[mrtg] Re: identifying a device

Starkweather, Mike (CNS) mike.starkweather at anheuser-busch.com
Mon Jan 28 14:53:49 MET 2002


Try snmpwalking the device and looking at the sysdescr field.  That usually
identifies the device type pretty well.

Mike Starkweather

-----Original Message-----
From: Sharath Udupa [mailto:sku79 at yahoo.com]
Sent: Monday, January 28, 2002 7:40 AM
To: mrtg at list.ee.ethz.ch
Subject: [mrtg] identifying a device


hi,

how can we identify if a device is a switch or a router by just having its IP
address and read community string? ie which MIB variable stores this
information?

tia,
Sharath

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