Ethereal-users: Re: [Ethereal-users] SNMP Decode

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From: Guy Harris <guy@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2000 17:43:18 -0700 (PDT)
>     But I could not able to decode the SNMP messages going between an the 
> agent and manager which we are developing. The SNMP interface between agent 
> and manager is functioning fine as it is responding properly to SNMP 
> messages from the manager. But I couldn't able to decode messages using the 
> ethereal.

"Couldn't decode" in what sense?

Did Ethereal just fail to give any dissection of the packets?  Or did it
dissect them without giving, for example, symbolic names for OIDs in
your private MIB?

If it's the latter, then:

>   Wondering if it is some thing to do with the private MIB.

it probably has something to do with your private MIB, and:

> Should the 
> ethereal(with UCDAVIS SNMP) be aware of the private MIB and if so how to 
> link the private MIB.

...the UCD SNMP library can be configured to read additional MIB files;
you should check the documentation for UCD SNMP to see where to put the
MIB files and what configuration file changes, if any, are needed to
tell it to read those files.