200.241.232.51
>
>
>######################################################################
># Description:
>#     Contact:
># System Name:
>#    Location:
>#.....................................................................
>SNMP Error:
>Received SNMP response with error code
>   error status: noSuchName
>   index 1 (OID: 1.3.6.1.2.1.4.20.1.1)
>SNMPv1_Session (remote host: "200.241.232.51" [200.241.232.51].161
>                   community: "public"
>                  request ID: 1007746633
>                 PDU bufsize: 8000 bytes
>                     timeout: 2s
>                     retries: 5
>                     backoff: 1)
>SNMP Error:
>Received SNMP response with error code
>   error status: noSuchName
>   index 1 (OID: 1.3.6.1.2.1.2.2.1.1)
>SNMPv1_Session (remote host: "200.241.232.51" [200.241.232.51].161
>                   community: "public"
>                  request ID: 1007746634
>                 PDU bufsize: 8000 bytes
>                     timeout: 2s
>                     retries: 5
>                     backoff: 1)
>
>-------------------
>
>There is a public community. I dont know what mrtg is looking for.
>btw, if I try the same command in my cisco router, it works very well.
>
>
>Any sugestions? thanks
>
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