[Craig Rodrigues <rodrigc@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, Feb 01, 2000 at 09:06:17AM -0800, Wes Hardaker wrote:
> Just FYI, since I know the problem has been solved from the ethereal
> side of things, but the ucd-snmp toolkit supports packet dumping
> itself using the -d flag (raw hex) and -Ddump flag, which breaks down
> packets.  If you run snmptrapd -Ddump, you'll see the incoming traps
> broken down for you.

Thanks for the tip.  It looks like the problem I encountered is
a low-level libpcap issue under Linux.  (Eesh, all I wanted to do
was to learn SNMP, with the help of ethereal! :)

> Craig> Also, can anyone recommend good books for learning about SNMP?
> 
> There are quite a few popular ones, like "The Simple Book" and
> "Understanding SNMP MIBS" but none of them are perfect and start from
> a real basic standpoint.  (did you read the ucd-snmp tutorial?)

Thanks again for the references.  I started reading a book
called "SNMP: A Guide to Network Management", by Sidney Feit, but
never got around to finishing it.

Are there any good C++ class libraries for doing SNMP work?  I have
seen lots of different things on the web, but am not sure which ones
are good.  I have also seen a company that makes Java SNMP classes
(http://www.adventnet.com), but haven't tried those. 

Thanks.
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Craig Rodrigues        
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